Furry cushion covers

[Gingerfeef]

Hello all,

I'm not sure if this is the correct place, so forgive me if I should have posted elsewhere! I'd like to start recycling and upcycling. I have collected a few bits and pieces from charity shops and have plenty of ideas. but, I have some old fur cushion covers that I was about to send to the charity shop. They've served their purpose for me as cushion covers, but has anyone any ideas on what I could do with them?

Many many thanks,

Fiona

[StefC]

Hi and welcome to the boards.

Recycling and upcycling is an enormous bag of different stuff. I have been thinking and plotting and planning for almost a year now.

What sort of things are you interested in making? If you pop over to my blog you'll see how far I have got - books on how to have been reviewed and very little has been made because I have so many ideas and so little time.

I have an ideas book, well it is a .notebook file that I keep pictures links and ideas in. It has been invaluable in helping me avoid actually making :) but it has helped me narrow down the sort of thing I want to do.

Try a quick google, there are loads of sites with ideas, and it is fun seeing the wide variety of skills, ideas and saleable / gift ideas other people's junk can make.

I hope that helped. I'm sure that a few others will be in soon, they are a really friendly lot round here :D

[milkmaid]

if they are in a good condition, turn them into handbags....or purses?

[StefC]

Doh! I misread your post - sorry!

Furry cushion covers.... I understand that fur trim is back, so what about a furry cuffs for gloves and hat or scarf? You could make them detachable.....

[AnnieAnna]

Just what I was going to suggest. I was next to a stall last month selling fur cuffs - for wrists, ankles/tops of boots, round heads/like hats with no tops and scarves with no end/a circle you twist in two are it looks like a collar. she was selling them for £12 to £35 and doing a roaring trade.

Then my ideas go -
fur handbags,
patch different patterned fur together and make a fur waist coat or jacket or coat,
and what I did yonks ago - make my kids ewok costumes for a fancy dress parade :p

[DarkFlights]

You could also, if enough of the fur matches, make a fun fake "taxidermy" animal rug - just cut it in a rough animal shape, firmly attach a couple of teddy bear eyes and a plastic nose, and make some ears to go where they would be seen on a real animal head. They can be backed with felt or hessian.

[cosmic grammie]

A furry tea cozies? Fur slippers with drawstrings? Cat cushions? Steering wheel cover? Hot water bottle covers?

[Gingerfeef]

Thanks for all your ideas! I've got lots to think about. Thank you!

[Howtomake]

iPad covers? Could look really funny and cool :)

[aisles]

hot water bottle covers, kindle covers

[cmorgan]

Wow - one little question what a wealth of ideas!! I'm so glad I found this forum, just scolling through the recent threads opens a whole new world of crafts!
Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!
catherine x