Once upon a time, I was obsessed with red. We had it in almost every room of our house. I bought some throw pillows from Pottery Barn that had red pillow covers. After a while, I got over my red obsession and put the pillows away and didn't look at them for over a year. This past month, I pulled them out and decided I would make new covers for them. (I think it was mostly due to nesting. Haha!) Here's what I did:
First, I gathered my supplies. (Pillow inserts, one of the pillow covers to use as a template, fabric for my new covers, rotary cutter, straight edge, cutting mat, sewing pins, sewing machine, thread, scissors, zippers, yarn, hand sewing needle, embroidery thread.)
Once I had everything gathered, I turned the pillow cover I did have inside out, laid it on my fabric and cut out the pieces I needed using the rotary cutter, straight edge, and cutting mat. I pinned them together, and sewed them on three sides. Then I pinned the zipper in place, put the zipper foot on my sewing machine, and stitched that in place, making sure to leave the zipper open. I turned it right side out and put my pillow form in. And I was left with a super cute pillow for my couch or chair.
The second pillow cover I did used solid fabric on one side and patterned fabric on the other side. I crocheted a granny square in coordinating colors with the fabric on the back. Once I was done sewing the pillow cover, I used my hand sewing needle and the embroidery thread to whip stitch the granny square onto the solid colored fabric. It turned out cuter than I had hoped and it goes super well with my knit pouf that we use as a foot rest. Now we have "new" throw pillows and we can live happily ever after. (Or at least until I decide I'm ready for new covers!)
