I wanted to put a softer top on the ottoman on which to rest my tired feet, so I made this ottoman pillow.  I've since learned it's also perfect for hiding my feet underneath when it's chilly.

Andrew bought me fabric for my birthday, a yard each of three beautiful prints, and this floral matched our red couch and light blue side table perfectly.  It makes me super happy to have the fabric out where I can see it every day.

I made the pillow in December in the intervals between doing the laundry (laundry in, wait 20 mins, laundry in drying, wait 20 mins, check dryer, wait 20 mins, get laundry and fold it, done).  So it took about an hour to make.  That includes sewing one entire edge by hand.

I like the flat eighth-inch edge around the pillow.  I thought that kind of edge was called a knife edge, but google says otherwise.  Anyone know what my edge finishing is called?  Perhaps it's just a knife edge variant?

The reason I hadn't blogged it before now is that I took 67 photos of the process of making the pillow and I planned to do a tutorial-type post.  The pillow isn't that complicated, so I think the world can do without a tutorial for it ... which makes this a much easier post to write.

I would like to share my pillow insert tip, though: the cheapest bed pillow at the linen outlet that costs $2.99.  I cut open the pillow and pulled out the extra fluff to make it square.  I've seen tiny pillow forms for $7. Go thrifty me!

Well, it's the truth that I took 67 photos for this project, but it's also true that 14 of them are blurry photos of me hugging the pillow.  You gotta capture all of the important steps, right? ;)