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How To Completely Change a Pillow Cover in Minutes


Do you have your room decorated for fall yet?  If not, I have a super easy project you can complete in minutes.  This will be the easiest pillow cover project yet!Learn how easy it is to change a pillow cover in just minutes with a fabric marker at Sparkles of Sunshine.

All you need for this project is a plain pillow cover, carbon paper, fabric marker, and pencil for this project.  I used a pre-made burlap zippered pillow cover I found at Michael’s by Tulip.  I love that these come in several different sizes and materials!  You can make and use your own cover if you’d like, of course. Start by putting a piece of cardboard inside the pillow cover first, to protect the back layer from any marker stains.

Burlap Pillow Materials

Now it’s time to design what you’d like to have written on your pillow.  I decided to go with “Give Thanks” for the Thanksgiving holiday season.  You could also use other sayings like “Be Grateful”, “Blessings”, or “Trick or Treat”, whatever you prefer. I used Microsoft Word to design and print it out, then decided where I wanted it to go by placing the words over the pillow cover.

Burlap Pillow Printout

Now, place carbon paper underneath and use a pencil to trace around each letter.

Trace GIVE THANKS pillow

See how the letters are now transferred onto the pillow cover?

Traced Give Thanks Pillow

Now, use your fabric marker to fill in the letters.

Color Burlap Pillow

Let it dry, then pop your pillow form into your amazing new pillow cover.

Completed Give Thanks Pillow Cover

What do you think?  Wasn’t that super simple?   Decorating your home doesn’t always have to be difficult, you know!

I really like my new pillow cover, and the burlap is perfect for fall.  You don’t have to use burlap; fabric markers will work on any type of fabric.  If you don’t have money for a fancy pillow cover, just stitch up a simple one like my envelope pillow cover using plain fabric, and use fabric markers to dress it up.

Burlap Give Thanks Pillow

You can make this simple pillow cover for any holiday.  I’ve been contemplating writing something on the back so I can flip this pillow around and use it for another holiday.  Twice the use…sounds like a good idea to me!  Do you have any cool pillow cover ideas?  If so, I’d love to hear about them.  Send me a line!

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  1. Craftaholics Anonymous® | Fall Frenzy Features - Fall Decor Ideas says:
    October 23, 2014 at 04:00

    […]   Fall Mantel Decorating Ideas and Tips   DIY Tiered Bushel Baskets from My Creative Days   Easy Fall Pillow Makeover from Sparkle of Sunshine   Fabulous Fall Porch Round Up from Vintage Scrap Shop   Fall Leaf Ironstone Plates from Dear […]

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  2. DIY Holiday Pillowcases | Sparkles of Sunshine says:
    December 22, 2014 at 05:00

    […] the same process I used when making my fall pillow covers.  You can get the tutorial here.  All you need is a fabric marker and printer to get started.  I used a DecoFabric marker […]

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  3. Easy Valentine's Day Pillow Cover + Giveaway - Sparkles of Sunshine says:
    November 30, 2015 at 20:45

    […] to mark my letters on my pillow cover, but you can always print out the words on your computer and trace with tracing paper if you prefer.  That’s how I normally do this, but since these were short words I was […]

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