IKEA Pillow Re-do

Last weekend, after my first-ever adventure to the phenomenon that is IKEA, I found myself with two too-light and too-bright couch pillows. I loved the Jacobean-like embroidery covering the front, but the colors were just as bad in my living room as I expected them to be.

But that's okay, because I had a plan.

First, take the covers off of the down pillow forms, then soak them in some RIT color remover.

Finally, give them a bath in RIT tan dye, which mellowed them quite nicely.

Before:

After:

Now lets pretend they were made from old hand-embroidered bed curtains, shall we?

For anyone who wants to try the same trick, here's a link to the same cushion on IKEA's website.