Scrap Pillow Cover

Sarah, here. How are you all? It's been a while since I've posted a blog. Life's been filled with lots of busy things: like work and running and selling our house in Arizona and a growing toddler and every once and a while the chance to sew.

Last week I had a free evening, and after putting Sophia to bed, started making this scrap pillow cover. I sat at my sewing table listening to a book on tape, letting my mind wander as I randomly pieced together fabrics from my scrap bucket. It was perfectly relaxing:-)

After I'd pieced together a fairly large square/rectangle, I used my rotary cutter to cut it down to a 21" square. I used white fabric to back it and made a 20x20 pillow.

 Couldn't get a smile out of this little grump this morning.

--Sarah

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I've been wanting to recover several pillows for a while and have put it off until now. I finally found a fabric that I liked: a black damask print to compliment our cabernet-colored Pottery Barn bedding.

I started with a 18" square pillow, that was previously covered with a very sad looking, sage green suede. The black damask would definitely be an upgrade. Despite the fact that this 100% cotton fabric said to "dry clean," I washed and dried it as I would any other fabric--no harm was done. I wanted to make sure that if the cover ever was dirty enough to wash, I could simply throw it in the wash.

Next I measured and cut an 18" square piece of fabric and set it aside--just one piece, this is the front. Then I cut a second piece (the back), allowing an extra four inches so it measured 18" by 22". This piece I cut in half, leaving me with two pieces each 18" by 11.

I folded over and sewed down the edge of these two smaller pieces.

I Then overlapped them and pinned them right-sides to the 18" by 18" piece of fabric, making sure all the edges matched, and the pattern was pointing in the same direction. The two back pieces overlapped by about two inches.

I sewed all four sides with a 5/8 inch seam allowance, turned it inside out, stuffed in the stuffing and....Voila! A new pillow!

-Sarah