In the PRESS: Crazy Quilt Pillows , Cactus Creek Daily

In the PRESS: Crazy Quilt Pillows

We’re in the paper, we’re in the paper!!!!! Front page of the House and Home section of today’s KC Star {May 8, 2011}… Cactus Creek’s gorgeous crazy quilt pillows!! And inside we are one of the six featured sofas in this special Mother’s Day edition focusing how to decorate a space with pillows. Happy Day!!

Stacy Downs from the KC Star called a few weeks ago to see if we would be interested in being a part of this Sofa Story. Um, yes… of course we are interested. They picked six designers in Kansas City to decorate a white sofa with pillows ~ just pillows ~ I was thrilled to be included. My only question was what style were they looking for?? We always describe Cactus Creek {the store and the website} as Rustic * Western * Vintage. So I wanted to deliver… Rustic, Western or Vintage??? Stacy said “just your style, whatever you would do in your store”.

Then my husband asked me… “if you could do any pillows what would they be??” Well, I had just returned from Texas and was about to head to Des Moines for Junk Jubilee. I had no time, and I had spent a wad of money, so I also had no money. “In a dream world I would have cowhide pillows, turkish rug pillows, and {even though I’d never seen any in person} pillows made from old quilts. That would be my dream pillows… if I had time. or money.”

I knew I’d come up with something, ’cause I can always come up with something, and then that weekend at Junk Jubilee I’ll be darned if I didn’t find the PERFECT crazy quilt pillows. They are gorgeous… made from rugged old quilts that had been filled with holes, but the gal who rescued them couldn’t bear to throw them away. So she cut them up and gave them a beautiful new life…

Each pillow is hand cut and sewn, they are embellished with embroidery, vintage buttons and fanciful trims. Each crazy quilt pillow is one-0f-a-kind and full of character… and they are all for sale at the Cactus Creek STORE. Want one?? all you have to do is give us a shout… 816.386.4013.