Vintage Embroidery Pillows

I usually don't pass up vintage embroidery when I'm at estate sales or thrift stores.
I can only imagine the amount of time and talent that went into making them.
I hate to think that nobody loves those pieces.

I took two different pieces that I've found and repurposed them into pillows.

The two deer pillows are from the same table runner.
The smaller heart was from a vintage hankie.

I decided to make them heart shaped pillows.

Here's the table runner that I used. See how it had a patch in the middle?

It really couldn't be used as a runner anymore, so I thought it would make lovely pillows.

It had the image embroidered on both ends, so I was able to make two pillows.



Here's the hankie I used.

I started by cutting a heart out of a stiff piece of paper.

Then I traced around the heart onto the fabric.

For the hankie, I traced two hearts for the front and back of the pillow.



For the deer prints, I used a paisley fabric to back the pillows.

That way I could make two matching pillows.

For the smaller heart, I used the trim from the hankie around the edge of the pillow.

What do you think?


Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

Seek the Lord and His strength;

seek His face evermore!

1 Chron. 16:11

 This post is linked to Funky Junk, My Salvaged Treasures, Simple Nature Decor,
 and Tatertots and Jello.