I had some squares left over from the super-soft and snuggly-wuggly rag quilt I made and showed you last week. Not enough flannel to make anything large, but just enough to create a matching pillow cover to go with my quilt. And oooh, it's snuggly-wuggly too.
It's made in exactly the same way as the quilt, using 3 layers of 6 inch flannel squares and then two 9-square pieces are joined together to create the cover. Â I'd used up most of my flannel squares and just had mostly the purple floral left, so rather than be an exact match, I had to make all the outer squares in the same fabric. Â I think it still looks good though and is a match for the quilt.
Here's a super short video of the process, because all of the full details are in that original article about the quilt, including the full video there. I didn't talk nearly as much as I usually do – the whole video is only 3 minutes long!  That's a record for me for sure, although it was difficult to get the voice over to match the pictures – I kept trying to say too much  😉
It was fun to make a quick snapshot video that way.
How to make a rag quilt pillow
Here's a quick summary:
- Cut flannel into 6 inch squares
- You need a total of 54 squares
- Match them up in sets of 3 with the right sides all facing up
- Sew a cross from one corner to the other through all 18 sets
- Join 3 together to make a row. Â Join them wrong sides facing so your seam allowances are on top. Use a 1/2 inch seam allowance.
- Sew 3 rows together to make a block of 9
- Sew all around the perimeter with a 1/2 inch seam allowance, repeat for both.
- Join the two pieces together, wrong sides facing, with a 1/2 inch seam allowance, leaving a gap in one side to insert the pillow form
- Throw it in the washer a couple of times with a couple of old towels
- Add your pillow form and hand stitch it closed using that 1/2 inch seam line as a guide.
- Snuggle and enjoy!
Awesome video!! Question: Would it look bad to make the front & back different? The rag quilt I made has owls, foxes, dots, flowers & chevron(5 different patterns)! So I wanted the front with owls, dots, chevron & the back with foxes, flowers & chevron!! Do people do this?
Hi, Kelly, I think is fantastic having 2 different looks.
Perhaps a silly question, but do you know what size pillow you used?
I made a pillow form to fit, I can’t buy them here. I gifted this so I’m sorry I no longer have it to measure. But if the pieces were 6 inches square, 5 inches after the 1/2 inch seam allowance then 3 across would have been 15 inches so I would have made my pillow form at 16 inches I think. I like them plump 🙂
your tutorial video makes it a project I will do. the written instructions just were not enough. you make great videos.
Looks great, Deby and would be very snugly.