Button Tree Pillow

Posted on September 8, 2012 by freshfrippery

During my recent jury duty I worked on this button tree pillow while in the waiting room.

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I sewed the buttons onto the linen at the courthouse, and then added the trunk and pillow back at home. (I found the printed cotton from a rummage sale years ago).

I slipped the cover over a pillow I already had and hand-stitched the bottom closed.

I got the idea from BHG.com.

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I think the BHG one is really nice because the tree is fuller, but that was way more buttons than I wanted to sew on by hand. Plus, I only had a certain number of green buttons.

I wanted mine to look like an apple tree so I mixed in some red buttons. Here’s a close-up!

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And a side view.

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I already had all the materials on hand so hooray for using up more stuff from my craft supplies stash!

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  1. Unknown's avatar Lillian T | September 21, 2012 at 5:54 am

    Super cute! Glad that you were able to use up more of your crafting stash. I should do the same!

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  3. Sarah Krug's avatar Sarah Krug | November 7, 2014 at 12:57 am

    Love it! And yup, gotta agree with you that jury duty is 1 of the best places to do handwork! I’ve finished my share of handknitted socks waiting for my number to be called 🙂

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