DIY no Sew burlap pillow {grain sacks} NEWBIE party started!

My first DIY no sew burlap pillow project of the year! My FIL,during his last visit here, brought me a few more burlap rice bags he was given.  I did so many useful things with them last year, I thought to myself hmmmm...what can I come up with now.

All supplies on hand as you can see.

I cut the bag to where you can see the entire rice graphic.

then I stuffed it...pinned it, and used liquid stitch in sections...easy iron on process for me.

I used the twin as just a decorative embellishment. Poked small holes in the burlap to tie the twine on top.

It really turned out cute...

Of course with the extra pieces of burlap, I just scattered it here and there.

Then with another extra bag, I just used it on the table for now...

I perhaps will make another pillow.

Then just for the heck of it, I tied some twine around my chairs...

really no rhyme or reason...just because!

so that's what I have been up to today!
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First one of 2012!!

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Calling all you creative geniuses..yes I am talking to YOU!

My husband is the ebayer of the house.  

I really never gander on there too much.  Mike knows what he wants and knows exactly what to look for.  Well the other day I decided I wanted some grain sacks.  

Just because, everyone else uses them for such cool projects.  I am usually NOT a follower of these trends, and now I see why....

My FIL has some he is giving us in a few weeks, but me being the impatient person that I am.....I decided to get some of my own.  For $7.00 a piece, I had not much to lose.

WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.....

this is what I got. What the heck am I going to do with these?

 I love the colors, I love that they are from Columbia, they smell like coffee too.  However, they are really, really stiff, and hard.

They almost feel like nylon grain sacks, if that makes sense.

Moral of the story...NO more ebay for me.

But what can I do with them? Did I mention they are very large?

Help with some ideas, I would love to use them.