I love to shop at flea markets, antique stores, and junk shops! You can always find a great bargain and fun accents for your home. While intact items are nice, I'm often drawn to pieces that are, well, in pieces. Take for instance old crochet throws and doilies, I always seem to find them in abundance. Most are never in very good condition. More often than not, they are torn or stained or torn and stained.
At first thought, you would think they would not be a good purchase to make but they really are. I am not talented enough to know how to crochet (maybe one day) but I can still find uses for these little treasures. In the past, I have used pieces to cover lamp shades, placed cute sections in a frame, or sewn them onto purses, bags, you-name-it. However, these were usually larger pieces. That would leave small leftovers that I found hard to use but even harder to discard (How do you find it within yourself to throw away something that took time, heart, and skill to create?).
One day I found an easy, simple solution for these mini works of craft-art. I snipped out a couple of pattern pieces (I had to sew the edges together to keep them from unraveling) and sewed them onto a small throw pillow. To complete my little project, I embellished the pillow with a few glass beads. All together, the project cost literally pennies on the dollar and was completed in under an hour.
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| I used a throw pillow purchased at a flea market and my crochet pieces came from an old faded table runner (notice how both pieces aren't the same shade). |
