My Pottery Barn Mummy Decorative Pillow Knock Off

 

 I'm so excited! I knocked another knock off ~ OFF!

 

And I like mine better with the addition of gauze!

 

 

I pulled it off without a pattern not even for the pillow!

All I had was a visual memory of an insert pillow

and a picture from Pottery Barn's website!

 

This is their Mummy Pillow and .....

 

 

This is mine! Meet Mumford! Isn't he adorable!?

With the gauze I think it looks more mummified

don't you! And I had a brainy idea that I used to

keep the gauze from drooping and easily snagged

too! I'll tell ya my secret later. (Winky Wink!)

 

This is the back of my first ever made insert

pillow with no pattern. I had a brain light go

on when I was cutting my fabric for this to cut

down on the sewing on the machine too! I was

just full of smarts today! Wonder what I ate

that made my brain work so well lol.

I'll share that brain light later too!

 

 

Look at his ghoolish eyes!

 

I had a ball creating this guy!

 

The other day when I was looking on line

for some new ideas for Halloween, mostly

to do with the grandchildren, I happened on this

pillow in google. I went to the site which ended

up being Pottery Barn. My little Blaze loved this,

as he was sitting with me sorta watching a movie.

He asked if he could have it, so I said, "Why don't

Grandma try to make you one. So on the list it

went. Last night I did it and I can't wait till

Blaze sees it this weekend.

 

I love it the more I look at it...and I'm still

amazed I pulled it off! Love being able to do that!

 

 

Here he sits with my "wife beater t-shirt pumpkins

I made a couple of year ago. I know, don't even wear

me out on the phrase "wife beater", I hate that too.

But, that's what my son calls them and he wears

them all the time. I think mostly so he can show off

his tatoo's! So for the sake of me not liking that

phrase too...lets just call them "men's tank tees",

better right!? Will be posting about these pumpkins

with a tutorial on how I made them plus, how I got

three things out of one t-shirt for Halloween too!

That's if I don't forget!



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Here's a quickie tutorial on how I made my

Mummy Pillow if you would like to try. Your list

of supplies I used is up on the picture above this.

One thing not showing that I forgot to photo is

a square pillow to insert in your pillow cover

when it's done. Duh! Read all the way to the end

before you start this project!

 

 

My pillow I'm using is an old decorative pillow

that I tore the cover off of and had thrown in my

stash closet for a make over one day. This was today!

 

My pillow I'm using is 19" x 19".

 

I made my pillow using painters drop cloth for

the pillow cover itself. I cut three pieces with one

being 20"x 20" to allow for the seam. This piece will

be the front of the mummy pillow. Then I measured

down from the top of this piece 5", and in from the

side of the fabric 4", and marked with a pencil. This

is where the top of the left eye on the pillow will be.

Then I measured over 2" for the distance between the

eyes to mark the right eye. Then I took my paper clip

holder as it was the right size for my eyes and made

two circles, with both of them on the line I had marked

when measuring. The width of my eyes were 2 1/4"

in diameter, but later when I painted them I made

them bigger. It's all in your taste for size. Now paint

them in with your black fabric paint. They don't have

to be perfect circles either when painting. I even did

the outside of the black circle a bit bigger too.

 

Next I cut two more pieces of the drop cloth

measuring, 11 1/2" long by 20" wide. Now here

is one of my brain revelations I thought of to save

on the sewing time! When you cut these two pieces,

cut them so the 20" side is on the hem of the drop cloth!

Then you don't have to hem them. This will be where

you insert the pillow into the pillow cover on the back

side of the pillow! Good idea wasn't it! Look at the

photo above that shows the back of the pillow to see

what I mean if you don't get this.

 

The next thing we do is take our white cotton fabric

and measure on the edged of the fabric 3" wide and

snip with your scissors about 18 times so you have 18

strips when your done. You may not use all of them

but then again you may. I used 16. It just depends on

how many you use with the angles you lay them on the

pillow front. Now where you snipped the fabric just

start ripping your stripes!

 

Snip and rip...I love doing that!

 

Now you have all your strips slightly frayed already.

Pull all the loose threads off and I frayed even more

threads off of mine. Took a bit of time, but it was worth

it to me. I wanted a heavier fray, I wished I would have

done even more, but it was good enough.

 

Now take your gauzy fabric and do the same thing.

No fraying though. Cut the same amount of strips to

be able to cover each of your cotton strips with. Cut

these strips 2" wide. It's a bit tedious cutting this.

 

Next, take your cotton strips, and lay your gauze

strips over the top more in the center. This way you

aren't covering up all your frayed edges on the cotton

strips.

 

Now we are ready to lay our strips on the pillow top.

Look at the pillow pictures to see how they, and I laid

them across with some, and angles with others. Make

sure to leave the eye area open. Now if your happy

with your layout, pin them in place and trim off the

over lap of your main pillow top fabric so you have

a nice clean edge all the way around.

 

Next take your other two pieces of drop cloth that you

cut for the back and lay them over with the right side

down on top of the pillow front. Everything should be

inside out. Make sure that the hemmed edges are

up and down in the center of your pillow, and with

one piece overlapping the other. Now pin all the

the way around with the pins you had pinned all

your strips with. Now, go sew a hem about a half

inch all the way around. I snipped up to the seam the

corners and then gently turn it right side out. Push

out those corners too. I used the end of a wooden

spoon. Lastly, I cut two pieces of the hemmed side

of my dropcloth trimming them off close to the hem

to use for ties on the back of my pillow to keep the

two sections closed and sewed them on by hand.

 

Now Insert pillow! Yea you did it!!

 

But wait!

 

Now this is where my next brain storm came into

play. When I flipped the pillow right side out, some

of the gauze kinda hung. And because I was so afraid

with the kids snagging it, or it getting caught on

something it would tear,  so to the rescue was the

Mod Podge! I poured a little Mod Podge in a bowl

and added a little water to water it down making it

a bit soupy. I took my sponge brush and lightly

brushed the Mod Podge over all the gauze that was

showing. When it dried, it made it firmer, adhered it

to the cotton strips and was perfect! Now no worries

of it getting stretch out of shape and place, drooping,

or torn off! Gosh I'm getting good at problem solving!

 

Now enjoy your pillow! Hope I didn't forget anything!

If you have any questions, just leave me a comment

and I'll help all I can!

 

Sorry I didn't take more pictures of the process,

I started to and then hubby wanted to eat.

That just threw me all off and all I could think

of was getting back to creating my pillow!

 

BTW....Pottery Barns mummy pillow was a

12"x12" pillow for $29.50. Mine pillow is 20"x20"

and it didn't cost me a thing! I love that!

 

Once again stash is cash savings!

 

Oh P.S. Tip: When I had my pillow all finished,

I didn't like seeing the drop cloth around the eyes.

So I took another strip of the white cotton and

tucked it in over the eyes, and then repainted the eyes

in place. I recommend either using white cotton

fabric for the whole pillow cover instead of the

drop cloth. It just looks better all white! :) But I do love

how sturdy the drop cloth is so I didn't mind the back

being in that off white color, or natural I think it is called.

 

Thanks for spending your time with me!

I always truly appreciate it!

 

Have a Blessed Day and Happy Creating!

 

 

With Sincere Appreciation I Would Like To

Thank The Following Websites Below!

 

My PB Mummy Pillow Was Featured At...

 

Knockoff Decor  And Face Book Knock Off Decor

Craft Gossip And Face Book Craft Gossip

Savvy Southern Style ~ Wow Us Wednesday

Charm Of Home ~ Home Sweet Home

Too Much Time ~ Amazing Autumn Inspirations Features

Redoux Interiors ~ Handmade Hangout 15

Copycat Crafts And Face Book Copycat Crafts

Tipsaholic ~ 37 Simple Decorations

 

Such a wonderful surprise! Thank You!

 

 

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