Instead of using the front of the pillow cover I flipped it over and decorated the envelope flap with ribbon and buttons. Place upper back panel face down on pillow front aligning raw edges.
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Create a double-fold hem on smaller ends of cut fabric.
Simple envelope back pillow cover coloring pages. For example if you have a pillow form 17 x 17 then take 176 23 or 178 25. That ensures a nice overlap in the back especially if you are using a very full pillow insert. You can make the pillow cover and the envelope closure with just a few easy seams.
Cut the fabric to pillow size. From here you can tweak and variate in so many different ways as I have. My solution was simple buying the plain pillow and then making myself the covers.
Youll need to cut three pieces of fabric. Cut your fabric pieces. If you want to make a smaller or larger pillow cover just use the same measurements but add or subtract 2 on each side for each inch enlarged or reduced.
Pin the front and back sides right sides together overlapping the two back pieces to form the flap. You are going to cut ONE LONG PIECE thats 20 inches wide by 48 inches long. Overlap the fabric to give you the size of the pillow form pin and sew a 12 seam.
Mine was 13 x 13 inches so I cut one piece of fabric that was 2 inches longer on each side 15 x 15. Please link back to this blog and give credit to Adventures of a DIY Mom. So my pillow insert is 2626 so the front of my pillow cover is 265x 265 and the back was cut to 265 high and 325 wide.
Hem 1 long side of each of the 18 x 13 inch pieces with a 12 inch hem folded twice. Home Alphabet Animals Artwork Bible Birthdays Cartoons Countries Fairy Tales Fantasy Flowers Fruit Holidays Homes Music Nature People Rainbows School Space Sports Transportation Video Game Characters Weather Color by Numbers Connect the Dots Dot Puzzles Simple Shapes. In about 10 minutes using one piece of fabric and four straight seams you can learn how to sew these simple envelope pillow covers.
So the back pieces will each be either 17 x 115 or 17 x 125. Cut 1 piece of fabric 18 inch square. Fold under flap edge of each back piece 12 and the again 14 to form a small hem for the flaps.
1 square 20 x 20. An envelope closure is probably the easiest closure to make for a pillow. The hemmed edges of your back panel pieces will overlap by a few inches at the center of your pillow.
1 rectangle 20 x 13. Envelope back square canvas pillow cover from Canvas Corp ribbon buttons iron-on adhesive needle and thread. 20 inch cover x 2 40 inches 8 48 inches.
Add an inch for the seam allowance so the back flaps would be 18 x 115 or 18 x 125. A 10-minute envelope Pillow cover. Cut the top of the back the same height as the front pillow cover and then for the width add 6 inches to the total width.
Today Im sharing you the most basic and easy pillow cover you will find out there. Trim corners then turn fabric right side out. Danielle from Stickelberry shows how you can make a simple pillow cover with an envelope closure on the back.
Update your old throw pillows with this quick and easy envelope pillow cover tutorial. Now position your other back panel piece on the bottom portion of your pillow front piece in a similar manner. Place pillow front face up on work surface.
Sewing Instructions To Sew an 18 inch Envelope Pillow Cover. Divide that number by 2. I would love to know about it.
Coloring Pages for Kids. Cut 2 pieces of fabric 18 inch by 13 inch each. The back is made from two panels overlapping in the middle.
1 rectangle 20 x 17. This pillow was probably the easiest of all. Back Piece and Overlap There needs to be 6-8 inches added to the measurements for the overlap.
Sew around all four sides of the pillow cover. To determine the length you need take your pillow size X 2 and add about 8 inches. Sew the hem for the flaps.
DIY 10-minute Envelope Pillow Cover Tutorial.
