Cute Halloween Pillow

Last year I bought some adorable Halloween fabric. I was going to make the girls some trick or treat bags out of it, but they have grown really fond of their $1 plastic pumpkin buckets. I got the pumpkins out last week, and they have been using them to carry their toys around all day every day. I don't have the heart to make them use anything else. I decided I'd better find another use for the fabric before another Halloween has come and gone. I went with a pillow for the couch...

{Center fabric from Boo to You by My Mind's Eye for Riley Blake Designs}

Isn't that fabric super cute? I added some strips of orange with gray pearl bracelets around the center and then gray around the outer edges. I even added piping. This is only my second time using piping and my first time on a pillow. It didn't turn out perfect, but it's not bad for my first try...

I wish I'd gone with a thicker cord so it would stand out more. Next time I'll know better. I used more of the Riley Blake fabric on the back, with a simple envelope closure...

I tried something else new on this pillow... I used one of the decorative stitches on my sewing machine for the first time. I really like the way it turned out...

One more new thing... I made a label out of twill tape and sewed it on the back of the pillow. I usually use the method that I shared in my sewing label tutorial, but I thought I'd try something new. I'm kinda liking it :)

I figured this pillow would take me a couple of hours tops, but it took more like four. I don't know why I'm so slow. I wish I could bust out two or three projects in one sitting. I suppose that's why I tend to shy away from the really big projects... they take me forever! Is anyone else a super-slow sewist, or am I the only one?




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