Halloween is right around the corner! But that doesn’t mean you can’t squeeze in one more decor project… These little pillows pair so well together and are pretty easy to throw together! And I love how you can use them year after year. That’s my kind of holiday craft! So let’s get right into the tutorial!
First I just gathered up everything I needed. I used a canvas fabric, this Martha Stewart fabric medium (THE best, I seriously love it), paint, spouncers, and the ‘spooky‘ and ‘ghost‘ templates. You can get those by downloading the free cut files and cutting them onto some vinyl. I used my Silhouette Cameo and just some plain ole’ vinyl.
After you get the templates cut out, use some transfer paper and center it onto a 14×14 inch piece of the canvas. Make sure that you press it down really well and slowly peel the transfer paper off so the template sticks. This will help make really clean and crisp lines when you paint.
Here’s a look at the ‘ghost’ template on the canvas.
Once you get the templates on, you can start painting! I used these little spouncers to gently and evenly dab paint over the entire template.
When the paint is dry (or really close to being dry), you can peel off the template. If you have any areas with paint where you don’t want it, either scratch at the canvas or use tweezers to pull up the paint. I love working with canvas and fabric paint because its very forgiving!
Now it’s time to sew the pillows together! You can refer to this post I did here for a more detailed look on how I sew up my pillow covers. Basically I just use the bigger front piece, and two back pieces that come together in a fold. So I make sure that the back pieces kind of overlap so that it closes once the pillow form is inside the cover. You can follow my tutorial linked above, or use you own method for making an envelope style pillow cover! For the ‘spooky’ pillow I used a pom-pom ribbon around the edges. So I just made sure to line it all up evenly in a sandwich with all the pretty sides together, then stitched around all the edges!
For the ‘ghost’ pillow I decided to use yard pom-poms on each corner. To make those I just grabbed a little piece of cardboard and started wrapping white and black yarn around it. Once it was to a thickness I liked, I slid the yarn off the cardboard and tied it down the middle. To finish it, I took some scissors and just cut all the loops and fluffed it up into a little pom-pom!
Here is what the finished pom-pom looks like as I am sewing it to the corner. I just used some thread and tightly sewed each one onto the corners of the pillow cover.
And that’s it! I just LOVE how these turned out. I whipped up some fun contrasting pillow covers out of that adorable sugar skull fabric I found at Joann.
Decorating with pillow covers is really nice because they are easy to store, and add so much to a room with very little effort.
Aren’t these just the spookiest Halloween pillows you’ve ever seen? The pom-poms are my favorite.
We’re loving these Halloween pillows at our house right now while we wait for the upcoming holiday!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I would love the pillows you make using these templates! Just tag me on Instagram @thecraftycarlson so I can see all the pillow goodness.
Thanks for reading! And Happy Halloween!
Emily
Download your free GHOST and SPOOKY SVG files here! *These designs are for personal use only!*
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WOW! These are so cute!
Thank you so much! That is very sweet.
These are so cute! I love my cameo too 🙂
They are such fun little machines huh! The crafting possibilities are endless…..
Ghost pillow is so cuuuute! And I love the pom poms 🙂
Isn’t he so adorable! Pom Poms just make everything better I think. Thanks for reading!
I love this, with the little poms, that is so easy and simple but makes them so unique!
It really is so easy to make! Glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for reading.
I love halloween and these are super cute!
Me too! Thank you so much!
These pillow covers are adorable, especially the Pom Poms! They are such a good idea too. You have just made me want a silhouette even more!
They are so fun! And you should totally get one! 😉 It’s the best!
Those are adorable! I love the pom-poms. Well done:)
Thank you so much!
Now I know what to do with my screen print kit that I was given as a gift, project for next years Halloween. Wish me luck, have never done screen printing before!!
That’s so fun! I have always wanted to try screen printing! I would love to get a kit someday. Let me know how it turns out! Thanks for reading.
These pillows are so adorable! They look easy to make too! I love that they decorate for Halloween, but still are elegant looking.
Thank you Annissa!
These are adorable! I love the little pom pom corners 🙂
xo Jen
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Thank you so much!
These look fantastic! You did a great job with them. I’ve heard a lot about the Silhouette Cameo and now I see why people like it so much.