How To Make A Sweater Pillow
Recover a pillow insert or an old pillow by cutting an old sweater down to the correct size.
Equipment:
- Yardstick or Measuring Tape
- Pencil
- Sewing pins
- Hand needle and thread
- Sewing Machine
Materials:
- An old sweater
- Pillow insert (or old pillow to recover)
Instructions:
- To begin, turn your sweater inside out. Lay the sweater on a flat surface and smooth it out so there are no wrinkles.
- Using your yardstick (or a measuring tape) measure and mark off a square that is 1" bigger than the pillow you are covering.
- Cut out the square, cutting through both layers of the fabric (the front and back of the sweater).
- Leaving the two layer together with the right side of the fabric facing in, pin the two layers together around each side.
- Using your sewing machine, sew the two layers together around three of the sides using a 1/2" seam allowance. On the fourth side, sew only half way, leaving the remaining half of that side open.
- Trim any of the seam allowances as needed, and then turn the piece right side out.
- Insert the pillow form (or the pillow you are re-covering) in through the opening.
- Sew up the opening in the last seam by hand to close the pillow.