How To Sew A Pillow (EASY!!)

By Mandi 03/24/2011

I love pillows. I hate that pillows cost a crapload. I know its not an EPIC project but I have something cooking that is heart stopping amazing. So today I am going to show you the easiest pillow tutorial ever.

So as much as I love pillows I hate when kids(or husbands) wipe their faces on them and they aren’t removable. Spot Clean Only translated in my language is “I will look like crap in 5 minutes”

So the first rule is that it must be removable.

It must be washable.

They must be cute.

How to make a pillow

 

Start off with a piece of fabric that is 19” long and cut selvage to selvage. (Basically the entire width of the fabric.) In the pic it is folded in 1/2 still from the bolt.

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Then on one end sew a hem.

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Next you are going to fold it up about 14” (it doesn’t have to be exact) with the inside of the hem on the outside. (Right sides together.)

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Then you are going to stitch down each side, reinforcing the ends. And along the top (where it is folded).

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Fold one of the top corners down to the opposite bottom corner to find where it is square.

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Fold it over there and stitch along the bottom

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Then measure about 15” down and trim.

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Next you want to hem this edge. Make sure that you are hemming it so the inside of the hem is on the top of the pillow.

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Then just like before you are going to stitch down each side securing the ends really well.

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Clip your corners so that they are sharp when its right side out

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And then flip it right side out!! Hooray! You made my crazy easy removable zipper free pillow!!

How to make a pillow

How To Make A Pillow Back

A few tips:

The fabric that I used is Duck Cloth. It is a heavy weight canvas material,  I love it because it holds its shape.

You can see how I put the words on with my Silhouette here.

The Pillow size that I used was 19”. The reason that I cut the fabric at 19” is so that it fills it firmly. It goes back to having it hold its shape….

Love Your Guts

 

 

17 thoughts on “How To Sew A Pillow (EASY!!)”

  1. I love that pillow. Thanks for the super easy tutorial. I keep meaning to make some pillows, now I have no excuse not to. 🙂

  2. Oh you are just the most amazing person ever. 🙂 I finally watched you on Nate Berkus and you were amazing! LOVED it all.

  3. I’m about to make a huge fool of myself because I’m a sewing MORON, but you lost me at “Fold one of the top corners down to the opposite bottom corner to find where it is square.” I actually get that part, it’s the next step that left me going “HUH??!??!???” You said, “Fold it over there and stitch along the bottom.” My question is fold WHAT over WHERE and stitch along the bottom of what? I feel like the biggest IDIOT! I just can’t make sense of that. HEEEEEELP! PRETTY PLEASE!

  4. So question about the Silhouette…Is it better than the Cricut Expression? The only concern I have is the Silhouette not cutting 12×12 paper. Is that an issue?

  5. I went out on a limb…bought a bunch of fabric to make pillow covers for my sons nursery then I got home, put the fabric in the closet and thought ‘who am I kidding I can’t sew a pillow cover!’ Luckily I remembered reading this tutorial a while back and now, after reading it again am ready to tackle these covers. THANK YOU!

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