New pillows are an easy update for your home for spring. Easy on the pocketbook? Not so much. But, with a couple of yards of fabric (buy it by the pound here), you can cover your old pillows yourself. No snaps, no zippers, just a few straight lines. The secret?
An envelope closure! Not only is it easy to do, it looks professional too. For a full tutorial, visit Tiny Decor.
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That Tiny Decor link is infected with a Trojan virus. My computer refused to let it load to protect it.
Me, too.
Me, three
Knife edge pillows don't look nearly as good as piped ones.
I was able to sew envelope pillow covers without even owning a sewing machine - and they look so good!
(I'm not skilled enough for piping, but maybe someday...)
The same here. I cannot access the site. It is infected
i love the semi circle pillow in this pic....the perfect little reading nook for sure....
Virus city for me too :-( I have two pillows that need updating!
I have been in love with Josh and Summer's home since I first laid eyes on it.
Piped pillows may look better, but they are hugely more difficult to sew, and pretty much impossible without a sewing machine. So leaving off the piping is a deal-breaker??
I'm not even attempting the link with all the virus comments, but I've made dozens of toss pillows, and the envelope type are easy.
Measure the form or old pillow you want to cover by wrapping the measuring tape around it, or just wrap the fabric you want to use directly. Cut a piece of fabric that will fit all the way around the pillow and overlap onto itself by one pillow length. (About three times the top surface length of the pillow.) This piece of fabric should be about 2-3 inches wider than the width of the pillow, especially if sewing by hand. If there is a design on the fabric that you want to feature on the front of the pillow, center it on the strip before you cut.
Fold over both ends of the strip by about an inch and press, with the finished side out. Then either use iron-on tape under these "flaps" to secure them or fold again and sew the flaps down by hand or machine. (Or, I guess, you could use a fabric glue, too.)
Then with the good side of the fabric on the inside, wrap the pillow, centering the featured design (or the center of the strip) on the top of the pillow. On the other side, fold one end of the strip down over the other, slightly snugly. Pin along the side seams as snugly as you like but being careful to not pin the pillow itself. (I'd use safety pins to make the next step easier.)
Remove the pillow (you need to kind of squash it to do so) and sew along the pins -- two straight seams. Trim any excess fabric to about a half inch, or just leave it. Press if desired.Turn the pillow cover right-side out and reinsert the pillow.
Forget the piping. For someone who have never sewn in his life, (me!!!) Sewing my own pillows (by hand) was a rather simple task, you just need, patience, some very little bit of research, imagination and fabric you really love. And I'm talking 2 18" pillows. That was like 2 years ago and i'm about to do it all over again.
Throws are a really cool project too. Basically the same thing: awesome fabric (think front and back combinations of velvets, silk, suede, the sky is the limit), a machine (they are way bigger, you'll need a year to finish sewing by hand), and no filling!!
Re: Welted vs. Knife Edge--
There's a happy DIY-Friendly medium that I like - It's a flanged edge.
Why not just learn how to sew?