1 Hour Throw Pillow Makeover

{I apologize for my pictures, I still have much to learn in lighting and editing photo's!}

A few years back we were blessed with my mom's Lazyboy sectional {so comfortable}, and we love it.  It's starting to show signs of wear which I will have to address in the near future.  The color wouldn't be what I would have picked, but it's not completely terrible either.  It's a cranberry color, so it's a little hard to find throw pillows to match.  A while ago I bought some chocolate brown pillows, plain and simple...nothing fancy.  The pillows have lost their life and fluffiness, and the brown is just way to dark.  Like I've said before everything in my house is brown.  I'm trying to change that little by little by brightening my accessories up.  I like my tan walls {with 2 boys they don't show the dirt!}  I would love to do something bright and bold, but the couch's color is so limiting.

{the old pillows, blah...I know!  But hey, they were $5 a piece at Ross!}

A few weeks back I came across some cream linen type upholstery fabric at Goodwill for $2.99.  There was more than enough to re-cover my 4 - 18" x 18" throw pillows, and I still have some left over for another project.  And the fabric was new!  This fabric was probably close to $15+ a yard new...so that was a major score!  

So I took the existing throw pillows, threw in some new stuffing by ripping the seam open and sewing it closed again.  By using the existing pillows I saved a ton of $$$ MONEY $$$ instead of having to buy pillow forms.  I then cut all the fabric to 18 x 18" squares, pinned them inside out (right sides together), sewed them (leaving a 12" opening on one side to put the pillow inside).  Once I got all the pillows stuffed into the new cases, I pinned the opening shut and then sewed them.  Viola!  New pillows for the cost of the $2.99 fabric, and a big bag of polyfill stuffing that I already had laying around.  The best part is, if I get sick of the fabric I just have to use a seem ripper and take off the covers and still have the pillows to re-cover again.

They definitely pop on the couch and brighten it up, we'll see how they hold up to the boys since they are such a light color.  I think I will be making some smaller rectangle pillows to go along with them, I just need to find some good fabric.