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Anything related to the sun makes me happy lately, so I decided that a burlap sun welcome door hanger on my front door would be the perfect touch of happiness! I’m a big fan of painted burlap door signs!

Materials used:

Burlap
Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Fiber Fill
Wire
Wire cutters
Needle Nose Pliers
Paints (I used yellow and black paints from DecoArt)
Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Scissors
Paint Brushes
Permanent Marker
Pencil
A round object to trace a circle
A work area you don’t mind getting paint on (I used a plastic container lid)
Ribbon (I used sheer yellow ribbon and black raffia ribbon)

I did end up adding additional supplies after this photo was taken.

How I made it:

With my burlap folded in half like it came off of the bolt from the store, I cut about 30 inches for my sun and kept the burlap folded so that I would have 2 pieces of the same pattern after it was cut out.

Using a frisbee and a permanent marker, I traced a circle. TIP: You can use any round object to do the circle or you can just freehand one. This frisbee just happened to be the perfect size that I wanted. I freehanded the triangles of the sun.

Using my scissors, I cut the sun out leaving about half an inch around the lines.

I separated the two pieces of burlap and set the one that does not have the drawn sun aside. This one will be the back piece.

Using a bright sunny color yellow paint, I painted within the lines. TIP: I used an old plastic bin top that I didn’t care about anymore to paint my burlap on top of. Since burlap has holes in it, the paint seeps through and it’s easy to pull the burlap up after it dries.

With a pencil, I wrote out Welcome and then painted it with black paint.

Once the sun piece was dried, I put the two pieces back to gather, making sure to align them correctly.

I then hot glued the edges together, leaving one of the triangles open so that I could stuff it.

Then, I stuffed it full of Poly-fil® Fiber Fill, making sure to stuff the triangles as much as I could. I wanted the triangles to be stiff so they wouldn’t flop over.

Using wire cutters, I cut my wire to the length I wanted.

I pushed the wire through the back of the burlap, up through the front. Using needle nose pliers, I curled the ends so that it doesn’t back out of the burlap.

TIP: I hung my sign on my front porch and wasn’t happy with the length. It was too long, so I trimmed it with the wire cutters and curled the end again. It’s better to cut it a little longer, so that some can be cut off!

Using my marker, I retraced the circle and the triangles so that it gave it more of a whimsical sun look.

I also trimmed off all of the ragged edges to give it a cleaner edge look.

I actually went back and added a small layered bow!

Then it was ready to hang up!

Did you know Poly-fil® is made with recycled material that is re processed into Polyester and then extruded and expanded to make the Poly-fil® we all know and love!

Until next time….Happy Crafting!

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Cozy Porch Reading Corner featuring Fairfield World

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Disclosure: I was provided product from Fairfield™ for this blog post. All opinions of these products are solely my own.

Creating a cozy porch reading corner featuring Fairfield World products is fun and easy. I’ve joined several crafty friends to create summer patio areas using products that we received from Fairfield World. Check out below how I created my cozy porch reading corner.

First off, I wanted to post a Before photo! And then show you individually what I created using the different Fairfield World products. Then I will explain how I created each one!

I started by creating a pillow and a cushion for my cozy Adirondack chair.. I used a simple envelope pillow case for both for easy removal for washing the fabric.

Poly-fil® Poly-Pellets® are so versatile. Here, I used them in a vase to hold my flowers in place. They are fake flowers and I didn’t want to use actual water, so the Poly-Pellets® made a great filler.

I also created epoxy coasters with the Poly-Pellets®. They are fun and durable and can be used inside or outside.

Here is a list of the materials I used and how I made each of them!

Materials:

Fairfield™ Foam Cushions (I used 2 pieces of the foam)
Fairfield™ Poly-fil® Weather Soft Pillow indoor/outdoor pillow insert
Fairfield™ Poly-fil® Poly-Pellets®
Fabric (I used 2 different patters)
Envirotex Lite® Pour-On Epoxy (measuring and mixing cups and a popsicle stick)
Coaster mold
Heat gun or torch
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Cutting Mat, Cutting ruler and Rotary cutting tool if your fabric needs to be cut
Pins
Vase (and flowers. You could use real, but I picked fake)

How I made it all:

I started with the cushion.

I cut my fabric to 21″ x 44″. I pinned and hemmed the 21″ edges so that they didn’t unravel.

I laid the fabric out, inside up and placed my 2 cushion pieces stacked on top in the middle. Nows the time to figure out where you want the flaps of your envelope pillow case. I put the top flap closer to the top. To do this, fold each end of the fabric up and over the cushions. Shift the fabric as needed. Remove the cushions and then pin the edges in place. Sew them closed. I sewed it 1 inch in on both sides.

Flip the fabric inside out and add the cushions.

Once I tried the cushions in the envelope pillow case, I tried my pillow insert inside the cushion pillow case to gauge what size pillow case I needed for the Weather Soft pillow insert. It fit perfectly, so I made my pillow case the same size as the cushion pillow case.

For my Poly-Pellets® Coasters, I used a coaster mold and Envirotex Lite® Pour-On Epoxy. I filled the mold with pellets.

I mixed up the epoxy following the directions included and poured it into the mold filled with Poly–Pellets®.

Using a heat gun, I allowed the heat to pop the bubbles, per the instructions for the epoxy.

Let it sit and cure over night. Make sure it’s in a place where it won’t get bumped or that no dust or pet hair can get in it!! Once it’s dry, you can remove it from the mold.