Friday 2 November 2018

Owl recycling

Another rumble through the box of worn out 2/3 year old clothes from my grandson and the internet for ideas I came up with an owl cushion pattern.

I have used mostly two cute sports kits from (expensive) rugby for toddlers club he did for a while. The wings are the sleeves of two of those all in one swimming costumes ( whatever happened to swimming trunks?).

The pattern was a free download through Craftsy .  I went wrong with the wings but achieved a rescue.  I also used batting to quilt the features on the front to give it more shape.  I thought the 4 inch wide band that joins the front to the back owl shape would be the most difficult but it turned out to work really well.

As it was a gift and not being sold I did not have to do the safety checks on children's toys. Though I will warn the parents that it is not fire proof (non smoking, underfloor heated house so no real risks there).   I cut an old pillow in half expecting to use the foam or fibre filling as stuffing and found it had a thick foam layer in the middle.
Never seen that before. No wonder this old pillow had been shoved to one side as uncomfortable. Still this foam layer was actually just right for giving the owl a move rigid structure.

So some more recycling achieved and a cheerful cushion on the spare room bed ready for their next visit.

3 comments:

  1. Good job on the recycling. The owl pillow is so cute.

    God bless.

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  2. Great idea for using up odds and sods. The all in one swimwear are normally sun suits.

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  3. Wonderful illustrated information. I thank you about that. No doubt it will be very useful for my future projects. Would like to see some other posts on the same subject! service

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