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No sew pillow covers...use my tips to avoid a FAIL
I thought I'd try the no sew pillow covers. Seems easy enough, fabric, a glue gun and scissors. While I'm pretty happy with my finished product, here is a little advice to make yours even better!
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Materials needed
- Ruler/ measuring tape
- Glue gun
- Glue sticks
- Sharp scissors
- Fabric
- Pillow
- Iron
How I did it (and what I should have done)
- Cut your fabric to cover the pillow, using the pillow as a guide. Two squares were cut for this pillow. (Here is were the tape measure comes in handy. Measure it rather than eyeball it and leave 3-5 inches extra along each edge.)
- When cutting the fabric, use sharp scissors. (AND straight cuts! It will matter in the end.)
- You want to make sure the right side which will show is facing out. Iron your fabric, make seams along each edge. I didn't want my pillow cover snug so I made it a little larger than the pillow. (This worked great!)
- Add hot glue in the seams, this is your 'thread'. (Do it in a really straight line.)
- Glue both pieces of fabric together leaving the top open for the pillow.
- I want to be able to remove this cover so I added velcro along the top. (If you do this add more glue to the velcro.)
You are seeing both squares. I used two pieces of fabric and tried to make sure they were the same size. I didn't measure. You should because after step 4, I had to cut more fabric off. | Source
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This highlites the importance of measuring. That actually isn't two squares...but good for a first try ? | Source
Finally. Add the velcro. You can skip this step but I intend to wash the pillow covers and maybe make more...thus the velcro.
Are you a beginning crafter?
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