Easy No-Sew Pillow Cover

Remember those fleece no-sew blankets? They were so popular and lots of people were making them. Emily and I spent our pregnancy days sitting around and making several of those blankets and that was over 4 years ago. It was an easy, fun project with NO sewing machine needed! Even better, right!

Well, when I saw a fellow blogger share her Easy No Sew Pillow Cover idea, I knew this was something I HAD to do! I remembered it being so easy and this idea even took it to another level. This idea included a pillow and a different fabric! In fact, it included any fabric you want!

So I drove to the fabric store, grabbed the fabric I wanted, the pillow in the size I wanted, and drove back home all excited to see how this was going to turn out! And the outcome once I completed it - Super pleased! I love it! And it'll be a gift to my mom! Here is how you do it!

You take two pieces of fabric that are each about 6 inches (on all sides) bigger than the pillow you want to cover. So if your pillow is an 18" square, you want your fabric to be about 30" square. The excess fabric around the pillow is going to be your fringe, so if you want longer fringe, use a larger piece of fabric.




Lay the two pieces of fabric on top of each other. Then cut out the corners of your fabric. The size of the square you cut out of the corners should be the same length (on each side) as the length that your fringe will be. I'm not explaining this very well. Just look at that picture below. It makes more sense than I do.


Now you cut the fringe. Again, look at the picture. I cut in about 6" all the way around. Each strip was about 1/2" wide.



Keep the two pieces of fabric on top of each other and start tying each top strip to it's corresponding bottom strip on the other piece of fabric. Clearly, I should not be writing instruction manuals.


I used double knots but some people just use single knots. So do whatever makes you feel better. Once you've gone around 3 sides of the cover, stuff your pillow inside and tie up the last side.


Done! Pillow covered.


I even came across a red fabric rose pin that I attached, just for kicks. Leave it on or take it off. Whatever the preference


I can't wait to see how the pillow looks in my mom's sunroom. Not to mention, the fabric being red and roses, makes a great Valentine touch!

So if you can't find that perfect throw pillow for your chair or bed or patio furniture, this is an easy solution. Just go pick the fabric you want, in the print you want, grab the size pillow you want, and go for it. I can't wait to make more!!!!!