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Featured Guest Post- CUTEST PILLOWS EVER- from The 36th Avenue.

By Jennie Larsen Featured Guest Post
Hello Everyone!
My name is Desirée Campbell from The 36th Avenue.
I am so EXCITED to be here today not just as a guest but as a HUGE FAN of Jen and her blog…
…I feel like I am dreaming 😉
Being the island girl that I am I love people, family, food, SUMMERS, color… pretty much anything that screams FUN. 
From all of these came the inspiration of my last little pillow…Take a look 😉
The beauty about this pillow is how EASY it was to make.

Everything started with some Kitchen Towels from Target…
One of  my readers describes our addiction  to the store  as Targetitis.
Do you suffer from this condition as well?

Don’t ask me how but while visiting the store I remembered about the gorgeous fabric
 that I had received in the mail just a few days before.
And just like that I knew I was in trouble, praying for every light to be green on the way back home.
I couldn’t wait to make some Kitchen Towel Pillows.
So, this is how we did it…
1st.  
I cut a bunch of triangles and sewed them together
so both sides would look good.
2nd.
I traced where I wanted the little banner to be
and I pinned the triangles and the ribbon to the pillows.
At this point I ended with something like this…
Don’t you love the colors? I do!
3rd.
It was VINYL STENCIL TIME!
{ By the way two of you are getting this exact stencil 😉 }
Rubbed it, transferred it, placed it and after applying the paint peeled it away…
{YOU can click here to see a full tutorial of how to use vinyl stencils to paint fabric}
3rd {and a half}
I called in the reinforcements… Anni helped with the paint part.
{REMEMBER tap… tap… tap…}
If you were in my home at this point you would  have heard her saying:
“I KnOw mamá”
4th.
More reinforcements, time to sew and put everything together.
Saydi took care of the hand stitching….
{I L♥VE my GIRLS}
…while I took care of the sewing machine.
5th…
 It was time to hear each other say… Awwwww!
6th
We filled up the pillow case and instantly it came alive.
{It’s funny how the same thing happens with our hearts…
more we fill them with the right “batting”
more alive they become}
…and that’s it!
Here is a little other something that I made to show you how it would look on wood…
{ By the way two of you are getting
this exact stencil 😉} 

The 36th Avenue is offering two winners
a Bicycle Enjoy the Ride Vinyl Stencil.

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:
1- FOLLOW HER BLOG HERE, come back and let me know.
2- Visit The 36th Avenue Shop HERE, and come back and tell me what you like.
Follow The 36th Avenue on FB HERE and leave a comment letting  Desiree know that you are visiting from CraftOmaniac.
4- SAY HI!!!
I will choose the winners in 5 days. Thanks Desiree for sharing this super darling project, I adore it. Winks-jen

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47 thoughts on “Featured Guest Post- CUTEST PILLOWS EVER- from The 36th Avenue.”

  29. I’ve checked out her amazing shop & want to buy it all, especially the bicycle pillows & the numbers & the file labels, ugh! ALL.OF.IT. ALL!

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  32. I went to the shop and browsed. Let me tell you what, a girl could go broke up in there! I love, Love, LOVE the wall and idea section. I think I could find some place to stick it all. I am going to have to tell the hubba hubba about this shop for sure!
    Thanks again Jen!
    Jenni
    kissedbyafrog.blogspot.com

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  42. I visited the 36th Avenue Shop and the saying I love the most is “Today is a gift that is why we call it the present.” She has so many great things in her shop! Thanks for a chance to win.

    esterling9 at aol dot com

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