Cross Stitch Pillows

My friend, Helga asked if I would make some pillows from a cross stitch blanket that she couldn't complete. She offered to pay me but I refuse to take payment from a lifelong friend! I ordered some pillow forms from Amazon and dug through my stash to find fabric for the borders. The zipper drawer produced some suitable ones but they had to be shortened. As soon as I cut the cross stitch panels from the blanket, they had to be serged to seal in the edges. My serger is from about 1990 and has turned a deep yellow with age. I keep it covered with a pillowcase to protect it from light but that didn't make any difference. There were seven completed cross stitch pictures. I made three pillows with a picture on each side. One pillow has plain cloth on the back. Helga had a great idea to repurpose her UFO. She did a wonderful job of her stitching. Look how cute the anaimals are!