With Valentine’s Day approaching, and my new sewing machine just waiting to be used, I decided to make some throw pillows for my couch. I created two red felt pillows, each with a white heart in the middle. Simple, but bold and graphic, and oh so cute! And you can easily make one (or two) too!
The cool thing about these pillow covers are that they are removable, so you can switch out covers without having to buy new inserts every time you want to switch it up. And you don’t even have to mess with sewing a zipper!
Oh, and did I mention these are very inexpensive? BOTH pillows cost me under $5 to make!! Let’s get started!
Supplies:
- Red felt (or any other color you want)
- White felt (a medium-sized piece for the heart)
- Sewing machine
- Pillow insert (any size)
- Pins
1. Cut out a piece of red felt the same size as your pillow insert. My insert was 18″ x 18″, so my red felt piece was also 18″x18″.
4. Now cut out two pices of red felt that are the same height as your pillow, but about 2/3 the width. These two pieces should overlap each other by a few inches, and will be the back of the pillow cover.
5. Place these two pieces over the heart side of the square piece, and line up all of the outside edges (right sides of the felt together). Pin all of the layers together, and sew around all four sides using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
- Now make a small diagonal cut on each edge of the pillow, making sure that you don’t cut any of the stitching. Turn the pillow right side out, and use your scissors or pencil to push out the corners.
- Now place your pillow insert into your cover.
Enjoy!!
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sew sweet vintage says
Love your pillows. i was in a pillow making mood too:) My daughter also asked me to make for her!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Thanks! I just checked out your pillows, and I LOVE them! They are so cute, and I love the fabric you used for the letters!
Sandy says
Found you from Totally Tutorials. Really easy pillow:) What exactly is pinstitch and/or what does it look like? I have lots of specialty stitches on my Brother machine, but none that is designated as a pinstitch.
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Hi Sandy, I just turned to my trusty friend Google, and have a link for you with a picture of what a pinstitch looks like. Also, on my machine I have this stitch as two seperate stitches going both ways, left and right, so you can use one on one side of the heart, and the other on the other side of the heart. Am I confusing you? 🙂 Check out the picture and see if it helps.
Sandy says
Thanks Laura, that helped alot! I do have a stitch that looks like that on my machine (goes both way, left and right) so I will try it out. Thanks for your help!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
No problem, happy to help! So glad to hear you’re making the pillows. Let me know how it turns out 🙂
Usakou うさこう says
this is a really great tutorial^^ I’ve been looking for something like this 🙂
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Excellent, glad I could help!
Tina Pippo says
Wonderful tutorial! I loved the outcome!Great post!! I included it in my post. Have a great week!!
Laura @ Make Life Lovely says
Thank you Tina.