Button Throw Pillow Tutorial

Materials Needed:
1/2 yard home decor fabric
1/2 yard home decor fabric
1/2 yard co-ordinating home decor fabric
3 buttons
fusible interfacing scraps (2 pieces approximately 1″x15″)
14″x14″ pillowform
Cut:
main fabric: one 15″x 9″ piece and one 15″x14″ piece
co-ordinating fabric: one 15″x15″ piece
Directions:
1. Iron fusible interfacing to wrong side of front panels on middle side edge, where buttons and button-holes will be placed.
2. With each front panel, fold and press interfaced edge toward the wrong side 1.5″. Fold and press another 1.5″.
3. With each front panel, topstitch close to folded edge, which will be almost 1.5″ from the edge of fabric. You will eventually place your buttons and buttonholes along these folded edges.
4. Mark placement for your buttons and buttonholes at 4″, 7.5″, and 11″ from the top of each panel on your folded edges. These marks should be 0.75″ from the edge, which will be in the middle of the edge and the topstitching you completed in step 3 (topstitching not pictured below).
5. Using the buttonhole stitch on your machine (if you’re lucky :)), stitch three buttonholes on the left front panel, centered on the marks you made in step 4. I recommend doing a test buttonhole on scrap fabric to see exactly how long it will be so you know exactly where to start the buttonhole on your fabric to have it centered on your mark. Using a seam ripper, open the buttonholes and ensure that your buttons fit through.
6. Using a needle and thread, sew your 3 buttons onto the right front panel on the marks you made in step 4.
7. Attach the front left and right panels together by fastening the buttons. Baste the two panels and the top and bottom where they overlap.
8. Right sides together, pin front panel to the back panel of co-ordinating fabric. Sew around the entire edge using a 1/2″ seam allowance.
9. Trim the corners as pictured.
10. Unfasten your buttons (can be a bit tricky from the wrong side) and turn the pillow cover right side out.
Great tutorial! I posted a link on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-button-front-throw-pillow/2009/10/10/
–Anne
I love this pillow and can see it would be a great gift idea. Nice job on your tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
I really like this tutorial. Do you know who designed the fabric? Or where I can find it.
Thanks :)
The fabric of the throw pillow is nice and gives the different look to room.
Seems to be easy and looks very nice…the finish is really achieved with the usage of nicely selected buttons.
I made some of these and they turned out great! Thank you for such a wonderful tutorial. I had no problems following your instructions.
My Pillows
This is so great! Thank you for posting this. I wanted to make some for my pillows that are 20X20. How would you fudge the dimensions to make it work? Like this?:
main fabric: one 21″x 9″ piece and one 21″x20″ piece
co-ordinating fabric: one 21″x21″ piece
Any help would be great so I can get this started! Thanks so much :)
Amanda: yes those dimensions should work perfectly! Depending on how far to one side you want your buttons, you can even adjust the length of the two pieces, as long as you keep the same total length between the two. Good luck!
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Olá,
Gostei muito de conhecer o seu blog e seus trabalhos.
O tutorial dessa almofada está nota “10”, muito bem explicado, adorei.
Parabéns!
Beijos
LelÊ
love the tutorial , the buttons on the throw pillow are lovely
Excellent I don’t have skills to make these pillows but it would be perfect to make my owns because I can create other styles and design in order to avoid the monotony..
Great tutorial~ I’d love to share this on my blog (on Friday), I’m doing a post all about easy sewing projects/tutorials. Please let me know that would be okay!
Thanks!
Angela @ A little about A LOT
http://www.alittle-aboutalot.blogspot.com
Thanks so much for you tutorial! I just made a button pillow following it and I LOVE IT http://www.annabelvita.com/2012/10/30/how-to-make-button-up-pillow-tutorial/
When you say, “Wrong sides together, pin front panel to the back panel of co-ordinating fabric.”, you really mean right sides together. Am I correct on that? Thank only makes sense, but I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t missing something.
Tori – Yes, you are right! Thanks for noticing and letting me know, I’ve updated the post!
Just finished making this. Great tutorial….thanks!
I would like to sew this looking pillow. The size of my pillow is 14 x28 what size fabric I should cut the 2 pieces
Thanks for your help