Necessary sewing

The nice thing about sewing is that it's so affordable to make things that are otherwise stupidly overpriced.  Like, why would I want to pay $80 for a pillow sham?  $120 for a duvet cover?  I detest the idea of sewing home dec (snoresville!) but the pay off is huge.  Each pillow cover was a half hour project (cut to stuffing with a 26" square pillow form), busted up some of my stash, and saved me some dough.  Now that I'm finished preaching to the choir, I'd like to thank everyone for your comments on my last post.

Thanks to Audrey and Dei for your suggestions on saving the coat.  I especially like the idea of an exposed zipper...  As Marie-Christine and KMQ suggested, I agree that the bust point is too high on the coat and this confuses me.  On full-size Burda patterns I need to petite the bodice but apparently my torso is too long for the petite Burda patterns?

Now, back to my home dec project.  Each pillow has a lapped zipper on one side, so I can take them off to wash.  The top one is a little smaller than the bottom two giving it a plumper look.  Who knew that half an inch would have made such a big difference?  The fabric remnant I used wasn't as wide as the other fabrics, and I went with it.

Here's my sofa.