Halloween Pom Pom Pillow - Challenge Submission

I find it a lot easier to write a blog post when there is a "story" behind the project. In this case, there is ...

Last year after Halloween, I went to my fave local fabric shop (Scrapbooks, Etc.) and found this awesome Moda fabric on the 50% off table. It's called Haunted Mansion and it's an awesome combination of MUTED fall colors with a little spider pattern and some polka dots. I snatched up two yards. I envisioned making something for the kitchen table with it, but since I still use plastic placemats for the kids, I didn't see the use (and I already have a collection of table runners!).

Then the other night, Sarah was over and I was showing her some stuff in the craft room and I pulled out the fabric to show her. Meanwhile I committed a 'sin' in the knitting world and CUT some yarn that was tangled up (I've spent hours in my life meticulously untangling yarn vs. cuttign it). I laid the cut yarn on top of the pillow and saw a perfect combination! How well do these yarns compliment this fabric?

Hence, the search ensued to find a Halloween Craft that combined both fabric and yarn. I thought back to seeing this pillow by Living with Punks and had one of those a-ha moments! The perfect craft ... I whipped up the pom poms during last week's Project Runway (yay Olivier's gone!) and made the pillow in about an hour. It wasn't very hard, and I LOVE the turnout.

I have lots of other Halloween crafts in my mental queue, so here's hoping I get to them before the big day. I especially want to make at least one other pillow by painting big orange polka dots on linen on some linen blend - using this technique.

In the meantime, happy Halloween crafting and take a sec to vote for your fave project! ;)


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Scrapbuster No. 12: Pom Pom Decor

You know I have a thing for pom poms ... and it's not limited to pom pom fringe! Handmade pom poms are a great way to use up SCRAP YARN! I decided to hang mine from some fake branches I bought at Michael's a while back... I feared this would look cheesy but it's actually really cute! I like the spring colors and it adds a little pop to the mantle. If not convinced on my my, this morning someone special said "oh mommy, that's so bootiful!" Ok, it stays!

Making pom poms is the easiest thing ever. Gather your scraps and make away! I like to use the Clover Pom Pom Makers... and pom poms are cute to spruce up gift packages, attach to a card, or like my niece did - tie to a bobby pin for a cute hair accessory!

Ps, try using two colors in a pom pom!

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