In my Fall Leaf Book Page Wall Art post, I posted this picture of an area right inside of our front door that I’m transforming to reflect the fall season. The leaf art brought a little fall in, but it’s still missing something.
It’s missing pillows! I already had one pillow on hand to use, but the area needed just one more pillow. I don’t know about you, but I tend to get tired of things really fast, so I didn’t want to buy an expensive fall pillow that I may not like next year. That’s when I decided to make my own easy fall pillow cover and just cover an existing pillow. I actually only spent a dollar for this project because I already had all the other supplies on hand from other projects.
Before we get started, for all you non-sewers out there, it is possible to use fabric glue for this project. Although, the pillow will last longer if you sew it together. Everyone else, rejoice that there’s no zipper or buttons 🙂 We’re making a simple envelope pillow.
Supplies:
- painter’s cloth or cotton fabric
- iron
- sewing machine
- thread
- large felt cut out (found at Dollar Tree)
- measuring tape/ruler
- scissors
- pillow insert 20×20 or appropriate size for felt applique & pillow insert
I made my pillow 20 x 20 because that was the size of my existing pillow and it worked perfectly with the felt cut outs. If you have a different size insert, cut your pieces to fit your pillow and felt cut outs.
First, iron your painter’s cloth if it’s wrinkled. Now, I cut my envelope flaps a little smaller by accident… so, do as I say, not as I do…lol. Anyway, cut one 20″ x 20″ piece and two 14″ x 20″ pieces. Try to use the existing edge of the painter’s cloth for the finished back edge of the envelope pillow. If you don’t have any finished edges on your painter’s cloth, you’ll have to make a finished edge for the envelope closure.
Pin your felt applique in the middle of the 20″x 20″ square and begin to sew around all the cut out edges. I stitched about 3/8″ from the edge of the felt applique. You can use contrasting thread or the same color thread as your applique – it’s up to you.
Once you have sewn around all the edges of the felt piece, pin the right sides of the front and backs flaps of the pillow together. Sew along all four edges. If you have a serger, finish off the edges here or zig-zag stitch around the edges to prevent unraveling/fraying. **Just make sure the right sides are facing each other when you sew along the edges**
Turn right side out and insert the pillow into the cover. Easy peasy! And the best part is that I can easily change and store these when I’m not using them.
Aren’t those cute?! I plan on making more for Halloween ones with some glow in the dark paint and Christmas ones too! Will you be adding themed pillows to your fall decor?
Stay tuned for the last part of the transformation…the calendar is next and will complete this area.
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I think these are probably the cutest pillow covers I’ve ever seen <3 You did a great job with them 🙂
Louise x
These are adorable and so simple! I’ve been thinking of ways I can make my apartment feel like fall. I’ll be going to the craft store to get supplies for these!
Super simple and can’t beat the dollar store prices on the felt cut-outs
These are just too cute! I especially love the owl!
My favorite is the pumpkin. I love them.
Hi from Way Back Wednesday! These look great!
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Good Morning Erlene! Just popping in to let you know your post has been picked as a feature at the Welcome Home Wednesday Link Party! Stop by this morning to see your feature and link up!
Love this! I definitely get tired of things fast, so a quick & easy decor always catches my eye. These turned out so great. Thanks for linking up with Welcome Home Wednesday!
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Wow, Erlene, this is absolutely AWESOME! What a great idea – so simple, yet such a big impact.
Thank you for sharing this with us at the Thank Goodness It’s Thursday party – Pinned!
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These pillows are adorable! I am in love with the owl! Super cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Your Designs This Time!
Emily & Erin
These are awesome….and in theory so easy. I don’t know if my sewing skills match up to being able to make these, but I love them and need to try them anyway. Thanks for sharing these. I am hoping as simple as you’ve made the tutorial that I can try it.
What cute pillows, these would be perfect for fall decor! I would like to invite you to share your fall posts to my 2014 Harvest Hop Linky Party. 🙂
Hi Erlene!
Thank you for sharing with us at Retro RePin Party #12~
I chose your link as a feature during this week’s party, starting tonight at 8pm! Stop by and take a look. We’d love it if you would link up with us again.
Have a great week! ~ Robin
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Hi Erlene,
What a great idea. I love these. Very creative. Thanks for sharing these over at The Southern Special. I will be featuring these at the next party.
Clever and so cute too. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. xo
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So very impressed with this simple craft. I have seen those little mat things in the Dollar Tree but had no idea of what I would do with them, except use them as place mats. Love your creation with them!! So glad you share them with us at Home Matters Linky Party!
This is adorable! I wish we celebrated fall in Australia.
Cute pillows! I would not have thought to use the dollar store felt shapes as appliques. Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this at What We Accomplished Wednesdays! Have a super week!
Blessings, Deborah
These are so cute! The felt cutouts are perfect!
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Congratulations on being featured on Wake Up Wednesday!
Love your post!Those are super cute and fun! I might have to make some for my house asap! I am hosting my first ever Tuesday Link Up Party. I hope you can come over and link up with me!! I love meeting new ladies and getting to see all the amazing content everyone has to offer!
Love your pillow! I never thought to use felt cut outs. Great idea! Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark Link Party.
Glenna @ My Paper Craze
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Hey Erlene,
I love these pillows and I’m featuring them on Worthwhile Wednesdays tonight starting at 8pm.
Stop by, grab your button, link up and Party!
~Allie
They look amazing! You did a incredible job. Pinned. We had so much fun partying with you at our last party. We hope to see you tonight’s party at 7 pm. We love to see what you have been working on!
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Super cute! I <3 Fall and your pillows:) Pinning
Ohh my gosh these are too cute!
You were featured on the Bewitchin’ Project party that went life today! Thanks for linking up.
Barb
I love these pillows! So cute! I wanted to say thank you for pinning at Friday PrideDay Pinterest Party! I really appreciate it! If you need a favor in return, please let me know! I hope to see you there again! I’m also following you now, jody53. (I wish I knew how to change the name on my PInterest)
What cute pillows! This was one of the most-clicked posts on last week’s Share it Sunday link party!! So it will be featured this coming weekend and we will go live Saturday night at 8 Central time. I, too have seen these at Dollar Tree and couldn’t think of an application for them… this is perfect!
Thanks for the opportunity to share it on your party. I’ll definitely be there. Thank you!
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What a cute idea! And you make it look so easy….I’m not very crafty but I’m going to try it out 🙂 I need a little Fall decor in my living room! Thanks for sharing!
Liz
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Erlene, what a great idea. I’d never thought about using these felt images this way. In the shop they always look overly bright to me. But on your pillows they look fabulous. Thank you so much for coming to party with us and linking them up in our party. Appreciate it. (Please don’t forget to link back to the party, so I could potentially feature you next week… A simple text link is fine.)
Thanks for coming over. I linked back.
Love those cute little fall pillows and the tutorial is so simple to follow. Thanks!
These are so awesome! Thanks for linking up to the Creative Exchange.
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Thank you so much for attending week 3 of #PureBlogLove and linking your fantastic blog post. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for our party next week Thursday 8 PM EST- Sundays at midnight . I will be sharing across our social media this weekend!
Have a great day!
Xo
Heidy
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Oh gosh these are so cute. So simple, even I can do them. I also need to make one of those picture frame calendars!
Great pillows. I like that they are interchangable.
What cute pillows – and a great tutorial. I love the versatility of your project making it perfect for any season or holiday.
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Thanks Karen. I like that it’s so easy, can store this pillow case flat, and I can use an existing pillow to keep cost down.
Those are adorable! You could sell them! Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party! I’ve pinned you post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board.
This is so cute! I love decorating for Fall, so I need to make this.
What a cute idea, I’ve never thought of that! I see those cute little felt animals and pumpkins at the dollar store every fall, but never know what to do with them. Great job! 🙂 Visiting from WWBH! 🙂
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I used to stare at them too…lol. I use to pass by the cut outs, but now I’ve started picking them up and remaking them into lots of different things. The plus is that the cut outs are large and make a big impact for a little money. A win win in my book 🙂
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Adorable pillows! Thank you for sharing on The Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!
Thanks so much for stopping by and hosting your midweek party.
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So cute and easy- love that! Thank you so much for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- I hope you’ll come back this weekend and link up your newest makes & bakes! 🙂
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Thank you. I’ll stop by and link up something new.
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What a cute decor craft! I wish I could sew! I’ll have to give these a try with some heat transfer vinyl! Thanks for the inspiration! #ibabloggers
I bet you could do a lot of cute designs with vinyl. I’d love to see your designs if you do make one.
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I was sure I commented on these Erlene. So darling!! Pinned.
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Thanks Elizabeth for pinning and sharing 🙂
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Your pillows are really cute!! I will try with the no-sew version! Just pinned!!
If you do the no sew version, make sure you use fabric glue 🙂
I love how these pillows turned out — adorable! I would definitely go for the no-sew version myself. Thanks so much for sharing at Snickerdoodle! 🙂
These are so easy to make. I would use an iron on adhesive for the felt and fabric glue around the pillow edges if you do make a no sew version.
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Erlene- these are so cute. Will you link this to Friday Favorites today or this weekend? I love the stuff that you can find at dollar tree!! laura
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Thanks Laura. Yes I’ll come by and link up. Thanks for the invite.
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These look very cute 🙂
Thank you.
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