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Craft Project: Pillow Topper

Pillow Topper

This is a Pillow Topper that I created to replace the typical sham. I just place it over my pillows in the morning. This is much easier and time saving than having to put on shams and it adds to the overall beauty of my bedroom.

Approximate Time: 5 Hours

Supplies:

Sewing Machine
Tread to match fabric
Fabric of your choice
Batting

Instructions:

What will be needed is a piece of material long enough to reach to both sides of the bed and wide enough to cover the pillows adequately. You will need to double the width as you will be sewing batting into the center. I used material with a pattern that made it easy to create a quilted look. My mattress measures 64 inches wide. I added 8" to that so my pillow topper would hang some over the sides of the bed. My pillows measure 16 inches wide. I added 8 inches in order for the topper to completely cover them.Then you will will need an extra 1" to fold on each side to avoid fraying when sewing the pieces together, so my fabric measured 74 inches long by 42 inches wide.

I cut the material lengthwise in half. Then folded the material inside about 1 inch on all 4 sides. I sewed 3 sides together on the outside edges on the right side of the fabric and left one long side open to insert the batting on the inside. I measured the batting so it would be just shy of the inside edges and inserted it into the center. I then sewed the last opening.

The last step was to sew around the pattern of the fabric to create a quilted look.

By Jean from Forest Lake, MN

Feedback About This Post:

RE: Craft Project: Pillow Topper

What a great idea. Love it. And love the Eagle blanket, where did you get that at? We collect anything/everything with Eagles on it. Thanks for sharing. I will be using this idea.

Post by jmz2005

RE: Craft Project: Pillow Topper

Love it and I think I need to do that when I amke my new bedding (if I ever get the time!) I have seperate pillows just for the shams so I dont have to change them all of the time but I like this idea better!

Post by momma2many

RE: Craft Project: Pillow Topper

Great Idea! I'm going to try this one for sure. Thanks!

Post by chriself

RE: Craft Project: Pillow Topper

That is so neat. Thanks for sharing it. Zig

Post by Ziggee

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