Ugly-Pillow Make-Over! – (in Less Than 15 Minutes!)

by TheProjectPile.com

3 Materials

15 Minutes

Easy

I’d been dreaming of a burlap pillow with the silhouette of a deer head for quite awhile now, but wasn’t exactly sure of how to go about it… I figured that the deer head along with the burlap would be perfect for fall, but also be able to smoothly roll right on into the Christmas Season!

I finally decided that I would upcycle an old existing ugly pillow instead of purchasing a new one...

ugly pillow make over in less than 15 minutes

Here is the ugly pillow that I decided to upcycle. Pretty ugly, am I right?!

[Psst! This is a project from way back when The Project Pile was just born! Have you checked out The Project Pile, lately?! A lot has changed!]

I found the perfect deer silhouette image online and printed it out. I then cut it out and traced it on to my burlap, and then colored it in with a black sharpie.

Since I unfortunately didn't inherit my mother's sewing genes, I left an extra boarder of material, so that I could instead hot-glue it. I just used a piece of thin cardboard to press the glued border together, so that I didn't burn my fingers!

[Hey! You can check out another awesome hot glue project, right here!]

Here is how the pillow turned out! Simple, but classic, and definitely so easy to make!

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Wilma Turcotte on Aug 08, 2017

I have been looking for silouettes of alot of different scenes that I could print. I found some good ones for Halloween to put on glasses or anything but it won't let me print them. Does anyone know of another site with different silouettes I can print? Thanks.

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Paula Pittinger McNeely on Aug 10, 2017

I went over to your blog & subscribed. Lots of gorgeous projects. My question is on your fall/harvest burlap print signs....do you print or stencil them or do they print off & look like burlap? TIA=thx in advance

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Christy Roppel on Sep 06, 2017

Once you get the image, how do you trace it on the material? Do you cut it out and trace around the image? Thanks!

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Jillallen on Sep 21, 2017

Does the burlap smell really bad? I love using burlap but the smell stops me from using it for a lot of projects. Is there a way to get the smell " out"?

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Sheryll S on Aug 20, 2017

Very cute! I always like burlap decor. Unfortunately, burlap doesn't like me. If I move, touch or brush against it, I can not breathe again till I shower and wash my hair.

So pretty!

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Kathleen Mckirkle on Oct 07, 2017

You can pull a weft thread along the edges than hand fray the warp threads. It doesn't fray any more after doing this. Washing burlap makes it soft and can change it's shape.

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