BrittanyMakes

Hello! I have another sewing project to share today, as if I didn't sew enough in the last few weeks!  The back story to this project is I'm remodeling our bedding for our new place, and the bed needs a bolster pillow! I decided I'd sew my own cover, (since you know, I'm a pro now and all) versus searching for a bolster cover that coordinates with our bedding.

Follow these 12 easy steps to make your own bolster pillow cover:

1 – Check the dimensions of your bolster pillow form, mine measured 10" Diameter, and 27" in length

2 – Grab your fabric of choice

3 – The circumference of the pillow will give you the width, calculate this by multiplying the diameter by π, or 3.14.  The width to my pillow measures 31.4 " x 27".  Cut these dimensions out of your fabric.  I used an L-shaped ruler to do this.

4 – Coincidentally our strainer measured the exact diameter as the pillow form, which I used to measure and cut out the circle ends for the pillow.  I suggest looking for something around your house before pulling out that protractor!

5 – Cut out the 10D circle end pieces

*Optional – Steps follow 6-11 to sew in a zipper, or skip these steps if you want your cover to be zipper-less

6 – Fold the fabric in half, good sides facing inward.  Then, sew 2" down the top edge, giving yourself 1/2" allowance

7 – Repeat step 6 on the bottom edge of the fabric, sewing 2" down 

8 – Iron both sides of the seam allowance down against the fabric

9 – Once the seam allowance is ironed down, it should look like this photo

10 – Carefully stitch the edge of the zipper in place, top of the zipper facing down 

11 – Sew the right side of the zipper in place.  This works best if using a zipper-foot attachment to your sewing machine.  Repeat on the left side of the zipper.

12 – The last step is to sew the bolster base to the circle ends.  Lay the circle ends flat, right-side inward, then place the top edge of the bolster base on top of the circle.  Use your fingers to align the edges of the fabric together, then sew careful.  Continue using your fingers to maneuver the fabric in a curve while the machine does it's thing.

Turn it inside out, stuff the bolster form inside your new pillow cover, and voila!

You have yourself a custom boslter pillow! Easy as pie! Literally :)