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DIY Sponge Paint Mudcloth Throw Pillow
by
Mari
(IC: instagram)
7 Materials
$15
1 Hour
Easy
Get an authentic looking Mudcloth pillow for a fraction of the cost—using a sponge! A simple and fun project anyone can do in under an hour. The sponge design is perfectly imperfect and resembles the real deal quite well.
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Materials
Gather your materials
- solid color pillow cover
- sponge
- craft or fabric paint
- ruler
- pencil
- extra paper or cardboard
- scissors
Cut your sponge
- Cut your sponge into desired shape—triangle shown here.
- Tip-if the sponge is dried out, get it a little damp and wring it out so it’s nice and soft.
- Put some paint on a paper plate or scrap paper.
- Test your design on scrap paper
Divide the pillow into sections
- For this, just mark with a pencil at halfway and then quarters (so four total columns)
- This was an 18 inch pillow so lines are marked at 4.5, 9, and 13.5 inches.
- Put extra paper or cardboard inside of the pillow cover to prevent paint from seeping through
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Begin to sponge the design onto the pillow
- Two ways to do this
- One: use a small paintbrush and paint the paint right onto the sponge
- Two: dip the stamp right into the paint
- Once you have paint on, dab the sponge onto a piece of paper and then onto the pillow
- After you stamp once, stamp again into the next column
- You can use the sponge 2-4 times with same paint before redipping the sponge
Keep sponging
- After you get four triangle across the top continue down the pillow butting up the next triangle to the bottom of the one above
Adjust at the bottom if needed
- If the complete sponge stamp doesn’t fit at the bottom row, just stamp what fits
Display your pillow!
- Wait for the paint to dry and then find a home for your new DIY Mudcloth pillow!
- The throw pillow was clean to begin with, but the craft paint might not be washable
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Published April 20th, 2020 3:59 PM
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