Burlap Pillow

The words burlap and pillow should never be used together.  Especially if you use the kind of burlap that I used.  Talk about scratchy!  This pillow will definitely be a “look at me” only pillow.

I’ve been “itching” to do another burlap project since I made my table runner.  I had just enough burlap in my 1989 stash to make a cute pillow.

My pillow doesn’t yet have a permanent home.  Here it is in my living room.

It may find a home on my screened porch bench.

This pillow was super easy to make.  I cut two pieces of burlap the same size.  I stenciled a monogram on one piece and after the paint was dry used fusible webbing to iron on ribbon.

Then I pinned the two pieces together making sure that the edges were lined up evenly.

I sewed around the left side of the ribbon.  Be sure to leave an opening for stuffing the pillow!

Then I sewed around the right side of the ribbon.

Stuffing time!  I stuffed the corners on one side and then continued to stuff and fluff until that side seemed full.  Then I repeated the process on the other side.

I pinned the opening closed and stitched it shut on either side of the ribbon.

The last step is to fray the edges.  I used a sewing pin to catch threads of the burlap and pull them out.

Finished!

It matches my table runner perfectly!

Be sure to visit Kimba at A Soft Place to Land for “Do It Yourself” Tuesday.