The pillows are finished

 This pillow I got from this blog. I did a tone on tone with two different blues but I should have used blue or white thread on the flowers. I picked brown because it will go in our room which is blue and brown but I think a more subtle stitch would have been less crafty looking. You can puff up the flowers for a more ruffled look, or

 flatten them.

This pillow I got from this blog. The instructions are great and it's easy to make IF you are making the same size pillow as the instructions and your pillow is square, had to rip apart some seams and readjust a few things to fit it for a rectangle.