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victorian bed with red and white linens. While linen pillows with red piping and a red decal in the middle sit on top of the bed
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DIY Christmas Pillow Cover

Learn how to sew a beautiful, customized linen DIY Christmas pillow that will warm up any space.

Course Sewing
Cuisine American
Keyword DIY Christmas pillow
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 pillow
Author Lisa Bass
Cost 5

Equipment

  • Sewing machine
  • Embroidery machine
  • Sewing scissors
  • Pins
  • Coordinating thread

Ingredients

  • Linen fabric in two colors. I used a cream and red linen.
  • 75″ cotton cording per pillow
  • Coordinating thread

Instructions

  • Cut the fabric to the size you want the pillow, plus add an inch on all sides for seam allowance.

    Place the main piece of fabric into an embroidery hoop and stitch the design in the middle.
  • Taking the back fabric pieces, place on a table with wrong side facing you. Fold one short end over 1/2 inch, and then another half inch towards the wrong side to create a hem. Sew down the hem. Repeat with the other back piece.Simply take your desired piece of fabric and cut a strip 3"-5″ wide.
  • Fold the strip of fabric over the cording and place the fabric wrapped cording onto the sewing machine with the cording to the left. Sew the cording into the fabric by using a zipper foot. Sew as closely to the piping as possible.
  • Lay the main front piece down with the front facing you. Place the piping on top of the main piece, lining up the raw fabric edges of the piping to the edge of the main fabric. Pin down the piping around the main piece.Around the corners, clip the fabric around the piping, that way it lays nicely around the edges. Continue pinning down the piping around the corners.
  • When you get to the end of the piping, where it meets the other piping, just overlap them. This helps it to be less noticeable after you sew it on and turn it right side out.
  • Sew the piping on to the front piece of the pillow cover using the zipper foot, getting as close to the piping as possible. Place the main piece down with the right side facing you, place the two back pieces down with the right side overlapping the two ends. The two hemmed sides of the back pieces should be in the middle.
  • Pin to the main piece and sew around the edges. Turn right side out.

Notes

  • If you are more of a beginner sewer, I would suggest pinning the piping to the front of the cover and sewing. If you are more experienced, you could sew all the front, back, and piping together at the same time.