Every year, Kevin Sharkey has a summer fling with cool, colorful seersucker -- and the easy decorations it brings to his home. It feels good, can vary in scale, works well with other fabrics, and lends itself to a lot of different forms, be it a bed skirt, a pillow cover, or a napkin.
Doubling the sleeve's thickness gives it heft and will keep it from slipping off the pillow.
Tools and Materials
Seersucker fabric
Sewing machine and sewing supplies
Grosgrain ribbon
Snaps or Velcro fasteners
- Decide how wide you want the sleeve, and then measure around the pillow. Add 1 inch to length to account for overlap at closure. Using that measurement, cut 2 pieces.
- Pin together with right sides facing. Leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance, stitch along 1 short and 2 long sides. Turn right side out, iron unfinished edges in 1/4 inch, and sew shut.
- Pin ribbon to long sides, with 1/2 inch of ribbon showing. Stitch in place.
- Sew snaps or Velcro fasteners to short sides, for securing sleeve around pillow.
Seersucker fabric, from $8 per yd., moodfabrics.com. Chromespun grosgrain ribbon, 5/8" wide, in Neon Orange, Neon Yellow, and Neon Pink, $2 per yd., mjtrim.com.
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Hello,
I'm sorry but I don't understand how the ribbon is applied. Shouldn't it be sewed at the same time when closing the sleeve?
Is it possible to add more pictures for these type of projects? I think it would help a lot understand the making of, with more visuale aid.
Thank you.
Sounds really nice and easy to make.. Thanks will give it a try.
VARIATION: Make the sleeve a "bib". Make 2 seersucker squares. Extend the ribbon about 12 inches on all 4 corners. Turn on the diagonal on top of the cushion. Tie a pretty bow on each side. This will look like a "diamond" in the center of the cusion.