Pillow Talk

The problem: old pillows didn't go with new quilt on the wall

OK, so I'm guilty of luring you in to today's blog with a racy title, "Pillow Talk"...sorry if it's not what you thought, but I do have a confession: I'm terrible at choosing throw pillows. Curtains, too, but that's a whole other subject. I've never been happy with my throw pillows, except of course the ones Mom made.

Don't laugh! I actually thought this pillow would work. It didn't.

I considered making pillows, but ended up taking the easy way out. Pier One and Target were having sales, and I found several candidates online. There was one with blue and green leaves from Pier One, and there were other, more colorful florals I considered. There was also a striped pillow and a blue and white floral from Target.

I like this striped pillow, but four of them were too much for the room.

I liked this one, but there were only two and I really wanted four

One of the challenges of getting new throw pillows is to incorporate at least one of Mom's needlepoint pillows in the mix. I like eclectic, but even my favorite pillows from Mom don't always work. The quilt has a lot of color, and there were a few possibilities among the "Mom" pillows. The ones I ended up liking best were a pair of pillows Mom had made a long time ago. One has a dragon, and the other has an elephant.

I'm thinking, "Am I just weird, or will this actually work?"

L.O.L. - I'm so confused!

I ended up liking the blue and white floral pillows best, and I needed two more, so I went to another Target. It was really weird, because the store was in a different location, but it was exactly the same, and I found the pillows in the exact same spot. There were three, and I left one for some other lucky soul who may be in the same dilemma. It's kind of amusing to think you have to go to two stores to get four matching pillows, but they have a small number of each item on display. Maybe they keep more out back, but I wasn't about to stick around at the first Target to find out. It reminded me of the "People of Walmart" video.

I went with the two-tone floral, plus one of the striped and two from Mom

The funny thing about the blue and white pillows is they don't really match any of the colors in the quilt, but they do have kind of an updated mod look, even if they're more tame than some of the others. They may work with other quilts, but we'll see. I threw in one of the striped ones, for fun, and added two "Mom" pillows: the elephant and the dragon. Talk about eclectic!

So, how did I do? Pass, or fail? Too safe? Just right? And what would you have done? All throw pillow choosing tips and secrets welcome. I'm guess I'm as satisfied as I'll ever be, for now, but next time a new quilt goes up on the wall, it'll probably be the same struggle all over again.