KING AND QUEEN BALLARD

THESE PILLOWS THAT I DID

ARE INSPIRED BY BALLARD PILLOWS WHICH I SAW ONLINE...

I WANTED MY OWN

KING AND QUEEN BALLARD.

HERE ARE THE BALLARD PILLOWS

WHICH I ADMIRED:

AND THIS IS MY RECREATION:

THEIRS $49 EACH

MINE $5 EACH

(i had the pillow itself)

just wanted to include some

pictures on how i feed the canvas

through the computer as

some people had asked.

use temporary spray

adhesive to attach

cardstock paper to canvas.

cut canvas to exact size of paper

while attached.

just feed through printer as you would a normal piece of paper.

peel your canvas off of cardstock and sew onto your canvas pillow cover.

IMAGES I USED..

HOPE YOU LIKE THEM

I FEEL LIKE ROYALTY WHEN I USE

THEM.....

linked up here:

I BUILT A NEST....

WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER

THE ARCHIES

WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOKS . WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS I COULDNT RESIST BUT PUT MY OWN SPIN ON IT..

EVER FEEL LIKE THIS LADIES!!!

SO TODAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING UP

 POTTERY BARN PILLOWS I CAME ACCROSS

THIS..

SO I WANTED TO CREATE MY OWN AND PUT MY OWN

SPIN ON IT..

SO I STARTED WITH THE CANVAS

DROP CLOTH AGAIN WAS A LITTLE

WEIRD AS THE CANVAS FELT DIFFERENT

THIS TIME A LITTLE STIFFER THAN THE

LAST ONE I BOUGHT.

I FOLLOWED MY PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS

 AS I HAD DONE IN

THE POST WHEN I DID

THE NUMBERED PILLOW

THIS TIME I WENT INTO PHOTOSHOP TO

CREATE THE LETTERING..

I WAS HAPPY WITH THIS BUT I WANTED TO

ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING MORE. SO I

MERGED THIS PICTURE ON TOP OF THIS ONE..

I FADED THE PICTURE A LITTLE AND ENDED UP WITH THIS...

SO ONTO THE FINISHED PRODUCT 

IM VERY HAPPY WITH

IT AND I AM BECOMING MORE CONFIDENT IN

MY SEWING ABILITIES.I TOOK SOME

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF IT OUTSIDE

IN THE SNOW HOPE YOU LIKE IT...

AND FOR THE BACK I

SEWED ON A CUTE BUTTON..

HERES THE COMPARISON...

WHATCHA THINK...

NUMBERED PILLOW

NUMBERED PILLOW

LET ME START OUT BY SAYING

I DO NOT SEW..

 MAYBE A HEM HERE OR THERE

BUT NOTHING ELSE OF SUBSTANCE...

I HAVE 2 PILLOWS THAT WERE

GIVEN TO ME BRAND NEW IN THE

PLASTIC.

BUT THESE ARE EURO SQUARE PILLOWS AND I DONT HAVE ANY COVERS FOR THEM. SO IVE BEEN READING BLOGS LATELY AND ALOT OF WOMEN ARE SEWING THEIR OWN COVERS.I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO USE THE A CANVAS DROP CLOTH WHICH I BOUGHT AT LOWES FOR $4.97

I LAYED THE PILLOW ON THE MATERIAL

AND BASICALLY FOLDED THE MATERIAL OVER SO IT OVERLAPPED ON THE BACK.I THEN SEWED IT INSIDE OUT ON BOTH ENDS.TURNED IT RIGHT SIDE OUT AND THREW IT IN THE WASH AND DRIED IT AS I HAD MADE IT A LITTLE TO BIG.

THE DRYER SHRUNK IT AND I IRONED IT. I WAS THEN READY TO PUT THE PRINT ON THE FRONT OF THE PILLOW.I DECIDED ON THIS GRAPHIC WHICH I GOT FROM THE INTERNET.

IVE SEEN POTTERY BARN PILLOWS WITH

NUMBERS ON THEM AND I WANTED ONE.

SO IN ORDER TO PUT THIS ONTO MY PILLOW I DIDNT WANT TO DO A TRANSFER. SO I SPRAYED A PIECE OF CARDSTOCK PAPER WITH STENCIL SPRAY AND STUCK THE DROP CLOTH TO THE PAPER AND TRIMED THE CLOTH TO FIT THE PAPER. I THEN PRINTED ON IT FROM MY PRINTER. AND I COULDNT BELIEVE IT, IT WORKED....

I REALLY DIDNT MEASURE OR PIN ANYTHING TOGETHER I JUST WINGED IT AND SEWED THE PILLOW BY EYE. AFTER I PRINTED OUT MY NUMBER I SEWED IT TO THE FRONT OF THE PILLOW AND PUT TIES ON THE BACK OF THE PILLOW TO HOLD IT CLOSED..

SO HERE ARE MY RESULTS...

I LOVE THE WAY IT TURNED OUT AND THE PILLOW IS REALLY SOFT AND HAS A NICE LOOK TO IT.

I CANT WAIT TO MAKE THE OTHER ONE.

FURNITURE REDOS ARE REALLY MY THING BUT I WASNT GOING

TO LET THIS PILLOW BEAT ME...

I KEPT TELLING MYSELF

I CAN DO THIS...