Oh boy, I am excited to share this one with you! This pillow, along with a couple other Christmas-y updates I’ve made to my decor this year is making me one happy girl. In the past we’ve done a red and gold theme, then added silver, and I’ve been craving simplicity. This year we ditched almost all of the red in favour of a simple and neutral holiday decor style. And I’m loving it. This pillow is one of the updates and I love the somewhat Scandi appeal it has to it. Other updates are these glittered wood star ornaments (which are attracting a lot of attention from little hands!) and my Holiday Lyric Wood Round.
The best part about this tree stamped pillow ‘cover’ is that it’s more of a slip cover. It’s made to fit over an existing throw pillow so your Christmas stash doesn’t get a whole pillow bigger! If you’ve used a sewing machine before, this pillow cover will come together in a snap. Mine took me less than an hour start to finish (other than dry time).
You’ll Need:
- Sewing Machine with White Thread
- Drop Cloth (Uncoated is best- which happens to be the cheapest kind at Home Depot) & Scissors
- Black Fabric Paint (this stuff
is my absolute favourite) - Wood Block & Felt (or Foam) to create stamp
- Paint brush
Alright, let’s get started! First grab the pillow you want to slipcover. Lay out your drop cloth and trace your pillow. Now add 2.5″ all the way around and cut it out. You should have one lovely square. Lay that square on top of your drop cloth and cut out another that is three inches taller on one edge. Now you have a square and a rectangle. Take the longer one and cut it in half. This is the part where you will be ‘slipping’ your pillow in. Fold and hem the edges that you just cut. Then lay them overlapping each other (lining up the rest of the square) with the pretty side facing the square piece of fabric. Sew all the way around the edge. That’s your slip cover! Trim the excess then turn it right way. Follow me? You’re fantastic, I knew you would. I did a quick Google search and found a full tutorial on how to make this type of cover in case I’ve lost you.
Okay, so now we have a GORGEOUS pillow cover made of our drop cloth. Before we talk about painting, can we talk about how obsessed I am with drop cloths right now? I had always kind of scoffed at this trend because you can get some cheap fabric that looks pretty nice without resorting to… painting rags. Right? But I gave in and got one to make a tree skirt (DIY coming soon!) and had SO much left over, I’ve been using it for everything. I love that it doesn’t fray too crazily, it has some attractive flecks of colour in it and it takes paint incredibly well without bleeding through (probably because that’s it’s job). So what can I say, I’m hooked. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
Back to the DIY? Sure, let’s make a stamp. You could pick any shape you want, but I’m partial to the way this little tree turned out. Cut yourself out a stamp- foam works so much better for this, but I had a bunch of felt left over from my honeycomb felt backdrop, so I used this. That wasn’t the BEST medium I could have chosen- let me be clear. I ended up painting the paint onto the stencil to get even coverage because the felt soaked up so much of the paint. But sometimes you gotta use what you got- right? I glued the felt tree to a piece of wood (also leftover from this Star Mobile) and got to stamping. I’ve shared my love for the Tulip Soft Black Paint
before, but let me tell you another reason that I love it. If you don’t use set it with an iron, it has a sort of graphite paint-like appeal to it. So if it’s not something you’re going to wash often- maybe consider skipping the ironing!
That’s really all there is to it! When you’ve stamped your little heart content, make yourself a coffee while it dries, then stuff your pillow in and admire your “hard work”. Oh, also if you didn’t catch on- this project cost me a big ‘ol $0. I had all the supplies on hand from past projects- so that was a big win in my books.
So, let’s hear from you! What’s your Christmas style this year? Have you gone through a holiday decor identity crisis like me? How did you change it up without blowing the budget? And, Drop Cloths!! Have you used them? What’s your thoughts on the trend?
DIY Holiday Lyrics Wood Slice
Love this idea! So cute – and love that it’s a slipcover! We love using drop cloths for projects!
Thanks so Much Manda! That means a lot coming from you- I love your style!!
This is such a great DIY project! Even though I have a list of projects long enough, I think I’ll be adding some stamping (with foam, thanks for the tip). Might I just add – that owl softie is adorable!
Haha, my list is SO long too! Life of a blogger, right?
That owls is actually a doorstop. That has not been effective for my kids… my daughter lugs it around everywhere;) But it looks cute!
So pretty! I could make pillow cases for days on ;) Pinning your project for sure! Visiting from Think and Make Thursday Lnk party.
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Can you ever have too many throw pillows?? Thanks so much Ursula :)
OK so your pillow is adorable, but your stamp idea is GENIUS!!! Love it all!
Thanks so much Bre! I always love your sweet comments :)
What a fabulous cushion. Love it! I’m definitely giving this a go.
Woohoo! I hope you do Tracey Lee, and I’d love to see a photo!
Ah I love this. I’m definitely going to be making one of these. I love that it can work for Christmas and the rest of the year.
I’d love to see if you do Havalah!! I definitely would love to make one that has a less seasonal lyric or quote. I’m a bit mad that I put the date on the back or I would flip it over and do another!
I love this Colleen! It’s simple, pretty and adds something festive to the room! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Project Parade! Hope to see you there again this week too:)
Thanks so much Shannon! I will definitely be there :)
So cute, I love the stamped trees! Thanks for sharing at On Display Thursday, come again on Wednesday night! :)
Thanks so much Leia! I’m really happy with the way it turned out. I will be there!
Oh, this is so adorable! I love the hand stamped trees–the perfect holiday touch :) Thanks for sharing on the Makers!
Thanks Amy! I kind of want to stamp everything with those trees now!
soo adorable! I love the felt stamp omg. Please come share at my link party http://www.carissamiss.com/2014/12/outside-box-no-14.html
Thanks so much Carissa! Done and done :)
I love this and the rubber stamp idea is brilliant! I have some canvas duck left over from another project and now I know just what to make with it.
Thanks so much Pam! I’d love to see if you do make it :)
So adorable! They look like they belong in a Christmas cabin. I love drop cloth pillows! Thanks so much for sharing them at On Display Thursday! We hope to see you again tonight at 9 pm central! http://www.thedomesticheart.com/display-thursday-23
Thanks so much Shelly! I would LOOVE to be in a Christmas cabin right now! I’ll see you there :)
Seriously Colleen! You can do know wrong. I bow to you! =)
Kyla! You’re ridiculously sweet and I’m loving all your support!
This is so cool!! Featuring it tonight at On Display Thursday, thanks so much for sharing it!!
Thanks so much Emily! Your party is spoiling me tonight :)
I’ve loved this from first look. It may not get accomplished for chirstmas, but trees are forever right?! I’m featuring it tomorrow for the Think & Make Thursday! Cheers girl!
Aw thanks so much Karisa! I did make it for Christmas but I love it so I’m thinking it’ll stay out all winter- trees are forever ;) Thank you so much for the feature!!
I saw these on Think and Make Thursday and I absolutely love them! Thanks for sharing, these are so great!
Thanks so much Emily! I’m happy you stopped by- thanks for taking the time to leave a comment :)
This is really cute! And how creative that you made your own stamp, I love it! Thanks for linking up to Your Design This Time! Have a great weekend!
Thanks Katie! I love making my own- then I can get exactly what I picture! Hope your weekend was wonderful :)
Have you ever looked up @45walldesign on Instagram? I adore her feed and she made some garlands with trees just like this (that I drool over). You should go find her picture- you’d love it! And these pillows are fantastic.
Uh, yes… thanks to you I’m her newest follower! Love her aesthetic. and that tree garland. Oh man!!
Colleen…thanks for linking up at Sunday Features. Great tutorial. You were featured this week. Thanks again.
Thanks so much Denise! I’m headed over to check it out now… thanks for the wonderful party!
Very cute! This would be the perfect project to do with my girls!!
Thanks so much for linking up with us at The Makers link party last week, hope to see you there again this morning! ;)
Thanks Ursula! Stamping is such a great activity for kids! I’ll be there- although a little late!
Super cute!
Thanks so much Marni! Sweet of you to stop by. I’d be embarrassed for you to see the close up of this sewing- you’re so talented at it! Good thing it’s inside out ;)