Fall decorations out of pants

I'm starting to get in the mood for fall. I'm not quite ready to pull out all my decorations, but I did make a little project the other day.

If you saw these pants at a garage sale for $.25, would you have picked them up?

BEFORE:

I knew there was a slight chance they would fit me. (They didn't.) But the real reason I grabbed them was because I liked the orange-y colors and thought I could make some fall pillows out of them.

Here's what my couch looks like all the time. Sage green couch with blue accent pillows and a blue blanket. I saw an idea from Julia at Hooked on Houses that I loved. She keeps her home relatively nuetral and switches out accent items depending on the season.

Here's the pillows I made. I wanted 2, so I combined the "pants fabric" with some cream muslin I found in my fabric stash.
After I cut the 16x16 inch squares, there was still some fabric left over from the top of the pants. I wanted something to dress up the plain muslin side of each pillow. I pulled a maple leaf off a tree in my backyard to use as a template for the pillow. I already had the pillow forms from a different pillow project I never completed, so this cost me $.25 and one nap time. Isn't that funny? Now I'm on the look out for a nice orange blanket to throw on the couch. Let me know if you see one...I don't get out much.