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Christmas Crafts

The deer silhouette is very popular this year.  I've seen so many on Pinterest on the fronts of pillows, and decided to try putting one on a pillow I already had. I made this pillow a few years ago from burlap, and stenciled a tree on it, and include it in my fall decorating. It seemed like a good candidate for a Christmas update.  Here's how I added a deer silhouette to this pillow. First, I found a clip art drawing of a silhouette online, and printed it out.   I went through my fabric stash and found a scrap of red fabric.  Then I measured to be sure the silhouette would fit on the fabric. I used double sided tape to tape the pattern to the fabric, and then cut around the pattern.  The silhouette was to narrow to cover the stencil on the cushion, so I found some scrap fabric that I put behind it so the tree would be covered.  Next I pinned the white fabric to the pillow, then topped it with the silhouette. I used adhesive...