Safety Pin Pillow

 

I get ideas for projects from all sorts of places.  Case in point: the Rite Aid store in Los Angeles, CA.

I stopped by the store to pick-up the basic essentials and was looking at a package of 275 mixed gold and silver safety pins.  They were on sale for $3 and I thought, could you do something creative with them?   

I had this mossy green JCPenney throw pillow and liked how the gold and silver pins looked against the green fabric.   So, off I went to see what I could do to marry the pillow with safety pins.

 

And here's the after.  I just kept pinning away to create a starburst pattern on the pillow.   It's actually very cool looking in person and soft to the touch.  Just make sure the pins are properly closed!

 

And here's a detail shot of the starburst.   I am slightly obsessed with this project now and I'm thinking of doing stripes and other intricate designs using safety pins.  I'll keep you posted.

Comments

[Lisa Demars]

nice way to dress up the pillow!

[Kendra]

Really awesome. I NEVER would've thought of that.

[xine]

I can never find my safety pins when I need them- what a fantastic solution! (Fantastic til my five-year-old figures out how to get them off and deploys them to poke his little brother, anyway.)

[Valerie]

Danny, you really have some creative ideas! I was looking at one of your books that I checked out from the library and you had done some projects that I never would have thought of. It's refreshing to see new ways of recycling things and not just a rehash of old ideas!

[Krista]

that's really quite a cute idea... beautiful even! but, like a previous commenter, i could never do it with a 3 year old in the house!

[berton]

I LOVE this idea !! You are AMAZING !! Thanks for sharing.

[La Woodstock]

So creative!!

[The Shopping Sherpa]

You could include old beads into the design as well...

[ginger]

Great idea ! Very clever!
hugs ginger

ugly and not safe.