Make Your Own Pillow Covers Without Sewing

Press and fill with the intended pillow or pillow form.

Make your own pillow covers without sewing.

Add tassels to the corners by hand sewing them in place if desired. Add your pillow insert. Cover pillow form place form in the middle of the fabric piece and fold over fabric in half to completely cover images 1 and 2. If you want to change the look of your pillows often try wrapping the pillow in fabric and securing it with a simple knot.

Diy no sew pillow covers. Even better these no sew pillow covers don t require a sewing machine and they re easy enough for anyone. Here s a video showing an example of how to make a cushion cover without a zip. Photography by bethany nauert.

Instead of purchasing new decorative pillows make simple no sew slipcovers and cover the old ones with new fabric that suits your updated decor. Lay down your coral fabric and place the old pillow on top. So if you have a 16 by 16 pillow you will need to cut 40 by 18. Add 2 inches to the sides.

How to make no sew pillow covers. How to create a no sew pillow cover. Styled by erica reitman and paige geffen. Cut the front side of your pillow cover the size of your pillow insert.

How to make custom pillow covers without sewing. I share a simple video and a written tutorial of how to create your own diy no sew pillow cover. If you have fabric adhesive on hand you can create a custom cover for any pillow. Cut your fabric to the above dimensions.

If there are protruding corners on your covers you make want to take the insert out and trim or resew the corners. This will be the dimensions of the fabric for the pillow cover. Now all you need to do is turn your cushion cover inside out and it will be ready for your cushion insert. Multiply the width of pillow times 2 and then add 7 inches.

Fold remaining ends of fabric into a triangular shape on each side image 3. Cut 2 pieces for the back side be sure that your fabric is going in the same direction as the front unless you don t want it to. Most importantly leave about an extra 1 inch for the seams. Just use the pillow as your template cutting around it.

So if your insert is 16 inches square you ll cut a piece of fabric that is 16 inches on all 4 sides. Read the tutorial here. Leave enough fabric so the coral fabric will be able to join with the burlap.