Beach pillows

As I pulled out my summer decorations that I put out on my porch every summer I noticed that all of it was looking a bit shabby and tired! Everything was sun faded and my  pillow covers were thin and torn. The sun really does a number on my outside decorations so I decided it was time to get rid of what I had and make some new fresh front porch decor.  I had already made the beach stars and Seahorse boards.  I am loving this beach trend and decided to keep that theme going.

I dug through my fabric collection and found a few pieces of fabric that fit the look I was going for.  I always make envelope style pillow covers because I like the concept of just making a cover it saves on space and time.  Learn how to make an envelope pillow cover here.  I began by cutting my fabrics and sewing the envelope pillow covers.  Next I designed and cut the shell and starfish template out of freezer paper (using my personal cutting machine).  I measured and cut cream colored burlap a little larger than the template I had.  I ironed the freezer paper onto the burlap, painted the starfish with gold spray paint and sprinkled some gold glitter on while it was still wet.  I painted the word shells with white craft paint onto blue burlap and sprinkled clear glitter on while it was still wet.  I let them dry then peeled the freezer paper template off. On each piece of burlap I pulled a few strings of the edges and trimmed them even to give them a frayed look.  I hot glued the starfish burlap onto the coral polka dot pillow and then hot glued a teal sparkly trim around the edge.

For the shells word pillow I cut an additional piece of cream burlap a little larger than the blue burlap. I pulled a few strings from the edges on this one also.  I glued the white burlap piece in the center of my blue striped pillow cover then I layered the blue shells burlap piece onto the cream burlap and glued it into place.  I glued small gold bead strand around the edge of the shells wording.  I also made a plain gray and white striped pillow cover to go with these pillows.  I am loving this beach trend.