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Monday, July 1, 2013

Burlap No-Sew Pillow

Hello there! It's been a crazy couple of weeks around here! Not only did we have 3 birthdays and 3 graduations, but my step-daughter, and now son-in-law got married on Saturday.
It's been a crazy fun happy whirlwind!
 
But, now things should settle down a little bit, and I can get a little more done around here.
 
 
I wanted to show you another no-sew pillow I made which I've been using on the front porch, and in the kitchen. I even managed to make rosettes to decorate it. (I've got hot glue burns on my thumbs, but that's par for the course I suppose. DIY is a dangerous business.)
 
 
 
Do you have an old pillow you'd like to cover? I took an old pillow that needed to be covered and just measured how much burlap I would need, and cut it to size.
 
 
To make a clean line when you cut the burlap, you grab a little strand, like below, and pull it right out, leaving you with a clean, straight line to cut.
 
 
  You can see that line right?
 
 
Next I just placed the pillow in between the two pieces, and glue gunned the burlap on the inside edges. I made sure to leave about half an inch all around so that I could "fray" the edges.
 
 
Once the pillow was in it's burlap envelope, I decided to make some rosettes. I am going to give you a tutorial I followed, rather than try to explain it here. Take a few minutes just playing with the strip of burlap before you start gluing. Once it "clicks", you will be a rosette making expert.
 
Rosette Tutorial Here
 
 
 
Once they were done, I glued them onto the pillow.
 
 
I then stenciled our last name on the pillow, for a little extra detail.
 
 
 
 
 
I'm happy with the pillow. The burlap is a little messy, so I wouldn't lean on it if I was wearing a black sweater, but it looks cute! Plus it cost me nothing to make, as I had the burlap, glue and old pillow! Yessss!
 
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13 comments:

  1. Amy@BuffaloRoamJuly 1, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    LOVE that! What a great/easy idea! You, my friend, are a genius. :)

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  2. UnknownJuly 1, 2013 at 4:34 PM

    Thanks Amy! There's no genius involved, just laziness essentially - I hate sewing! :-)
    Julia

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  3. Confessions of a Plate AddictJuly 2, 2013 at 9:46 AM

    Love your pillow...so fun and clever! Thanks so much for sharing at The Scoop!...hugs...Debbie

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  4. Fun, Factual, Weird, and BreathtakingJuly 2, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    Wonderful pillow!! I love the burlap flowers!

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  5. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co.July 7, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    Really cute and I love the burlap roses!

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  6. AnnJuly 7, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Very cute and easy. Burlap can be a pain to sew, so this works great! Thanks for sharing at Restyled Sundays.

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  7. KristaJuly 9, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    You did such a great job with this pillow! I love the flower accents you made for it! Great job! Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com/

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  8. Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. OlsonJuly 10, 2013 at 12:34 AM

    Super cute! Love fun and easy projects like this. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  9. UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    Thank you all for stopping by and checking out my pillows! I can't sew to save my life, so I'm pretty happy with them! Julia

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  10. The Charm of HomeJuly 10, 2013 at 11:51 PM

    Great job! I cannot make those roses, have tried several times! Thank you for joining Home Sweet Home!
    Sherry

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  11. DanielleJuly 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    So pretty! Thanks for sharing at Silver Pennies Sundays. x

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  12. http://decoratedchaos.blogspot.comAugust 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    Love your no-sew burlap pillow. It turned out great!

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  13. UnknownAugust 21, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    Thank you Jennifer and Danielle!

    Sherry - I don't know how I managed - this type of thing usually stumps me, but I guess the stars were aligned! Julia

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Got thoughts and ideas for me? I would LOVE to hear from you! Julia