Here’s my first video tutorial! In it I show you a quick and super easy way to give your well-loved button-up shirt a second life as a comfy throw pillow. I hope you like it. Now go make some throw pillows!
Supplies
- dress shirt
- pillow or pillow insert (should be slightly smaller than your shirt)
- scissors
- pencil or chalk
- pins
- sewing machine or sewing needle
- thread
Instructions
- Button up shirt around your pillow
- Position your pillow on the shirt
- Mark up your shirt
- Pin your shirt and cut out the sham
- Sew all the open edges
- Finally, unpin, unbutton, stuff the sham, and rebutton the sham
Useful tips
- You can also use women’s blouses. Try large, bright prints and different fabrics that can complement your specific decor.
- Bey, an artist from Barcelona, says the button side of the pillow may be a little uncomfortable, but all you have to do is turn the pillow over. The buttons make it easy to change the cover whenever you want.
Check back for the tutorial.
thanx so much for the idea. i will use my old shirts for these
Thanks for visiting and watching. Have fun!
I have been asked to make a pillow from a boy scout uniform. Any suggestions to be able to use part of sleeve badges as well.
Hi Lois. Those sleeve badge sure are cool! It certainly would be a waste not to use them. What if you remove the badges from the sleeves, and then sew them on the back of the shirt pillow? If leave the sleeves on and sew them shut, you’d have a shirt shaped shirt pillow. 😀
Thank you for such a wonderful memory making idea!! We just lost our dad to Parkinson’s disease. So these pillows will be a wonderful memory of him! Love you for sharing this idea! Jeanne
Hi Jeanne, I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. 🙁 I hope the pillows provide you and your family a little bit of comfort and help keep your wonderful memories of him close. Thanks for stopping by and sharing.
Great use of old shirts wow
Thanks so much for the informative video! I recently bought some women’s linen dresses from a local charity and wanted to make them into pillows and wasn’t really sure how to go about it. Now that I have watched your video it will be super simple and I’ll be able to get more than one pillow per dress doing it your way!
Hi, Vickie! I’m so glad you like the video. It IS super simple, but if you have any questions don’t hesitate to send me a message. Have fun making all those pillows! Thanks for visiting and taking the time to write!