Fall pillows from placemats and dish towels

I hope everyone in the area of Sandy is safe and recovering. I've been a little quiet since Halloween, but Halloween is very busy for us, so not much else got accomplished last week and then we had to recover! I finally got a chance to move on to some fall projects this weekend, and I've packed up Halloween and replaced it with fall/thanksgiving items. I'll be sharing some of that later.

I replaced the summer back porch items with fall items, and once again, I made pillows from placemats.

I found these placemats at Tuesday Morning and knew they would be perfect for fall. These are the easiest pillows ever- just pick out a small section of the seam on a double thickness placemat and stuff with polyfill. Sew your section back up and you are good to go.

I also found this fun striped dish towel at Tuesday Morning and loved that it coordinated with my green pillows and still has a fall feel. I was going to make a pillow like these with two dish towels but these are oversized towels and they were just two big. I remembered that I had this oblong pillow I picked up at the thrift store (don't worry, I washed it). I used one towel folded in half and just glued the seams together on all three sides.

I picked up these lanterns on clearance at Pier One. I knew they would work for fall and transfer nicely to Christmas. I put some fake leaves inside and placed a pumpkin with them on the side table. Back porch makeover to fall completed!

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