Make Pillows Out Of Old Shirts

It s really hard when you have a loved one pass away.

Make pillows out of old shirts.

You just need to fish out an old dress shirt and repurpose it. I cut out two pieces each about 2 3 the size of the full square. You don t need to sew a single zipper or even make an overlapping back because the built in buttons do all the work for you. For the back pattern piece to cover a pillow form you need a lapped edge.

You want to select clothing that is relatively intact as you will be repurposing the fabric. Kids sometimes have trouble parting with favorite t shirts after they outgrow them. How to re cushion old dining chairs. I recently had an order to make memory pillows out of button up shirts for someone who recently lost their father.

Instead of getting rid of the old tees upcycle them into decorative throw pillows for their bedroom or playroom. Take your other back pillow piece and place it on top of that right side facing down. The beauty of handmade cushions lies in the fact that they can be personalized to fit your preference. Place the second back piece and secure.

Measure your pillow form. Here s the front cut out of one layer of the shirt. Memory pillow tutorial to show you how to turn button up shirts or t shirts into pillows. We used old t shirts to create a budget friendly version.

Memory pillow from old shirt. Iron your shirt then button it up and lay it as perfectly flat as you can. Place this on the opposite raw edges of the pillow so that the hems overlap in the middle. How to make throw pillows out of old t shirts.

Dig through your closet and find articles of clothing that you no longer wear and that would make for a great color or design for a pillow. You want the pockets centered on the front of your pillow. Draw a pattern for your pillow on the newspaper based on the size of your pillow form. Next position your pillow inside of the shirt to determine the the placement of the pockets.

A shirt makes a great pillow to hold onto your memories. Gather your old clothing. This is a great way to upcycle an old shirt and make it into something new. Sometimes saving a piece of clothing makes you feel better.

First cut off the sleeves of the shirt along the seams.