From Bed to Sofa

As the professionals say…..

“replace the pillows on your bed every 3 months”.

Really?  We usually wait till they go flat or get buldgy and that could be any length of time and then I wait till I see some new pillows on sale somewhere, like when I’m getting groceries.

So what do you do with the pillows you just replaced?  Do you toss them out with the regular household garbage?

I myself had a pile of pillows waiting to be discarded of.

After visually seeing how much fluff was accumulating I realized I could use that fluff for new pillows. 

I washed the pillows so I at least knew the fluff was clean for my new pillows.   

At a trip to IKEA, I purchased 2 pillow covers (I really wanted to sew the covers but at the time these were all ready for me) and then hopped over to a hardware store to buy painting drop cloth.  Watch those prices!  I found a package 5’x12’ at Canadian Tire for $15.00  That makes a lot of pillows.

I cut the drop cloth the size of the pillow covers and added more for the seam.  In this case I added ¾”.  Then I ironed a fold since the fabric is quite thick and it makes sewing easy.  Since my sewing machine is at our daughter’s house I stitched the inserts by hand while watching TV.  Didn’t take much time at all.

Then I ripped open the old pillow cases and removed the stuffing, putting it into my new fat sofa pillows.  On the second pillow I remembered to stuff the corners otherwise it’s impossible to do when you’re done.  When stitching the last length closed I was way smarter.  I stitched each end towards the center leaving 1/3 of the space open.  Then I could reach in and stuff into the corners.  Ta-Da!  Then I stitched the last remaining space closed. 

All that was left was to insert them into the new pillow covers. 

Now I have to wait till I have more buldgy pillows.