How to make your own custom linen pillow

Hi there everyone! I am super pumped to share this with you today. I am sharing how to make your own custom linen pillow. I adore linen, but linen pillows are quite pricey. Sure you can get faux linen and I certainly have many of those. However, I wanted to feel like a big girl now and make a custom nice looking pillow that I could not only be proud of making myself, but get a more classy look if you know what I mean.

So I set out to create my own linen pillow cover. I was thrilled once they arrived and I tested them out. I knew they would be a winner.

I love the organza bag they come in. You can actually find use for this when traveling, or simply at home in your make up or toiletry drawers. It’s a nice added bonus.

I decided to get a little fancier and create my pillows with Rit dye and of course my stencils. I have already shared a video on how to stencil with Rit dye and will leave that here for you again. I did it the same exact way. Just be sure to prepare and protect the inside of your pillow so the dye does not leak through to the other side.

I wanted this pillow to have somewhat of a hand painted look. After the dye dried I placed my stencil back over the existing finished art and took a small artist brush and some craft paint and made a few paint strokes randomly. It somewhat looks like a water color and hand painted. This was a new experiment for me. I always recommend practicing anything new, so if you want to try this, first try it on an old t-shirt. LESS, LESS, LESS is more when it comes to using the dye. You hardly need any on your stencil brush.

I added some tassels for a little something different. You can embellish your pillows any way you feel your creativity to go with it. Whether it be with trim, or burlap flowers, etc.

Yesterday I hopped on a Facebook live and did this here pillow demonstration for everyone. I used aquamarine and pearl gray liquid Rit dye. Love how it turned out. Looks just as nice as one you would get from Pottery Barn.

My linen pillow and stencils are no longer available. However, I have others that are just as nice down below. Thank you so much for visiting with me today.

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