Hi, Friends! Lisa from Stubbornly Crafty here to share a fun and simple pillow cover with you.
I love piecing quilt blocks together but don’t always have the time to make a large quilt. Today we are going to make one quick block and turn it into a 16” square pillow cover. Perfect for the upcoming Valentines holiday!
Supplies:
For quilt block:
- DOWNLOAD PATTERN HERE
- ¼ yard (cream or white for background) quilters cotton fabric
- Fat Eighth red quilters cotton
- Fat Eighth blue quilters cotton
- Quilt in a Day acrylic ruler
For pillow cover:
- 1/2 yard Stitch-n-Sew High Loft Sew-in Fleece
- Spray-n-Bond Basting Adhesive
- 1/2 yard home dec fabric (for back)
To square up a half square triangle I prefer using a Quilt in a Day acrylic ruler. Line up your 4.5” line on your sew line and trim the express. Press open, trim your tails, and you’re done.
Download and follow the directions on sewing together the heart block for the front of your pillow. Gather your pillow cover supplies. Place your Stitch-n-Sew Sew-in Fleece on your work table. On the back of your completed heart block spray your Spray-n-Bond Basting Adhesive. Carefully lay the block right side centered on top of your Fleece. Make sure to smooth out any wrinkles.
Take to your sewing machine and quilt. I like to do vertical lines because I find them the easiest.
Trim your quilted heart block. From your backing fabric cut two 16.5”x10.75” pieces.
**If your block shrunk a bit in the quilting process as one of mine did, no worries! Trim to a 16.25” square and shorten your lining to that same width (so 16.25”x10.75”).
Next, lay one of your backing pieces wrong side up. Along one of the longer sides fold the edge over approximately ¼-inch, then fold over again another ¼-inch. Repeat with the second backing piece. Take to your sewing machine and top stitch along that folded seam.
Lay your backing on your table just as you’d like it to appear on the finished pillow. Lay the pillow top over the backing with the right side facing down.
Starting in the four corners, pin around the perimeter. Pin the top and bottom and then the side making sure the backing pieces overlap and lineup. Take to your sewing machine. Using a 1/4” seam allowance, sew a straight line along the perimeter of the outside edge. Lastly, sew a zigzag around the perimeter to help keep the edge from fraying. Turn right side out and you’re finished!
I pressed my pillow covers so the edges are nice and crisp. Stuff a 16” pillow form inside your cover and enjoy.
