Pottery Barn Inspired Pillow Tutorial

I have never been, nor do I claim to be a seamstress. To sit down and try to type a sewing tutorial is slightly humorous for me. However, if I can encourage you to try a project like this ~ take heart! If I can do it, anyone can!:)

My inspiration for this project, was again, good ol’ Pottery Barn. Those people there come up with many, many things I love!

{Image from Pottery Barn}

I bought 2 meters of fabric. One was a floral print, and the other a soft, cream-colored one.

It’s recommended that you wash and dry your fabric first (for shrinkage reasons). However, this time I wanted the crispness of the new fabric, so I didn’t. I’ll just have to launder it carefully (hang it to dry).

I already had the pillow forms that I wanted to use. For this one, my form was 17 inches square. I cut a piece of fabric 19” wide and 41 1/2 “ long and hemmed the top and bottom edges {the shortest length edges} with a 1/2 seam.

I then folded one hemmed edge at (almost) 3 1/2 inches, and ironed.

Then I folded it down from the top, 6 1/2 inches….

and folded the bottom up 14 inches.

Pin each edge and sew a 1 inch seam on each side.

Then, turn right side out, and Voila!, you have a nice pocket for your pillow…

…and the extra “flap” becomes the decorative piece that you {faux} button down!

(**After I completed all these photos, I discovered I had some more pillow forms that were slightly larger – about 18 inches square. I ended up putting them in these covers. I like pillow covers to fit tightly. I think they look more “professional” that way…)

To finish off the button flap, I hand stitched the flap closed {at the center point only}. Then I hand stitched on a vintage button from Mamma’s Button Collection.

I wrapped around a piece of jute and knotted it on the bottom to simulate the look that the cushion was “tied closed”.