In my attempt to make over my room for the first time since I moved all the way across the country, I stumbled upon the fabric that has taken Pinterest and Etsy by storm. The Barber Bird! I’m doing accents of yellow in the new fabrics all over my room, but I didn’t want to add too much to my bed except for two small roll pillows. Here’s the easy tutorial for no fasteners and a fast cover for those pesky but cute rolls:
Mats:
2 14″x6″ roll pillows
Cotton Duck Fabric
Matching thread
Seriously, that’s all! So I enlisted my wonderful man to make me a circle template for a 6″ diameter, making the circle have a diameter of 7.25″ for a 5/8″ seam all the way around.
Then I cut out the body of the fabric. The diameter being 6″ means the circumference is 6pi or roughly 19″. I made the total length 24″ to give for hemming allowance and overlap. The width is the measurement of the pillow 14″ plus the seam allowance, making it 15.25″.
Then I pinned the circles to the sides of the body. All the while cursing life, liberty, and the pursuit of a trendy room! Even though it was frustrating, I didn’t realize that this would be less so than the next step.
Here’s the side angle of doom showing the overlap of the back seam:
Sewing on the ends is the last step. And the most brutal. This fabric had zero give, so naturally it was a pain in the fingers to sew! Broke a needle on it too! My advice to make it go through easier: sew with the circle facing up, it allows the curve to sit properly and not need to be stretched and mangled.
Final Product:
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