Shag Pillow

I got together with my friend Lisa again and you know what that means…..

She has been into making pillows lately and has LOTS of cute ones.

I’m not a great sewer, but I wanted to attempt one like she made.  She had the cutest shag pillow.

Lisa originally got the idea from V and Co. and there is a great tutorial.

However, we mixed it up a little and did it a little different.  Here is what we did…

I bought 1 yard of knit fabric and 1/2 yard of a matching cotton fabric.

 I also bought a 16 X 16 pillow form.

 I cut 1 1/2 inch wide long strips and then cut them every 4 inches.

I made piles of 13 and laid them out like this.

 Then I cut my cotton fabric into a 16 1/2 in square. 

I added the 1/2 inch for the seam allowance because I wanted it to fit my pillow pretty snug.

Next, I started about 1 inch from the side and drew a line every inch.

It was hard to see on this shade of brown, so I used a black pen.

If you use a lighter color you could get by with a pencil.

 I started sewing in the middle and randomly put the strips down as I went.

Some I folded nice and and some I crinkled up so it wasn’t too “perfect!”  🙂

 Here is a closer look.

 This is a few lines into it.

 I finished the first half and then flipped it around and started from the middle and worked out again.

 I wanted an “envelope” closure on mine so that I could switch it out if I wanted too.

I just cut a 16 1/2 X 12 inch piece and a 16 1/2 X 10 inch piece.

I folded the one side over about 1/2 an inch to make it a nice finished edge.

I laid them on top of the pillow (right sides together, of course) and pinned it all the way around.

 One tip:  if you pin it like it is in the picture above, you can sew right over it

and take them out when you are finished!

 Here is the finished product!  I LOVE it!

Here it is on my bed!

Now I just need to make a few more!

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