Crafting Nautical Accent Pillows Using Stencils

by Cutting Edge Stencils

We have a craft project that is super easy and tons of fun to complete. We bet after reading this post you'll be hooked on our painted accent pillows! Let's take a look at a nautical Paint-A-Pillow project.

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We'd like to introduce Amy, the creative DIYer behind the blog @CanaryStreetCrafts . Amy is in the process of giving her son's bedroom a nautical makeover with one DIY project at a time. So when we introduced her to Paint-A-Pillow, she jumped at the chance to create some nautical accent pillows for his bedroom. Amy ordered the Anchors Away Paint-A-Pillow kit, a natural pillow cover, and Jacquard Fabric Paint in navy blue and ruby red.

Amy was excited when her Paint-A-Pillow kit was delivered. With her Anchors Away Paint-A-Pillow kit in hand, she read through the simple instructions that were included and was ready to start her project. Amy chose to paint the majority of the nautical design in navy blue and one anchor on the lower left hand corner in ruby red.

First she painted the red anchor using a stencil brush and then she painted the navy blue using the dense foam roller.

** If you're recreating this at home, be careful not to overload the brush and roller with too much paint. Brush or Roll off the excess paint onto a folded paper towel until it looks almost dry. The key to stenciling is using as little paint as possible. Too much paint will cause the design to bleed and smudge.