Painted Pillows

Oh wow - here in SoCal it has been super hot & very sweaty...HUMID - like AFRICA humid. Almost unbearable - I am afraid to open our SCE bill I am sure that it will be SKY HIGH since our air conditioner has been running on HIGH for the last 2 weeks. With that said we just started a new month HELLO SEPTEMBER - I am anxious for the FALL & WINTER months - I have been feverishly working on my holiday items for my upcoming shows. I have been thinking HALLOWEEN for a couple of months now

I wanted to share my newest line of pillows....I make pillows every year and like to change things up so I can give my customers something new to look at.

So Here is what I came up with:

 

 

 

I used some speckled fabric - similar to MUSLIN but a bit thicker.

 

 

I picked a font I liked and printed out the letter then cut them out with a bit of a border

 

(this is a different project I will share later this week)

 

traced them on the fabric in black sharpie or black marker then took my time and painted them in. 

Its quite easy and quick. Promise!

then just sewed them up. I wanted long and skinny pillows - maybe to be used as accents on a couch!

 

 

Last year I made my pillows out of burlap and stamped Halloween phrases on them - that took some time and was hard to get a good print out of. I like these pillows ALOT!! I made another one that says TRICK OR TREAT - same size and same technique. Planning on making a few more...

 

I will blog about the pumpkins soon...

 

Here's wishing you a cool afternoon.

I will be linking these pillows up to the following parties - please see the tab at the top of the page.

 

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xo-Tina

 

 

Burlap LOVE

I know I am not the only one with BURLAP love - something rustic about it

yet it can be easily kicked up to shabby or Parisian or holiday-ish.

{Did you know that Burlap came in a bunch of great colors???}

I want to share with you some fun pillows I made using this awesome fabric.

I cut out rectangle shapes of the burlap, sewed up the four sides leaving

an opening to stuff later. Then I got some fun FOAM letter stamps and I used

speed ball ink - but you could use acrylic paint as well.

Then I just went to town. I thought up some fun sayings and just stamped them

out and used some making memories Halloween stamps (images)

I made some larger pillows too and am just finishing them and will

share them later this week.

 

These are fun to add to your Halloween decorating. They would be great on your

outdoor patio - because they are burlap they can handle the elements.

Just so it's clear. These aren't to be washed unless you make a pillow case for the stuffing.

Because burlap is so cheap - I don't worry much about them getting dirty or

torn. They are cheap enough to toss away.

I will be sharing more fun Halloween projects that you can make and decorate with

between now and October 23...

Happy crafting....

I will be linking this up to the following parties:

Market yourself monday

craft-o-maniac

handmade tuesdays

too cute tuesdays

show me what you got

tutes & tips tuesday

one project at a time

*Tina