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It's November and I'm kicking off the 12 Days of Christmas Sewing series with an easy DIY merry pillow cover tutorial! This cute christmas tree pillow tutorial is so quick you can have one of your own in 30 minutes.
This simple merry christmas pillow will look great anywhere!
Supplies for the Merry Pillow Tutorial:
- 1 rectangular pillow. I used the IKEA FJÄDRAR pillow. It is 16×24" (40×60 cm) but you can use any rectangular pillow.
- Neutral color fabric. I cut mine 16" by the width of the 44" bolt of fabric. Leaving the selvage on the fabric means you don't need to hem the ends. I prefer my fitted pillow cases to be slightly smaller than my pillow. Keep reading.
- A few scraps for trees
- Red thread
- water soluble fabric marker
Print this "merry" and trace it onto your fabric. Download Merry
Keep in mind where you want the "merry" to be. Your pillow case will be the width the long edge of your pillow. Fold the two ends over each other, overlapping. See photos below. Determine where you want your word and trees to be.
Adjust your stitch length to as small as your machine will go. Slowly stitch over the letters. I traced the word once with stitches but feel free to ad lib.
Cut out some trees from your scraps. Wing it. These don't need to be perfect! Stitch them on using your favorite applique method. I just pinned these well and stitched around the edge. I wanted a bit of a rough look to the edges of the trees. You may prefer to use a heat and bond to adhere them or a satin stitch on the edges so there is no fraying.
Fold your fabric back over again (right sides together) and sew along the two long edges. Your finished pillow case should be about an inch smaller in width and length than your pillow form. Turn right side out and stuff your pillow into it!
What a cute pillow! Looks so simple and easy to do too
Thanks Gwen!
Sue D. says
This pillow is perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Love those trees!
Stacey says
I love a nice rectangular pillow and I think you picked the perfect fabric for the trees. Lovely!
Jessica Abbott says
this is so cute Andrea!!! I love it!
i really need to do this – i still have my spring flowery pillows out. definitely time to change it up! love these.
Katrine says
This is so cute! Thank you!
Thanks Jess!
Thanks Jessica!
Love love LOVE!!! This is so cute Andrea!!! I love it all – the fabrics are so cute and the writing is so fun!
Thanks Bev!
I love it! So simple but cute!
Jennifer S. says
Very cute! And it looks so simple!
Very cute! My 13 yo daughter is planning to make a few of these in simple pillow case form for a few friends and cousins. Thank you for sharing.
Sandy says
Can you tell me what size your trees ended up being? I would really love to make one of these. Thanks so much
This tutorial is great! I made one of these last night in gray/red/blue and it turned out really cute. Blogged here, http://tdcell.com/threadridinghood/wordpress/?p=508. Thanks for taking the time to write this!
Nima says
Lovely pillow. I would love to invite you for the christmas pillow linky party in my blog. Please do come and join with your lovely pillow. Thank you