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DIY Throw Pillow Covers: Farmhouse Pillow Cover

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Two pillows, one with text that reads "grace upon grace", set on a grey couch.

Farmhouse DIY Throw Pillow Covers

Hello, friends! I’m Leslea from A Heart Filled Home. On my blog I write about budget friendly home decor, crafts, printables, and DIY projects. I’m so excited to share how to make this beautiful farmhouse DIY throw pillow covers today!

A great way to refresh your decor is to use throw pillows! By adding pillow covers over existing pillows you can change up the look so easily while saving some cash. I made my own customized pillow cover by using a plain cover from Hobby Lobby, my home printer, a pencil and a fabric marker!

DIY Throw Pillow Covers Tutorial

Materials Needed for your DIY throw pillow covers:

Pillow Cover

Fabric Marker

-Home Printer

-Pencil

Instructions:

Step 1

Iron your plain pillow cover to get any folds or wrinkles out.

Step 2

Create your text in a word processing document. I used the font JMH Typewriter. It is free for personal use, and you can download it at www.dafont.com.

A hand holding a pencil tracing black text on a white paper.
A hand holding a pencil drawing the lowercase letter "g" onto white paper.

Step 3

Print your words on your home printer. Then you will shade the back of your paper with pencil lead where the letters are. You will want to get a lot of lead onto the back so that it will transfer onto the pillow fabric easily.

A piece of white paper that reads "grace upon grace" is taped with green tape on a cream colored pillow cover.

Step 4

Place your paper on your pillow cover and tape it down so it won’t move out of place. Then you will trace over your letters to transfer the lead onto the pillow cover. You will need to press down with a good amount of pressure. After you are done you will lift up your paper, and will have the pencil outline left on the cover.

A faint outline that reads "grace upon" is barely visible on cream fabric.

My picks for this project:

A cream colored pillow on a white couch next to a red and white striped blanket.
A set of 24 fabric markers in various colors.

Step 5

A hand holding a black fabric marker coloring in a lowercase "g" on cream fabric.

Next you will fill in the words with your fabric marker. I did the outline of each letter first (slowly and carefully) and then filled in the inside of the letter. I went with a classic black colored marker to go with my decor. As the ink dried the color lightened up and looks more like a dark grey, which I love! It gives it a more worn and vintage look.

Two cream colored pillows on a grey couch. One pillow has "grace upon grace" written on it.

Now you are ready to display your new DIY Throw Pillow Covers! I love that this is such a budget friendly way to decorate your home, and the design possibilities are endless. You could make some for every season, and every room in your house! These would also make great housewarming gifts!

Thanks for reading, friends! I hope you enjoyed this farmhouse DIY throw pillow covers tutorial. I can’t wait to make a few more for the other rooms in my home! What phrase would you use on your pillow creation? Tell me in the comments below! 

Two images showing the process of DIY Throw Pillow Covers.
DIY Throw Pillow Covers

DIY Throw Pillow Covers

Active Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy

Add some farmhouse chic to your decor with these simple yet lovely throw pillow covers.

Materials

Instructions

    1. Iron the plain pillow cover to get any folds or wrinkles out.
    2. Create the text in a word processing document. You can download it at www.dafont.com.
    3. Print the words on your home printer. Then shade the back of the paper with pencil lead where the letters are. You will want to get a lot of lead onto the back so that it will transfer onto the pillow fabric easily.
    4. Place the paper on the pillow cover and tape it down so it won’t move out of place. Then trace over the letters to transfer the lead onto the pillow cover. Press down with a good amount of pressure. Lift up the paper. There will be the pencil outline left on the cover.
    5. Next fill in the words with the fabric marker. Outline each letter first (slowly and carefully) and then fill in the inside of the letter.

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My Farmhouse Picks

Four cream colored pillows with various texts and images laying on a cream colored blanket and couch.
Three black and cream signs with text.
A white dishtowel with a rooster and pig and black text that reads "wakey wakey eggs and bakey"
Leslea Ferguson's picture and "about me" info.

Blessings,

Leslea

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Two images showing different steps of the DIY Throw Pillow Covers process. There is text image overly that reads "Custom No-Sew DIY Farmhouse Pillow Covers".

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