Looking to freshen up your couch look? New seasonal pillow cases are a GREAT way to do this. Just changing a single pillow on your couch can brighten the whole room. I’ve got an easy pocket pill tutorial for you today as well as inspiration for decorating with seasonal pillow cases. I’m sure you can come up with other seasonal designs, but here’s what I made.
Before you start with the seasonal pillow cases, first you will need to know how to make a pillow case, one of the easiest kind to make are the pocket pillow type. In this easy tutorial I will show you how to make your own pocket throw pillows.
I start with a long strip…almost twice as long as the pillow and a inch narrower than your actual pillow form. (you want it to stuff in tight!). If you are sewing something on the pillow, this is the time to do it, while you have a flat surface. Hem the two ends, with the right side the same as your design in the middle. Fold up the bottom to cover the design, then fold the top over the bottom. Try to keep your pillow design in the center of all this.
Top over bottom..at this point I measure my square to make sure it is actually square! You want it to be around an inch shorter top to bottom than it is wide (you still have to sew the sides, this will take an inch off the width)
Pin the sides and sew, I rounded my corners just a bit when I sewed.
turn it right side out and stuff with your pillow form! Here are up-close looks at all my seasonal pillow cases and the decorations I choose. Most are just felt, machine or hand sewn on.
January
February
March
April/Easter
May
June/August
July
September/October
November
December
What ideas for designs do you have?
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
This is so helpful…especially for someone like me who barely sews buttons but would love to make her own pillows. Thanks!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says
Lovely! I’ve been having a whole pillow month I love them so much!! 🙂 Glad to have you at Things I’ve Done Thursday!
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Debbie says
I clicked on this post from a Facebook group post that you were featured in. In your post heading and elsewhere you indicate that this post shows a ‘silhouette’ pillow ??? To me that means a silhouette shape appliqué (perhaps) sewn onto your pillow face ?? Dunno cos I can’t find anything here that relates to silhouettes ???? ???