A few years ago I made a Christmas pillow out of a thrift store sweater and now I’d like to make some plain cable knit sweater pillows. I think they look so great for the winter!
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I’ve been looking for cable knit sweaters without any designs to make some winter pillows for my living room. No luck yet! Anyway, I thought I’d share some cute ideas for recycling old sweaters into new pillows with you today!
Megan at Brassy Apple made these really cute pillows. I love the little added embellishments she put on them! Go here to find out how she made them. Her tutorial is so easy to follow.
I still have the pillow I made out of a Christmas sweater!
This is another cute Christmas Sweater made by The Everyday Home
Here’s a pretty one that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day from In His Grip
Pillows made from sweaters are cute for anytime of year. These can be found on BHG Creative Pillow Ideas
Hope you found some ideas for re-purposing your old sweaters!
Very cute pillows. I am going to Goodwill to see if I can find some sweaters!
So cute! I rescued a pale blue chenille baby blanket from the curb a while back–it was sticking out of a bag of what looked like leftover yard sale treasures–I didn’t steal someone’s blankie! 🙂 Anyways, there are a couple of stains but I’m planning to make a pillow or two out of it.
Will look at the links; I agree with you about always linking to and pinning from the original post; it’s the respectful thing to do since we’re using their info!
Mmmm that sounds like it’ll be a soft cozy pillow!
Oh I do remember the red pillow. It was the inspiration for my using a favorite vest, a gift from my mother, for one. I highly recommend using sweaters with buttons as it provides that automatic opening for no fuss, no muss pillow making and has the added feature of being removed for easy washing.
The sweater pillows are really great looking, aren’t they. I love them!!!
Hugs, Cindy
I love these sweater pillows and think they are great for winter. I’m seeing them in a lot of places Your red and white one is sweet!
Manuela, I LOVE your snowflake pillow!!! I hope you find more sweaters so you can make living room pillows! What an awesome idea!… Donna
Nifty idea! Can’t wait to see more DIY ideas!
I’m heading back to Goodwill tomorrow. 🙂
I LOVE the pillow you made! I am making pillows from tattered Oriental rugs. LOTS of work to sew through! LOL!
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Andie
I can imagine it’s hard to sew through layers of Oriental rugs!! I’m sure they are going to be just stunning pillows!
I just pinned your original sweater pillow post…and thus found a lot of pins from A Cultivated Nest! I’ll be nosing around a bit… =D
Many many years ago I made some beautiful pillows out of old velour shirts. Those pillows were so easy to make and they were cozy and soft and beautiful! Thanks for the sweater idea. These would be fun too…as also cozy to feel and touch. (:>)
Love, Linda
This is a project that I would love to do! Now, I’ll be on the lookout for sweaters. I love the idea of the Christmas one, in particular.
Such a cute and cozy idea for winter. I love the texture these provide!
Love the red chair, I want to paint everything red now! If you find a wool sweater that will work for a pillow, but is the wrong color you could dye it: http://www.ehow.com/how_8787130_dye-wool-sweater.html Just make sure to use an old pot, it will no longer be food safe after using it for dye.
Love those pillows:) Thanks for the tip! I actually have some old sweaters about to send to Goodwill! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
I agree. Very, very cute!
Brenda
Very adorable pillows! 🙂
xoxo,
Taylor
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Those are gorgeous! I saw sweater pillows in Pottery Barn last year and they cost a fortune!