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Welcome Paint Lovers!
First up… I’ve got a paint FREEBIE for you! Go HERE to print a coupon for a FREE 2 oz. Color Sampler of Benjamin Moore paint. You can use the coupon through June 30, 2011.
Last week I shared my adorable seahorse burlap pillow…
This week I created another painted pillow…
Mr. Starfish! (The Mrs. is in the works)
{Here’s the “how to”}
You can use any fabric you’d like… I’m on a burlap kick, so that’s what I used.
Measure your pillow form and then cut out 2 pieces of fabric adding 2” to your length and width measurement. So if you form is 20”x20” then you want to cut your fabric 22”x22”.
Then I ironed both pieces of burlap.
To create the seahorse I found an image online that I like and printed it off.
I took a piece of freezer paper (slightly larger than the image size) and placed the shiny side down on my cutting mat and placed the seahorse image on top.
I used a piece of painter’s tape to hold all the pieces still.
With an X-Acto blade I cut around the outline of the image cutting through the paper (with the image) and the freezer paper.
Once your images is cut out you will have this…
Take a piece of your cut out burlap and place the freezer paper shiny side down in the spot you want it.
Take an iron on a “no steam” setting and press the freezer paper onto the burlap. I held it still for about 5 seconds then moved it around, repeating a few times.
I took a stencil brush and bounced on my DecorArt Snow White paint and textile medium (this mixed with acrylic paint creates a fabric washable paint). Follow the direction on your bottle for the correct ratio.
After letting it dry about 10-15 minutes I pulled off the freezer paper… the moment of truth!
Super cute!!!
Let the paint dry thoroughly before you sew your pieces of burlap together.
For my pillow I used fabric tape on 3 sides and hand-stitched the 4th side after stuffing in the pillow form.
So what have you been painting?
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#1… This is a PAINT party… so pretty please, link-up only paint related projects. I HATE deleting!
#2… Please put my nifty POPP button (you can find it up in my menu bar’s BUTTONS) in your blog post or a link back to this party somewhere on your blog… that way others from your blog can check out all the paint projects too.
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Hi Friends & thank you bunches for visiting! :-)
I am so grateful for each and every one of you who visit me, inspires me, and have left me sweet comments letting me know that I've inspired you too. You can contact me here .
Love those stenciled pillows!
I never even thought about using fabric tape in place of sewing! Genius! Thanks for the tutorial! I still adore that little seahorse! Thanks for hosting!
I love that pillow!! I didn't think I had anything to link up…then I remembered I painted my boy a shirt using the freezer paper method so Thanks for hosting!!
Your pillows are so fresh and beachy! They make me yearn for summer's arrival so my family I can make our annual beach trip and I can swim in the ocean.
Thanks too for the BM coupon link–will definitely be taking advantage of it!
those are so cute! i have always loved seahorses… they just seem mythical to me.
Loving the pillow designs. Had a little trouble linking up resulting in a double entry. Sorry about that. Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for hosting another talented party! I luv your seahorse pillows. I've been wanting to make some new pillows for my sofa, think I may just try one.
Kim @ tiarasandbowties.blogspot.com
This is terrific! I have a burlap bag I've been wanting to do something with – thanks for sharing this great idea and for hosting this party!
Kathy
So beachy! Love them!!
I am crushing on these pillows! The starfish one is my favorite! The rustic burlap looks like sand. Great idea! Thank you for the tutorial! My best friend loves the beach and decor. This would make a really nice gift.
Hope you are having a good week! Thanks for hosting!
~Michelle
Love these! I'm going to have to find these graphics and make some. I recently did a crab on a dish towel and these would look great with him.
So cute…this may be a silly question, but isn't burlap itchy??..scratchy?? I love the look of it, but not the feel…
anyway..you did a grat job..
Hi there! Linking up to the POP Par-tay! Thanks for hosting and love your cute pillows. Is that freezer paper stencil re-usable or just a one time use? Anyway, thanks again!
~Laura
http://www.hayestone.blogspot.com
Hi HayesTone ~ That's a great ?. My hubby just asked me that the other day. I haven't tried yet. Has anyone else had any luck using freezer paper twice?
Your pillows turned out fab! Thanks for taking the time to hosting another fab link party!
Love your pillows Maryann! I must try this wax paper technique. Thanks so much for hosting!
thanks for hosting ~ i linked up my mud room storage redo, #71.
loving the new look of your blog ~ very clean looking!!!
Love the pillow!!! Did you know that you can print right on the freezer paper? just trim it to 8.5×11 and print on the non shiny side?
Jess… can you do that with any style of printer? I've got an old bubblejet printer, but that would definitely save some time. Thanks for the great tip!
The pillows are cute! My friend JUST went and bought burlap for the sole purpose of doing this and the lady cutting her fabric gave her such a hard time, "Really? Burlap? For a pillow?" Looks great!
Hi Maryann – thanks for the link party! I'm a first time visitor and linked at #115. Also a new follower. Hope to see you over my way sometime soon.
Michael
bluevelvetchair.blogspot.com
Love the reverse look of the starfish. Very cute! (I must now go copy you!)
great projects Maryann! You ARE the bulap queen!
gail
thanks for sharing @ catch as catch can
Maryann,
Hi! This is SO cute! I love the pillows! Can I ask where you found the stencils online?
Thanks a BUNCH!