Tutorial: Super easy pillow cover from a repurposed shirt

It takes just a few easy steps to turn a button up shirt into a pillow cover. Jann from Newton Custom Interiors shares a tutorial at So Sew Easy showing how to do it. The button placket down the front of the shirt makes the world’s easiest closure for the back of the pillow cover! If you don’t have a shirt in your closet you can part with to make a pillow, go to the thrift store and pick one up.

Click below for her tutorial:

How to Make a Pillow Out of a Shirt, by Newton Custom Interiors

[photo from So Sew Easy]

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

The list includes holiday themed hot pads, potholders ,aprons, and more that you can sew and decorate your kitchen all season long. Most are things you can make in an evening or less. These would also make wonderful hostess gifts for any holiday parties or gatherings you’re attending. Read on for the kitchen sewing ideas!