Vintage Velvet Finds a New Life as Charming Plant and Animal Pillows for Your Couch

I’m a big fan of unique throw pil­lows. I have a cat-shaped one on my couch and a giant eye pil­low lives in my stu­dio. So when I saw the unique throw pil­lows by Maria Tilyard, I swooned. The uncon­ven­tion­al shapes fea­ture ani­mals and plants that are sewn using vin­tage vel­vet fab­rics and hand­made pom accents.

I appre­ci­ate the eco-friend­ly nature of these pieces, as Maria is repur­pos­ing what was once dis­card­ed. The art­sy recy­cle has trans­formed the mate­ri­als into charm­ing char­ac­ters that will be cher­ished years to come.

Maria sells her work through Etsy and takes on cus­tom commissions.

Maria Tilyard creates novelty throw pillows from vintage fabrics shaped like animals and insects…

… and plants, too!