Due to the holidays I got lazy and skipped two weeks of my fat quarter Fridays. This week Brian and I have been cleaning out our closets and storage room and while doing so, I found some cheap-o throw pillows shoved in the closet. I got these pillows in college for a couple bucks each from walmart. The colors aren't bad, but the fabric is scratchy and weird, so I decided to cover them!
Materials:
Some old weird throw pillows (or polyfil if you don't have any)
2 fat quarters for each pillow you want to cover/fill
Needle and corresponding thread
Step 1: Measure your pillows; mine were 16 in square.
Choose some cute fabrics. I decided to have different but corresponding fabrics on each side.
Cut your fat quarters 1 inch larger, so I cut 17 inch squares. Repeat for all your fat quarters.
Step 2: Place your fabrics right sides together and put a couple pins in it. Sew most of the way around, leaving a fairly large opening so that you can get it over the pillow.
Step 3: Trim your corners and turn the pillow cover inside out.
Slip it onto the pillow.
Step 4: Put a couple pins in the opening to help you out while
you hand sew it closed. Just use a quick whip stitch to close it up.
I love the happy fabrics, they look a little pastel in the pictures, but they are quite vibrant in real life. I'm planning on
putting them in Ada's nursery on the floor somewhere!
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