For Happy Geek

I read an awesome blogger who blogs under the name Happy Geek. She is intelligent and funny and inspiring...kinda religious for those who care.

She has this sweater thing and when I found the craft pattern which follows, I giggled for a long time, alone, in the living room, at 8 am, on a Saturday morning...*no, there is no crazy here!*

So in honor of Happy Geek's sweater thing, and in case anyone else has a creatively designed, like new yet unwearable sweater laying around, this is a fantastic and simple up-cycle/f-recycle project!

cozy pillows


For the best results, look for sweaters with embellishments or great texture.
This project comes to us compliments of Heidi Borchers for Inspired at Home.

Materials:

• Pillow form

• Ruler

• Chalk pencil or disappearing ink pen

• Embellished sweaters

• Sewing machine and thread (either complementary or contrasting color)

• Scissors

• Straight pins

• Decorative trim

• Hot glue and glue sticks



Instructions:

1. Using pillow form as guide for size, mark sweater on right side, using the same measurement as pillow form (i.e. 16” form, draw 16” square on sweater.) Be certain that you shift your pillow form around sweater to include the most decorative areas!



2. With wrong sides of sweater together, stitch along 3 sides of marked guidelines.



3. Cut along stitched edges to ½” from stitched line. Cut along unstitched 4th edge too.



4. Slip pillow form inside stitched sweater.



5. Pin unstitched edges together to hold in place and stitch together.



6. Working a small section at a time, place a line of glue along the stitched edge. Immediately lay trim into glue. Repeat until trim is glued along all four sides of pillow.

Heidi’s Designer Tips: It’s easier to stitch with a contrasting color thread so when it comes time to clip the edges, you can follow the stitching line. Because the trim will cover the stitching line, you don’t need to worry about the color of the stitching. Also, if you don’t sew, wherever the instructions tell you to sew, you can glue this project instead.