hawaiian shirts can SO be cool!

i came across a MASSIVE vintage hawaiian shirt at an op-shop the other week, and brought it home,..as any good bower-bird would!


it sat in my fabric box, taunting me with it's giant tent-like girth,..and i pondered its usefulness.


today, being a miserable mountain day, needed a little cheerful nudge,...and so,...holiday g&t in hand,...i set about making some cheerful, beachy cushions!


the fabric is bold and a little tacky,..

but it calms down once paired back with a subtle stripe.

and voila!  a tack-o hawaiian shirt is now a pile-o cushions!

i think they would look great in a beach house,...casually thrown onto a daybed on a front porch,..or even in a little boy's bedroom.


don't you think?


jane xx