getting my craft on

Before we left for vacation I got a little busy with the sewing machine again.  I wanted to make a little something for my girls that were coming to see me.  And, since I normally make one thing, I decided to stick with what works: pillows.  I love some throw pillows.  I don't have enough of them in my life right now . . . our couch pillows are begging to be recovered and our beds are sorely lacking.  We also have some nooks and crannies that house random chairs that I think are throw-pillow friendly.  I'll be working on that.  

So here's what I came up with:

{exhibit A}

Case in point - chair in nook.  This one has two pillows on it in real life, though, so I think it's set. :)

I tried my hand at some fabric flowers.  

{exhibit B}

A different type of flower.  

That chair actually didn't live in that spot until I took the picture, and it's been there since then.  I think a pillow on it would ground it a little more, next to a table with the phone on it.

{exhibit C}

Another random chair in a nook.  This pillow I actually made on a cold December day whilst waiting for the oil man to come . . . and it lives on that chair, cheering me with its ruffles. 

I think my pillows could be improved if I knew how to make piping or cording or whatever it's called.  If anyone wants to fly out here and teach me, that would be great.