Pillow Power: Our Up-Cycled Pillows

The Create + Restore Brand at The Boho Market at The Dallas Farmers Market

We love throw pillows! They have the ability to change the whole look and style of a room. And they're comfortable, giving new meaning to the phrase "Netflix and chill". The idea of making an up-cycled throw pillow using recycled fabrics and pillow inserts came as we were brainstorming things we could create with denim. Now we make pillows from any fabric we can recycle. As of now, we've created pillows from not only scrap denim, but from a mud cloth coat, an African poncho, and salvaged fabric bolts. We make sure all the fabric and recycled inserts are cleaned and prepped for new use. And we always make sure to create 3 pillow styles so you can layer them they way you like. Here are some of the pillows we have available at our monthly markets. Do you want to see us list them in our online shop, opening in October? Let us know in the comments below. And feel free to pin these to your fall idea boards on Pinterest!

Round tribal pillow made from an African mud cloth coat with new filling. We just loved this round design and the original plan to tuft the center went out the window when we saw how awesome it was without it.

"Three squared" square pillow with 3 distinct square panels on the front of the pillow and a solid backing. This pillow came from an experiment in mixing color, pattern and texture. The abstract floral and the cream chenille fabric are recycled. New pillow insert included.

Denim pillow with patches of different colors of recycled denim jean fabric. We created these pillows because I needed to find a way to use the good denim I was salvaging from jeans I was wearing out. This pillow comes in 3 sizes. This size includes recycled down feather inserts.

Small rectangular pillow with a recycled abstract floral patterned fabric on the front of the pillow and new velvet fabric on the back. We try to make pillows around things that can be reused. We created this pillow around a recycled down feather insert.

3-D triangle pillow made with new velvet material and new filling. We were inspired to make this one because it's shaped like a pizza or a Daisy sour cream pack. It was just so fun!