Create beautiful fall decor on a budget with these DIY pumpkin pillow covers and stencil placemats! Perfect for adding a cozy touch to your home for the autumn season.
Pillow covers and rattan placemats teamed up with stencils makes this an easy project for even beginners with pro results!
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Happy Fall!
Would you believe I do not have even one pumpkin yet?!
Well, I suppose that’s not entirely true if one counts my new cute stenciled pumpkin pillows, thanks to the ease of using a few cute fall stencils!
Where to find fall stencils
These four new fall stencils HERE are certainly going to ramp up my own fall or Halloween decorating! This fall stencil collection is designed to mix and match so you can create custom endless fall decor!
So today I’m sharing the cutest pumpkin pillows, perfect for your couch, and easy fall placemats that came together in minutes! These fall designs are perfect for beginners or pros! With no need for a sewing machine…
My kinda decorating…
Diy Budget Friendly Pumpkin Pillow Covers And Fall Placemats With Stencils
Supplies I used:
20″ off-white plain pillow covers
Fusion Mineral Paint (individual colours listed under pictures below)
Staalmeester brush #3600 – this is my fav for large projects
How to stencil pumpkin pillows
- Insert a waterproof protectant (I use page protectors or a bag) inside the cushion cover.
- Position and attach stencil on pillow cover with masking tape
- Tap (or dry brush with long strokes using a big brush) the paint on the cover to achieve your desired effect.
My apologies for not having a picture-by-picture take this round. The actual stencils hadn’t arrived yet and the way I proof using other materials could have led to some confusion.
Video tutorial: how to dry-brush a stencil design
ABOVE is a video on my method of dry brushing to achieve this effect. Very simple and the results are stunning!
View more pillows I’ve stenciled HERE
Stenciled black pumpkin on a white pillow
And here are the results!
The fun thing about the Pumpkins stencil is the fact that there’s two complimentary pumpkins on one stencil, exhibiting very different personalities. (one tall, and the other wide)
I knew they’d be perfect for fall pillows… and they were! The simple pumpkin designs are striking, especially when you team up the tones to match the rest of your decor.
The most fun about designing your own pillows is the fact that you can choose your own home decor colours! I desired more of a neutral take so this is what paint I used:
Paint Colours:
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Pumpkins – Fusion’s Coal Black & Fusion’s Casement (white)
Stem – Fusion’s Copper Metallic
Leaf – Fusion’s Bayberry
I adore how the copper had a slight shimmer making them feel even a little more special!
Stenciled white pumpkin on a black pillow
And here’s a white pumpkin stenciled onto a black decorative pillow! I love this little squatty shape!
This round I stenciled a Casement (white) pumpkin on a black pillow cover so both pillows chimed in nicely together without being an exact match.
I also think Fall Greetings would look adorable run across the pumpkins! Can you vision it?
Isn’t it nice to have choices? Why, yes it is.
Stenciled fall placemats
Since I was on a fall roll, I whipped up a couple of cute rattan placemats with Falling Leaves and Fall Greetings – Large. Instant success!
Supplies I used:
Stencil brush
How to stencil fall placemats
- Position stencil on top of placemats
- Tap dry-to-the-touch stencil brush with black paint onto the placemats.
Learn how I stenciled other placemats in Buffalo Check and Plaid Shirt HERE
View Falling Leaves stencil HERE
Leaves stencil
Falling Leaves is a ‘random pattern’ stencil that is designed to look beautiful if you continue the pattern side-by-side. Nothing to match up exact. So easy to work with!
I stenciled the entire pattern on the placemat, then added the odd other leaves to fill in spaces towards all the edges. It turned out super cute!
The leaves can also be used one at a time on smaller projects. I can’t wait to play more with this one!
View Fall Greetings stencil HERE
Traditional Fall sayings stencils
Fall Greetings is designed with lots of iconic fall sayings all packed on one stencil. So convenient!
I used Large for this project. The small is perfect for smaller projects and is designed to fit onto the sides of the Vintage Wagon. Fun, right?!
I decided to stencil the placemats using the entire stencil as-is after seeing Carlene’s adorable Shipping Crate Stamps pillow HERE.
Love the outcome! And it fits perfectly on placemats!
Both placemats are different, yet they compliment each other.
Well, I do believe I have a head start on fall decorating so I think I’ll go pick up those white pumpkins of my dreams and maybe do up a fall mantel and front door next…
And put that cute little Vintage Wagon to work… I cannot wait!
Will you be DIYing any fall pillows of your own this year?
Other unique fall ideas to make:
12+ easy fall signs to make with wood and stencils
Mini fall directional sign with white painted pumpkins
View many other unique Fall Projects HERE
Loved the pillows! But especially loved seeing your lamp, again. I think it has to be my all time fav creation! It just tickles me, every time I see it.
Thanks Brenda! I forgot to link up the lamp in the post… it’s become background it’s so embedded now. haha Appreciate the kudos on it still!
Thought my fall decorating was done, but having seen these cute new stencils….I may not be!
Did I understand that the four new stencils are not yet available?
Still very fun projects!
Thank-you Sharon! Yes, they are listed in-store. Any of the links in the post should direct you there! 😀
I really like how good the pumpkin pillows and matts look with your stuff, it’s like they were made just for you. Oh wait, they were! That’s the beauty of stencils, people can personalize them however they want and they look custom.
Love these, but I think your herb stencil has grabbed my attention. Writing a new book and it will fit in perfectly.
You’re so talented Donna….