Yup! My crafty itch has been bad this year. Maybe I'm trying to drown myself in projects? Who knows?
Want to know how I turned three BORING blah-zay pillows into cute Christmas pillows? Here is how!
Step one: Take any blah pillow you have around the house, or go to the store and buy the ugliest one you can (believe me the uglier the cuter they turn out)
I added the red zig zag stitching to each of my blah pillows for a little added flare.
Next I made three rectangle swatches to attach to the pillows (notice I added the same red zig zag stitch to these to pull it all together)
Then I dug through my Christmas cookie cutters to find three that I liked best and taped them using painters tape to each swatch...like sew (ha ha ha pardon the pun). I let my son pick them out. He helped attach the tape too!
Easy peasy, right? Then get out your paint color of choice and a paint brush (please note- don't learn from my mistake by using a sponge, use a brush...the sponge left the line really unclean and being the perfectionist I am I had to re-sew a new swatch). I think the part that was most fun was letting my son help me paint them in. He really got a kick out of it!
Paint and fill in each cookie cutter shape with the paint you chose (I used acrylic paint- I like it and that's why)
Set the swatches aside to dry then attach to blah pillows and viola, now you have cutesy pillows. I added a little bell to the corner of each swatch for a little jingle (but no money came out- ha ha ha). Then sit back and enjoy! My total cost for this project was $1.97 (for 1 yard of fabric- I had the pillows, paint, thread and cookie cutters). We gained three cute pillows and a fun memory we shared!
Aren't you crafty?!? What a cute, clever idea!
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Beth