Among so many things I like, cushions are a must. In my opinion, they give a room nice, warm and cozy feel. I really love them and it seems cannot get enough. I make them myself and I buy them.

It doesn’t matter if they sewn out of fabric or a needlepoint work or a tapestry. There are only two requirements – they must be beautiful and well made.

Filled with down and feathers, large, handmade pillows are the most beautiful.

When my pillow arrived from the factory, I loved the Aubusson style roses right away. The factory did a good job on the Aubusson, but not on the way the pillow was assembled. I even avoided looking at it, forget about taking a picture of that very poor workmanship. If I tell you that there was a white color zipper attached, you get the idea.

I knew, I had to take the pillow apart and sew it back together again, but this time using an appropriate color of velvet for backing and of course the zipper.

On my trip to the fabric district I was lucky to find a right color of nice silky to the touch cotton velvet to make the pillow backing. An afternoon of sewing and here is my beautiful over-sized Abusson weave down filled cushion!

{the backing velvet and the hidden zipper}

{I made mitered corners too}

Here is the beauty on my Kartell Louis Ghost Armchair.

… and, as it perfectly goes with the theme of the cushion, some real roses, 70+ pieces of them, petit and in lovely shades, from my visit to the Flower market yesterday.
Enjoy!