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Easy DIY No Sew Fall Accent Pillow

By Jody Smith

I love adding my own personal fall touches inside and outside the house to create a warm, cozy feeling! One way that I like to bring in the season is to incorporate it right into my home furnishings with throw pillows! While I can sew a little, most often I just don’t have the time to haul out my machine, re-thread, and sew up a pillow. If you’re like me and you’d like to make some cute fall pillows without sewing, then you have to try this Easy DIY No Sew Fall Accent Pillow!

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow

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If you love to sew you can create the same pillow on your sewing machine. I have also made them so that they are a temporary cover for my small throw pillows, easy to change out for the next holiday or season. If you have small accent pillows already, you can use those. You can also pick up plain pillow forms at craft stores or even older outdated ones at thrift stores and yard sales.

Easy DIY No Sew Fall Accent Pillow

Supplies Needed:

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow

Burlap or other fabric
Wide ribbon
Smaller complimentary ribbon
Iron on seam
Throw/accent pillow

Directions:

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow

1. Measure your throw pillow. You can either eyeball it or measure the height and width, then add about 2-3” on 3 of the sides, and an additional 8”- 10” on one end- this will be the flap that you tuck in.

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow
2. Place iron on seam down one side of burlap/fabric and iron according to package directions. My package stated- Place tape adhesive side down, apply iron for 2 seconds (my burlap was thick and required 4 seconds). Peel off backing, press second layer of fabric into place and iron them together- heating time varies and again with thick burlap it took longer.

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow
3. I started by fusing together my two ribbon lengths so the narrow ribbon was on top of the wide ribbon. Then I ironed the ribbons on the entire length of the fabric with the iron on seam.
4. Place your two pieces of fabric “right side in.” This will be the piece where your ribbon is.
5. Repeat the iron on process around 3 sides, leaving the longer end open.

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow
6. Fold down a small seam on the opening/flap and press on iron on seam to give it a finished edge. The flap makes it easy to swap out the pillow cover but still give your pillow a finished off look.
7. I then took a piece of the ribbon and simply tied it around one of my other throw pillows to have it coordinate but to also keep it simple.

You can use these pillows in the house as well as outdoors on a covered porch or patio!

Easy DIY no sew fall accent pillow

  About Jody: I am a Florida girl through and through living the semi-country, small town life.  I am making my way through it with my amazing hubby, 2 beautiful kids, 2 of the best Dachshunds to ever walk the face of the earth, massive amounts of coffee and a whole lot of Jesus.  I homeschool, craft, cook, scrapbook, garden, raid the thrift shops, snap 1,000’s of photos, and read when I can grab a spare minute (which is rare). You can find me blogging at Simply Southern Sunshine.

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Comments

  1. Theresa H. Roach says

    September 24, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Well now, isn’t that pretty:) Have a blessed day my friend, HUGS!

  2. [email protected] Interior Frugaglista says

    September 29, 2015 at 10:19 am

    Your Fall pillows caught my eye at The Scoop party – love them all! Pinned to share ☺

    • Manuela Williams says

      October 1, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thanks so much for pinning!

  3. Anna Harris says

    September 29, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    Hi Jody, I love this post. Thanks so much for sharing. These are the absolute cutest! I will have to try these out 🙂

  4. Malia @ Small Town Girl Blog says

    October 1, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    These are so cute and how easy! Love it! Pinned!

  5. Denise/DIY Crush says

    October 2, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    Hey, stopping by from The Inspiration Gallery! LOVE this easy pillow project and would like to invite you to link up at my new party! Every Thursday at 7pm EST. Hope to see you there!

  6. Kathleen Berlew says

    October 2, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    Gorgeous pillow! Can’t believe you didn’t have to sew it.

  7. Rose Garden Malevik says

    October 3, 2015 at 11:52 am

    woow. that is a great pillow 🙂
    You are welcome to join
    SATURDAY SHOW OFF
    Hugs from Håkan in Sweden

  8. Liz @ Liz on Call says

    October 5, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    I love your pillow! I’ve looked everywhere for some fall pillows and I’m having a hard time finding them. Thanks for linking up to the Creative Exchange!

  9. Paula says

    October 6, 2015 at 6:30 am

    Wow now that’s creative! No sew is for me. I would love it if you would share this great post today at our WIW Linky Party. I hope you can join us!

    Paula
    ivyandelephants.blogspot.com

  10. Sagan says

    October 7, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Very cute idea! I like that you can swap it out for other covers depending on the time of year. We have at least four different throw pillows in our tiny home so I might have to give this a try – such a simple way to acknowledge the changing seasons. Pinning 🙂

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