College Pillows

I found this in my 'to-post' file from last year. Whoops! 

We had gotten a few free t-shirts (that we'd never wear except for yard work or painting) and I found a great way to repurpose some of my things! I made them into pillows and sent them to my brother-in-law (who had played football at Elon) and sister-in-law for their apartment.

In an effort to be totally green, I didn't even buy stuffing. I just took an old mis-matched bedsheet that was torn (and not usable other than as a dropcloth) and some of our old t-shirts (that were headed for the scrap pile anyway) and cut them into little squares. I used them to make the stuffing. I then sewed the t-shirt into a pillow and stuffed it full of the fabric scraps. It took a while, but was fine to do while watching TV. Plus it was totally free.

The only thing I would change? I would use sweater scraps or something light and fluffy next time; the t-shirts and sheets made the pillows really heavy and took a while to get enough to fill up the two 17" square pillows.