Easy DIY How to Make the Simplest DIY Pillow Cover EVER in just 5 Minutes

Sharing all the tips & tricks for how to make the easiest DIY pillow cover EVER for just a few dollars with 4 easy step by step instructions in just 5 minutes with pictures.

Easy DIY Pillow Cover

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This DIY project started with 4 trips to Target in less than 48 hours.

I was on the hunt for a matching pillow that I had found on clearance and was no longer available.

With no hope of finding the matching pillow I was looking for and no way I could justify driving to any more Target stores…. I decided to make one of my own. 

My new DIY pillow cover was created using 2 dish towels with the same pattern making it the simplest DIY pillow cover EVER for just $6 in only 5 mins!

Supplies Needed to Make this Easy DIY Pillow Cover

• 2 dish towels in any pattern you love (I found mine at Target)
• a standard size pillow
• matching thread to your dish towels
• a needle (for hand sewing) or a sewing machine

I tend to wait till something goes on sale before I make the final decision to purchase it. 

Sometimes this means finding a great deal and other times (like I am talking about today) it means that I only find 1/2 of what I think I need!

I had only found 1 pillow for our family room sofa instead of 2. 

Rather than giving up and taking back the pillow I bought I chose to make another one out of 2 matching dish towels.

Dish towels are awesome to create pillows with because they already have finished seams AND they are also the same size as a regular standard size pillow!

I am fortunate to have a sewing machine but you can easily hand sew this DIY pillow cover as well.

How to Make an Easy DIY Pillow Cover

Step ONE – Gather Your Supplies

Step TWO – Face the Finished Sides of Your Dish Towel to One Another & Sew

I put the dish towels together with the pretty sides of the dish towel facing each other. 

I sewed around 3 sides of the DIY pillow cover leaving one side open so I could wash the easy DIY pillow cover whenever I needed to.

Which will probably be ALL the time for me with my 4 kids and Moose. 

Optional Step THREE – Add a Button or Zipper

For the more advanced sewer you could add a zipper or button to the end of your DIY pillow cover as well. 

I am not quite there with my sewing skills yet or would have added a button. 🙂

Step FOUR – Turn the Fabric Right Side Out & Add Your Pillow

Once the pillow cover was done I turned the fabric inside out and added my pillow to my new fabulous DIY pillow cover.

Easy peasy… see how easy it was to make this GORGEOUS DIY pillow cover!!! 

DIY Pillow Cover DONE.

I hope this inspires you & answers all your questions so you can try and make a DIY pillow cover of your own just in time for the holidays! 

by Tara Lehman

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