DIY Stenciled Pillows

* I received free product to help facilitate this review. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own.

If you’re a reader of this blog, you must know that I love pillows! I’ve made DIY placemat pillows and pillows out of cloth napkins for my home’s living room. So I was excited to try out the Paint a Pillow kits from Paint-A-Pillow. I have never stenciled a pillow before and thought it would be fun!

I picked out the Mermaid Paint-a-Pillow kit — I love the pattern! The kit came with everything I needed to stencil a pillow: a stenciling frame, a reusable pillow stencil, a 17”x 17” cotton pillow cover, a pillow insert: linen/down alternative, a mini roller and 1/2″ stencil brush, a paint tray and stirring stick, a free mini stencil and practice fabric swatch, full color instructions, and one fabric paint of my choice. Besides my kit, I also received a second paint color, some tassels and some antique silver round cone studs.

My Paint a Pillow work area.

How to Stencil a Pillow

My DIY stenciled pillows were fun and easy to make! My stencil frame came with a pillow cover already inserted, so all I had to do was choose my work area — so I chose to paint outside on a small folding table. (I figure I could skip the clean up if I painted outside!) I laid some newspaper on top of my folding table and placed my stencil frame and pillow cover on top of the table and got to work!

I squirted some fabric paint on my paint tray, and rolled my mini roller until it was covered with paint, but not too saturated. I then simply rolled the paint over my stencil and pillow cover until I had completely filled in the stencil design!

I let my DIY stenciled pillow cover sit outside for an hour or so to make sure it was completely dry. Once it was dry, I simply snapped on my antique silver round cone studs! I then put my pillow insert into my stenciled pillow cover, and my pillow was complete!

For my second pillow, I wash and dried my stencil (in the sink), inserted it and my pillow cover into my stencil frame and repeated the same process for my second pillow! The below is a close up shot of one of my DIY stenciled pillows.

I love how my stenciled pillows came out! I think they look great on my spray-painted Adirondack chairs!

This is another look at the pillows — this was a fun project!

Paint a Pillow Giveaway

Good news, readers! Paint-A-Pillow will give away one Paint-A-Pillow kit to one reader, who will be chosen at random. To enter, follow the directions in the Rafflecopter widget below!

*The Paint-A-Pillow kit will be provided to one reader chosen at random through Rafflecopter. The sponsor of this post, and not Mom Home Guide, is responsible for the fulfillment of this prize.

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Comments

Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

July 14, 2015 at 11:29 PM

This is SO CUTE! Oh, I hope I win! I would pick maybe a floral one or the polka dots. Cute, cute, cute!

Carrie
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- Lauren says
  
  July 15, 2015 at 11:55 AM
  
  Good luck, Carrie! 🙂
Vunda V says

July 15, 2015 at 8:33 AM

i love the songbirds on a branch pillow!
Theresa @DearCreatives says

July 16, 2015 at 2:47 AM

I’d probably pick one of the nature pillows. They have so many cool ones to pick from. Thanks for the chance!
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- Lauren says
  
  July 16, 2015 at 12:51 PM
  
  Thanks for stopping by Theresa! Hope you are enjoying your summer! Good luck! 🙂
Heather Poindexter says

July 16, 2015 at 9:49 AM

I think I would choose the Damasque.
Roz says

July 16, 2015 at 11:18 AM

I love the Wild Berry Damask print. It looks so easy to make. Wish me luck.
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- Lauren says
  
  July 16, 2015 at 12:51 PM
  
  That is a nice print! Good luck, Roz! 🙂
Kristi says

July 16, 2015 at 12:05 PM

Now this is a craft that even I could do. So fun!!
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- Lauren says
  
  July 16, 2015 at 12:50 PM
  
  Thanks, Kristi! Hope you are enjoying your summer! 🙂
DJ says

July 16, 2015 at 9:20 PM

I would choose the Birds In Trees Paint-a-Pillow Kit.
Lela says

July 16, 2015 at 9:56 PM

These are so cute, Lauren! I love how they came out!
- Lauren says
  
  July 16, 2015 at 10:43 PM
  
  Thanks, Lela! I hope you entered the giveaway!
Tisha Allen says

July 20, 2015 at 11:42 AM

So many great designs to choose from! I’m thinking this would be a great housewarming gift for a fellow DIYer!!!
- Lauren says
  
  July 20, 2015 at 8:15 PM
  
  I think it would be a great gift, Tisha!