Shabby ruffled muslin pillow

Making this shabby ruffled pillow has been one of my favorite projects. I still have a hard time keeping my eyes off of it or my hands from running over the textured ruffles. I know, it's a little obsessive.

The idea originated from Kelly and Olive: ideas you should steal, but I modified mine a bit and decided to go for a slightly more whimsical look, and hand ruffle it.

This particular design was made with bleached muslin and has raw ruffled edges. It will fray a little bit, but I love it's shabby appeal.

This particular pillow I just sewed shut, but have since found a fabulous tutorial from Sparkle Power for making removable pillow covers, (I'll show you one below).

Another technique I decided to try with this same design, was cutting the ruffle edges with a pinking blade.

It gave it a slightly different look.

And here is it's removable back. I love the clean lines.

Pillows are such a fun way to bring a pop of color or texture to any room. Just ask Nate Berkus! haha I think he says that in almost every episode.

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