Garage Sale Pillow Covers Stenciled For Fall

October 02, 2021

Photo of two striped square pillow covers.

I found these 16" x 16" striped pillow covers at a garage sale last weekend for $1.

They were like new.

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Photo of a pumpkin shaped stencil from Old Sign Stencils.

I pulled out my Old Sign Stencils pumpkin stencil. (I cut the stencil in two while stenciling on a chair seat earlier this fall.)

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Photo of a pumpkin stencil taped to a pillow cover.

I am going to use the taller pumpkin stencil.

I centered the stencil by the pumpkin and not the stencil's edges (since it had been cut), and taped it on one of the pillow covers with blue painter's tape. I stuck a piece of cardboard inside the pillow cover to prevent any paint bleed through of the top layer.

Photo of a pumpkin stencil being applied to a pillow cover.

I pounced the pumpkin stencil onto the pillow cover using Waverly Inspirations Chalk Paint in Pumpkin, and I stenciled the stem and leaf with Dixie Belle Chalk Finish Paint in Kudzu.

Photo of a striped pillow with fall pumpkin stencil.

I ended up applying two coats of orange paint stenciling to cover the gray stripes better.

I ironed the pillow cover from the backside and from the frontside with parchment paper to set the paint into the fabric. I did not iron directly on the stenciling without parchment paper.