Throw Pillow Talk

Remember a year ago when I found white euro pillow covers and plopped them on a couple pillow forms that were a little too small for the covers?  My initial solution was too shrink the covers in the dryer.  That idea worked for a couple weeks until they got stretched out and started looking really sloppy again.  I had two bigger pillows that I put inside the sweater covers and they worked much better, but I had always envisioned three matching sweater pillows across our king sized bed.  I've been on the lookout for a huge pillow for awhile now.  I was excited when I found this pillow at Marshall's one date night (post-dinner...pre-movie).  

 The pillow did have a relatively big problem:

...see the tear in the lower left corner? The tear/slash went into the pillow insert even.

 Since I really only needed the pillow insert, I could look past the tear, especially for this price:

In complete honesty, when I picked it up, it was marked $7.  I asked if they would take $3.  They countered with $4.  I said okay.  

I gathered up a couple materials including $2 in pink ric rac, the extra pillow cover I had on hand and a different pillow insert I already owned.

 Here is what I ended up with:

AND

The colors in this fabric are perfect in Lucky's room, so that's where this new pillow is living.  I'd been wanting to try making a pillow using ric rac along the edge instead of piping.  It looks okay, but I learned that I much prefer the look and ease of piping.  I consider it a lesson learned on the cheap:).

Project cost:
Two new pillows for $6 ($12 if you count the original sweater cover).