Number Pillow -- RH Knock Off

Another snow day??  Seriously??  What to do??  How about a knock off?  A Restoration Hardware knock-off!

The original?? 

Image courtesy of Restoration Hardware

I wanted mine a little more rustic for the big boy room.  And cause it is a snow day project, I used what I had.  What do you need? 

• Foam -- I had some in the attic....doesn't everyone??  :)  I cut it into a square.  You can use a pillow form...I was just using what I had on hand. 
• Canvas drop cloth -- cut two same size squares -- I ended up with about 11 inches square.  Then one loooong piece the width of your foam plus 1/2 inch.  This will go all the way around the edge.
• Ticking -- I used two long pieces of ticking to do my cording.  You can vary up the materials for different looks. 
• Cording -- an entire 9 foot roll -- maybe more depending on the size of your pillow.  I used almost a full roll.
• Number stencil and paint or some other way to make your number.  You can do an iron on transfer...any way that works for you!

I used my Silouette to cut my number stencil and centered in on one piece of canvas.

I used craft paint in navy blue.

Let that dry.  You can start your cording in the mean time.  Now does cording scare you??  Yep it did me too.  Then I found...POLLY!!  Go ahead...go on over here and print this -- it is your cording and zipper BIBLE!!  Follow her cording instructions!!  She does an awesome job and makes it easy peasy!!  So start by running your cording through your machine...just like Polly told you! 

Then for this pillow I attached cording to the front and back of pillow.  Yep...I used Polly's instructions...

See ya gotta break out that zipper foot...don't be scared of it!!  Cording on the front and back...

Now sew your loooong piece of canvas to the front...getting CLOSE to that cording like Polly told you to do.  Leave a little -- about an inch at the very start...

Sew it all the way around the front...and when you get to the end...

I just stopped right there -- cut off my canvas to size.  Then sewed those two ends together.  Then went back and finished the cording in that area.  Now sew that same loooong piece to your back using the same method and getting close to your cording. 

The difference?  You are going to leave the bottom open.  I went ahead and did the corners on the bottom.  Turn it right side out through that hole.

Now I cut the corners off of my foam to make the corners look more rounded. 

Then stuff your foam in your pillow...

Sew closed that hole...and you are done!!

Ca-ute...

And see...if I can do cording anyone can do cording!

Why a nine??  The big boy picked his fave number!

Let yours pick a number and get to sewing!

Want a big boy room sneak peek??

That gorgeous wood with the fab patina is in the big  boy room...

And it is NOT the floor! :)  Stay tuned!

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~Angie~

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