Pillow Cover Made from my Husbands Dress Shirt

I have really been having fun making pillows lately!  And this one was extra fun because it is a TOTAL up-cycle!

I used my husbands old dress shirt as the fabric!

He gave me a pile of them---and so I have all kinds of plans for the rest of them!

But for this project I started by cutting off the arms, collar and pocket.

Then I cut and re-aligned the seams so that the buttons could be used to make the cover easy to remove and clean. 

Then I sewed all 4 sides inside out and then put it on the pillow.

***I really can't give you amazing sewing advice, 

I am no pro---I never measure anything...I just use the eye-ball-it technique***  

I am hoping the pictures show you enough about how I did the assembling!

This is the pillow back together.

I liked it at this point but also wanted to add a little something....

I made a flower out of 4 round circles of fabric.

Then I hot glued the four circles folded in half and then half again into place.

Finally I sewed them into place and added a button.

What do you think?  Do you like the final look?

I think it fits in well with my beach-y themed decor!

I am linking up to a few of these amazing parties----

go and check them out, they are wonderful places to be inspired.