Feed Sack Pillows

Nothing screams farmhouse more than feed sacks. The problem is, everyone knows this so they are becoming hard to find and when you can get them, they are pricey. This is why I love Funky Junk's Old Sign Stencils Grain Sack line--you can make your own!

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Using the flour sack stencil, the grain sack stencil, and one of the fabulous grain stripe stencils and made my own feed sacks that became pillows.

I used some fabric paint to stencil. I created the flour sack on some nubby muslin, stenciling the flour design first in grey and then the strip in white.

Pillow ticking seemed perfect for the grain sack pillow.

I typically make pillows as a pillow cover because I know that I like to be able to wash my pillows. To do this I cut the front piece 16" x 16" and the back piece 16" x 24". I then cut the back piece in half and turn and sew one raw edge on each piece. I overlap these when I place the front and back pieces right side ends. Sew around the outside edges of the pillow and flip and iron and then add a 16" pillow form.

The grain stack stencils are probably my favorite stencils from Old Sign Stencils. They are perfect to make feed sacks, but also great on crates, buckets and tins, and they make the cutest signs. See how else I have used them HERE, HERE, and HERE.