DIY Patriotic Stenciled Pillow Cover

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Hello! I’m Leslea from A Heart Filled Home, and I’m so excited to share my latest DIY project with you today.

I have always loved decorating for holidays year-round. My mom used to have a cute little shelf in our kitchen, and with each holiday she had sweet little hand-painted wood decor pieces to display on the shelf. A little Christmas tree at Christmas time, a painted egg for Easter, a turkey for Thanksgiving, and so on. For the months of June and July I remember setting her sweet little American Flag on the shelf. It was such a nice little reminder of the upcoming holiday, and it kept my brother and I excited about each new season.

This year I wanted to incorporate some patriotic decor in my own home. I decided to create my own DIY pillow cover using a stencil, a plain pillow cover, and some fabric markers. It is a simple process, and you can customize it however you like! For this DIY patriotic stenciled pillow cover I added some song lyrics from the song “God Bless America” – and I love how it turned out!

DIY Patriotic Stenciled Pillow Cover

Materials you will need:

  • Plain pillow cover (I found mine at Hobby Lobby)
  • Fabric marker
  • Ruler
  • Stencil (I used this one (affiliate link) and it worked great!)
  • Pencil
  • Paper
  • Painter’s tape
  • Cardboard

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

How to make your stenciled pillow cover:

First I ironed my pillow cover to make sure there weren’t any wrinkles to start with. Then I found a piece of paper around the same size as my pillow cover. I sketched out my horizontal lines and used my ruler to make sure that the vertical spacing between each line was the same. I used this paper as my practice sheet where I sketched out some of my words to see how they would fit best on each line.

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

I taped off a line on the pillow with the painter’s tape to give me a horizontal “guide” for my stenciling. I started stenciling in my words with a pencil very lightly, so that if I made a mistake I could erase it. To make sure my letters were straight I made sure the bottom of the letters on the stencil were touching the top line of the painter’s tape. I placed my practice sheet next to the pillow so that I could reference the words and placement.

After I finished tracing the letters with pencil, I went back over it with my fabric marker. I only traced the outline of each letter while using the stencil, then I removed the stencil and filled in the inside of the letters with the marker. I found it easier to fill them in without having to work within the space of the stencil. Afterwards I erased any pencil markings that were visible.

TIP: I placed some cardboard inside the pillow cover to protect the back of the pillow cover fabric, to absorb any marker in case some decided to bleed through. I didn’t end up having any marker bleed through the fabric, but I liked having that safety net of the cardboard – just in case!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

After I was done with each line of text I would measure 2 inches down with my ruler, and move the painter’s tape down to that 2 inch mark. I’d make sure that the left side, middle, and right side of the painter’s tape was 2 inches lower so that the line would be even all the way across.

 

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

After filling in all of my letters and letting it dry for 24 hours, I was ready to display it proudly!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

Create your own DIY Stenciled Patriotic Pillow Cover with this easy tutorial!

It fits in nicely with my modern farmhouse decor – I love how it looks in our playroom! I’m going to be excited to get this piece out every summer!

I hope you enjoyed this DIY project! If you love DIY, you should take a look at my post on How To Make An Easy Hand-Lettered Canvas 🙂

Blessings,

Leslea

aheartfilledhome.com

 

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