Another Burlap Pillow

Hello Everyone.. I hope everybody had a great weekend.  I went to a lot of yard sales this weekend. I will show you some of my goodies tomorrow..
So, last week I showed you my burlap pillow that I made. Well today I did another one to match but I changed it up a bit. I will include pics of the process too.

The finished pillow!

 This is after I sewed the ruffle trim around the edges of the burlap top layer of the pillow.

This is the bottom layer of the pillow. This layer is toile fabric instead of burlap like my first pillow.  I did an envelope style pillow cover.

This is the same kind of flower I did on the other pillow, the only difference is I added a vintage button cover in the center of this one.  I like the little bit of sparkle it adds.

This is the final resting spot for my two new burlap pillows.  The bench I picked up at an estate sale for 20.00 a year or so ago. The two vintage fruit crates underneath are two of my finds from this weekend. They were 3.00 each, I love them but I am not sure of where they will live for sure yet.

Until tomorrow,
Kristy

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Burlap, Ruffles, and Flowers Oh My!

Today I made my first pillow out of burlap. I love burlap but I never have worked with it and it did present a few challenges for me. The biggest issue for me was that it was difficult to keep the burlap straight. Any small tug and the lines were off.  It also frays at the edges super easy which I love but you need to make sure you add enough of a seam allowance to account for that.

For my pillow I just did a very basic pillow.  I added a scrap piece of trim I had left over from my ruffle lampshade I shared yesterday.  The end result of the flower turned out to be a happy accident. Originally, the flower was just going to be basic layered circles with a button in the middle.. However, after I did that I just wasn't "feeling" it. It needed to be more dimensional. I will share later a short tutorial how I achieved that look.

I have to give a "shout out" to my Mom.  She made me the beautiful white crocheted throw that is in the pic.  She actually made me two of them which you will see in my living room when I share that part of the house in the near future.

Thanks for reading and feel free to leave me a comment. I would love to hear any tips you may have for working with burlap.

Until later,
Kristy