Ok, it’s time to swap out the summer type pillows for the warm, cozy winter ones. I don’t know about any of you out there but here in Colorado we have had the most amazing warm weather this fall so far. The leaves are starting to change but it still reaches the balmy 80′s during the day. Saying that, I have covered my couches with warm wooly pillows anyway.  Most of these are made out of 1960-70 wool ski sweaters. I think they add a lot of color, texture interest & they are definitely a conversation piece.  The big chunky one on my couch is from a vintage hand knit, honest to goodness fisherman sweater. I actually have 2 but I only took a picture of 1.  The yellow striped one on the green chair is one of my favorites. It is an old Meister Knit from the 50′s.  I made a bunch of these for the recent craft markets & no one reacted. Go figure. I love them!

 

I’ve been making these one of a kind animal pillows lately. The bodies are made from vintage 1970′s double knit wool ski sweaters. I started collecting them when I moved to Colorado when I saw them popping up at vintage shops. I couldn’t resist the colors & stripes.  The applique’s are wool felt & then everything is hand embroidered onto the pillows.  They are surely a labor of love because each one ends up taking me much longer then I expect.

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