Zig-Zag Pillow
I’ve been wanting to try to make a Zig-Zag pillow for a while. Recently I found this great striped fabric, and decided to try to make one. I knew that matching all of the stripes was going to be tricky, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. Here’s how I ended up making this pillow.
Be sure to check out our popular How To Make Pillows page for over 25 pillow ideas, tips & techniques.
How To Make A Zig-Zag Pillow
This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.
Materials needed for a 9″ x 15″ pillow:
10″ x 16″ pillow form – you can find instructions form making a pillow form here.
3/4 yard of a striped fabric
Thread
Instructions:
First of all, I have to tell you that I goofed when I cut out my fabric. I just quickly folded my two pieces of fabric on the bias without really thinking about how the stripes would match up. Luckily, I had just enough material to cut out two more pieces the right way. So, I don’t have any pictures of that part of the tutorial, but I did find another piece of striped fabric to show you the right and wrong way to fold and cut out the fabric. That’s why you’ll see two different colored fabrics in the pictures.
For more detailed pillow instructions, check out my How To Make A Pillow post.
1. Cut fabric in half.
2. Fold and cut each piece of fabric on the bias as shown below. Folding the fabric this way will give you the zig-zag affect that you want.
Don’t fold and cut as shown below! (This is what I did the first time).
3. Seam together two of the bias cut pieces, choosing the two pieces that will zig-zag the stripes. This will be the face side of the the pillow. In order to make sure that my stripes matched up, I glue-basted the seam first, and then sewed it. Repeat this step for the other two pieces of bias cut fabric for the reverse side of the pillow.
4. After seaming the first two pieces, cut out your pillow face. My pillow was going to be a finished size of 9″ x 15″, so I cut my fabric at 10″ x 16″.
5. Lay the seamed face piece right side down onto the right side of the seamed reverse side piece, matching the seams and stripes. Again, to make sure that all of the stripes would match up, I glue basted. This time, I glue basted around 3 sides of the pillow, leaving the 4th side open. Then cut out the reverse side, using the face side as pattern.
6. Sew front and back sides together.
7. Insert pillow form.
8. Hand-sew pillow opening closed. You can find instructions here.
I was thrilled with how cute the pillow turned out.
The top and bottom seams matched up.
I love how the two side seams turned out too.
Each of them different.
I’m partying here!
Thanks for the idea Jann, will pin this to my pillow board!
Thanks Chrystal!
Thanks for the tutorial I pinned it to Pinterest.
Donna
Thanks Donna!
Love it!! Awesome job matching all those stripes! Also pinned for future reference.
Thanks Kathy!
Great looking pillows! You sure did a great job matching those stripes. I have pinned them too :).
Thanks Joanie!
Thanks Claire! I did share it!
OMG! So sharp! These are beauty!… I am pinning this right away!… I would have been scared to try this without your instruction! Thank you for sharing!… xo!
Thanks Lacey, I’m glad it was helpful. Matching all of the stripes was a little tricky.
Love this pillow. Stopped by from Pin Me and pinned! Have a wonderful day!
Thanks Corey! I really love how it turned out!
Congratulations! This post is featured over at Diana Rambles today and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest, Tweeted, and Recommended on G+. Please grab a featured button off my sidebar or via the link under the features. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!
Thanks Diana! I’ll go get a features button. I appreciate the feature!
To be honest Jann, I never thought Zig-Zag pillow could look so good. TFS this wonderful post. You just found a new fan. 🙂
Thanks Sara! I”m glad you liked it!
What a great selection of colors. You did a wonderful job matching those stripes. You really too precision to a whole new level. TFS, I’ll be sharing those with HelloSewing’s followers
Thanks Helen!