Painted Duck-Cloth Pillows

Ooh, it's starting to feel like Spring around here guys!!!

We've had blue skies, 70-degree weather and gorgeous sunshine the past couple days and I am in LOVE.

Completely ready for spraypaint, capris and sunglasses season :)

How 'bout you??

I've been working on several furniture redos that I'm dying to show you...so be on the look-out.

You can see some sneaks as to what they are on my facebook page.

Onto today's project.

I have a slight love affair with pillows...

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with that love affair though.

And these ones I actually made :)

No stuffing placemats this time!

Wanna see what I came up with??

I had fun :)

Supplies:

*A yard of Duck Cloth (I got contrasting colors- a beige and dark brown)

*Sewing machine

*Stuffing

*Acrylic Paint

*Foam Pounces

*Stencils of your choice

I love this stuff.

I first used it back when I did my kitchen stool makeover and I'm super impressed with how it holds up- especially since a four year old eats there regularly!!

I swear, we spilled a big amount of spaghetti sauce and it came up!

So you know it's amazing :)

I found mine at JoAnns fabric and the label calls it 'duck cloth' and it just feels like drop cloth material.

So I picked up the two colors in enough yardage to do a couple pillows.

I decided I wanted to glam them up a bit with some vintage-y type painting so I printed out some stencils.

Oh yes.

I still love the whole 'keep calm and carry on' slogan and used it to inspire my 'be calm' pillow.

All I did was print out the designs, cut them out with my exacto knife

(yes I STILL do this even though I've entered about a bajillion giveaways for a silhouette. Sigh. Someday...)

I then used regular old acrylic paint to stencil them on with a little round pouncer.

Works like a charm.

You can also pour a little fabric medium into your paint to make it a bit softer but these aren't really for laying on so it didn't really matter.

To make my "H" pillow, I painted the H on and then used a paper doily I had to get the circle imprint.

I just laid it on the cloth and pounced some paint into the design.

Added a little bit of pretty :)

Once I was done painting, I got the sewing machine out and whipped some pillows up :)

I love the contrasting brown on the back!!

Here's my 'be calm' one in all it's glory:

Isn't he cute?

I took some fine-grit sandpaper to the paint to rough it up a bit to give it more of a vintage feel.

And the same to my little "H" pillow:

I just love them!!

I always love having a fun pile of pillows and these are a fun addition :)

What do you think?

Need some more vintage pillow eye candy in your life??

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Are you excited for Spring like me??

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