Worn out white sheets were given to me by our neighbor who lives down the road. They were lovely but unusable for bedding.
What to do with them? Recycle, upcycle and repurpose, of course!
The pictured candy corn pillow made from an old sheet was my first. It measures 11 inches on all sides. I have since changed my pattern measurements: 11 inches across the bottom; 13 3/4 sides all raw edge measurements.
Materials:
* white material of some sort
* straight pins
* scissors
* ruler
* newspaper (to make pattern)
* sewing machine (or sew by hand)
* fiber fill (I found an old unused pillow, ripped it open and used its filling)
* acrylic off white, dark orange like burnt orange or terra cotta, and gold. Basically you'll want to use colors that are muted and antique looking unless you prefer bright colors and you aren't going for the "primitive" look
* One inch flat brush
* Water to rinse brush
Measure and mark 11 inches starting at the outside corner and along the bottom edge of the newspaper.
Mark at 11 inches.
Measure upward (vertical) 13 3/4 along the outside edge and at the 11 inch mark, and mark both.
Now place a mark at five and a half inches between the two top (13 3/4) marks.
Lay the ruler down at the 11 inch and five and a half inch mark then draw a line to create one side.
Lay the ruler down at the outside corner and the five and a half inch mark then draw a line.
You now have the triangle. Cut out along the lines.
Pin the cutout triangle onto your fabric and cut out the shape.
Or fold the fabric, pin on the newspaper pattern and cut out two shapes at once.
Remove the pins and paper pattern then repin the fabric pieces together.
Sew quarter inch seams leaving an opening large enough at the bottom to stuff fiber fill.
To really make the pillow look like candy corn, don't make triangle points. Instead, sew curves at each point (semi-circles).
Cut off the points and snip the now-curved points of the triangle.
Turn right side out and stuff. Make sure to poke the stuffing well into the corners so they'll hold their shapes.
Sew closed using a simple stitch of your choice (like a whip-stitch).
TO PAINT:
Load your flat brush into gold and draw a line about three inches up from the bottom on one side of the pillow. Fill in the space from the line you made to each seam.
Rinse brush, load with terra cotta. Draw a line two and a half to three inches from the top. Fill the space between the gold and the orange line and side to side using the seam as the stopping point.
What we're doing is just painting one side of the pillow. Then we'll let it dry and repeat the process on the other side.
Rinse brush.
Paint the tip of the candy corn with off white.
After the paint dries, do the same thing to the other side of the pillow.
The paint will dry stiff. Leave as is OR sand it a bit to soften it. Don't get over-zealous with the sandpaper. You'll remove all the work you did painting.
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