Flat forms from Amazon |
I wanted some pillows for the rockers. I wanted something for the small of the back and for the head. It felt uncomfortable to lay my head back when relaxing, I needed just a little support.
After fluffing in the dryer |
I bought some pillow forms from Amazon, just something inexpensive. When they came, they were super flat and vacuum sealed. I took the pillows out of the plastic for a day or two and then put them in the dryer, on air fluff, with a few dryer balls. That did help to plump them up some.
Cut fabric, with dog ears cut away |
I cut the fabric the same size as the pillow, 12 x 20, so that when I sewed them they would be slightly smaller and hopefully the pillow would fill it out more.
Marked for elastic placement |
I marked on the pillow forms approximately where I wanted the ends of the elastic to be. I placed it so that it would fit over the three center slats of the rocker. This resulted in my using a 10" piece of 1/2 inch elastic with the ends placed 5" in from each side and 3 1/2" down from the top.
Elastic on the back pieces |
Of course the pillow front couldn't be just plain so I monogrammed our initial using the striped fabric. I really like the font I bought from Designs by JuJu.
Doing the monogram |
I then added covered cord I made from the striped fabric. I sewed the front to the back with right sides together, leaving an opening to turn and insert the pillow form.
Machine stitching the opening closed |
I machine sewed the opening closed, the Sunbrella fabric is hard to hand stitch.
All finished |
They turned out okay, but I thought it could have been a tighter fit for the cover but that is just my opinion, others like the looser fit.
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