Old has Become New Again

The antique loveseat we had been given had very worn cushions. The tufted back was too difficult for me to tackle so I chose to recover the cushions. We found a soft green that picked up the green in the old fabric and coordinated with the rest of the decor. I recovered the cushions.

It felt boring so I took the fabric from the worn cushions, cut away the most worn portions and made new pillows. I found green corduroy in my stash for one side so I could get 4 pillows instead of only 2. One pillow is smaller because the old cushion was extremely worn. I also made two pillows from fabric I had left from recovering the larger sofa. Two pillows on the sofa are reclaimed pillows used in a previous apartment. They were bleached to remove the old dye and then stained with tea.

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