I made these pillows many years ago with a craft group that I ran at the time.
I get complements on them every year.
I got the inspiration from here. We used Gurli pillow covers from Ikea for the ghost and black cat. They didn't have the colors needed for the jack-o-lantern or the Frankenstein, so I made those myself. I made simple pocket pillow covers from cotton broadcloth. I used small designed quilting fabrics to make the faces on each pillow. I used my Cricut to cut everything, some lightweight interfacing to attach them and then a basic stitch on the sewing machine around the edges to keep it all in place You can see it in the close up.
Unfortunately the Arizona sun is very hard on any fabric. As a result, they have faded a lot.
So I thought I would update them this year. My kids all like the Nightmare Before Christmas movie, so I created new ones based on the 3 main characters.
I again used the Gurli pillow cover from Ikea. This time they had green - huge time saver! Instead of using quilting fabric for the faces, I used a puff vinyl. It was extremely easy to use and I like the textured look it created. I used my Cricut to cut the vinyl.
I'm not sure how the vinyl will hold up to the Arizona sun, but I thought I would give it a try. Worse case scenario, I replace the vinyl with fabric in a few years. I will keep you updated.
I LOVE how they turned out! Hope you do too!
Happy Crafting!
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