The Scrabble Tile Pillow

In December, my friend who you've read about HERE had a birthday!

This year she got a new place and I knew I wanted to do something fun, personal and a little funny to go in her new space. 

I knew months ago what this would be. 

I found the idea from the wonderful Krystal at Sassy Sanctuary.

(you should know her if you don't, she also designed this blog)

So of course I had to do a double sided pillow, because one side I just had to do Diet Coke. Now that she's kicking the habit, I wanted her to have a second option on the flip side of the pillow. 

So I started thinking about what other things she loves. 

I considered Robert Pattinson's face 

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but knew I wasn't nearly talented enough to stencil it. 

Then I thought about her love for games. 

So, then was born the Scrabble Tile pillow!! 

It's actually pretty perfect, as her nickname is "Deedee" 

(DD...and the value of a D scrabble tile is a 2! kinda like D squared, but not really...you get me right?!)

If you're wondering HOW I did it... 

It's freezer paper stenciling!

Never heard of it?

It's actually surprisingly simple...just a little time consuming.

Here's the steps:

Step 1: Buy Fabric 

(I used canvas. I yard yields approx 3 pillows)

Step Two: Cut out your fabric pillow shape 

(square, lumbar, circle perhaps?)

Step Three: Print out the image you want from your computer.

Step Four: Trace out the design onto the matte side of the freezer paper.

Step Five: Cut out the stencil using an exacto knife. 

(Remember to keep any insides of "o's" or "e's" etc...)

Step Six: Iron the freezer paper stencil onto your fabric, silicon coated side down.

Step Seven: Paint in the stencil using fabric paint

Step Eight: Sew up & stuff your pillow as you please :)

Here's some pics of the stenciling:

Loved this project so much, I actually made more. 

I'll post them soon to show you what I did!

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