FRIDAY FUN FUN DAY! - How To Make A Pillow Cover With Crochet Trim By Sara Sach

FRIDAY FUN FUN DAY!

How To Make A Pillow Cover

 With Crochet Trim

By Sara Sach Of Posh Pooch Designs

I saw the fabric on line and just had to have some.

 I went to my local Hobby Lobby

 but they did not have it in stock.

I ordered the Granny Square fabric from the 

Hobby Lobby website. It is a cotton Duck cloth

 which is a nice heavy duty fabric.

I originally wanted the fabric to make some liners 

for bags. Once it arrived I decided to make a pillow cover

 for a pillow I already had. I Love it. The cover can

 be removed and washed if it gets dirty.

Remember you do not need a sewing machine to make

 this pillow cover. You can stitch this up by hand 

with thread and needle. The Sewing machine just

 makes it faster and easier.

I also decided I wanted to make a Crochet trim for the

 pillow cover. I thought this Red Heart yarn was a perfect

 match with the bring colors and pops of black.

It's Red heart Stripes in the Primary Stripes Colorway.

See The Video On My Crochet Youtube 

Channel At This  LINK

Crochet Pillow Trim Crochet Pattern

Skill: Easy

Material:

Crochet Hook - I / 5.5 mm

Yarn - Med. (4) Acrylic - Red Heart Super Saver/

            Primary Stripes 2 oz.

Yarn Needle

Tape Measure

Stitches:

Pico Stitch (pcst) ch4, slst in the top of the previous st

Foundation Double Crochet (FDC)

Size: 1.5 inches tall, length the size of the pillow

Notes:

Measure your pillow/ pillow form for the length needed.

My Pillow is 14 inches

Pattern:

*FDC, pcst in the 3rd FDC*

Repeat From * to * until the length needed for the pillow.

When I reached my length needed, I kept the 

yarn attached until adding it to the pillow over.

Remember this is a stretchy stitch pattern, and

 may stretch when added to the pillow cover.

Let's Make The Pillow Cover

Materials:

14 inch Pillow/Pillow Form 

Fabric - 3 15 inch pieces of Fabric

Needle And Thread to match

Scissors 

straight pins

Iron and Ironing board

Sewing Machine Optional

1. Step 1 - Measure Your pillow / pillow form

2. Cut 3 Squares The Size of your pillow + 1 inch

My pillow is 14 inches, I cut 15 inch squares

3. Fold 2 of the Squares a 1/3 the way down

Then fold under, and Iron them.

Pin and sew them.

4. Line them up, Wrong sides out with the front square.

5. Lay the trim between the front and back, making sure the picots are 

facing inward. And pin in place.

6. Now sew them all together. Remember the trim may stretch.

Make sure the ends meet up. Tie off the trim ends.

7. Now flip the pillow cover to the right side.

 You may need to ease the trim out some.

Now Slip the pillow / pillow form inside the opening in the back.

Now Wasn't That Fun And Easy???

I Love This New Pillow So much!