Halloween Pillow with Candy Corn Pom Poms

Happy Sunday ya’ll. I hope you are feeling rested and revived. Me? Notsomuch. I have been working my butt off this weekend (you can see what I have been up to on Instagram) and my body is paying for it. I get to see my chiropractor tomorrow and hopefully I will start feeling better soon. My aching neck! Anywho I tamed it down for this project – no extra exertion on my body. I made an adorable Halloween pillow with pom pom accents.

There are a zillion different ways to make pom poms but I decided to purchase the Clover Extra Large Pom Pom Maker (<—Amazon link should you want to purchase it there) at Joann Fabrics & Crafts. They make perfectly large symmetrical poms every time. Plus they are easy to use, even a child could use it.

Have you ever seen Semi Homemade with Sandra Lee? Well this pillow is semi-homemade by Rebecca Marie (yep that is my real name!). I decided to use an IKEA Gurli pillow cover. I can’t even make a pillow with a zipper cheaper than $4 for the Gurli ones.

Then I used my Silhouette Cameo machine to cut out vinyl as as stencil. I used transfer tape to adhere it to the front of the pillow.

Then I mixed one part Martha Stewart Fabric Medium with two parts paint. I used a Handled Squeegee brush to scrape the paint onto the stencil.

I let it soak in for about three minutes and then I removed the stencil. Once the paint dried I used a press cloth over the design and ironed it. Then I took a sanding sponge to the paint to give it less of a shine and look a little worn. Next I moved onto sewing the poms on.

So in order to attach the poms I had to cut off the three edges of the Gurli pillow, keeping the zipper in place so that I could stick the poms in and then resew it. So instead of it being a 20’ x 20’ it was more like an 18” x 18”. (Note: Make sure you open the zipper when you sew it so you can turn it right side out when done)

On all the poms I made sure to keep the long threads that I used to tie the pom together. Those are the strings I used to sew into the pillow. So with the three edges cut I stuck the poms inside with the threads in the corner sticking out ready to sew. Then I pinned it tightly.