-Ashley
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But, to help out this year, I’m making everyone a travel-sized pillow, to make room for other important things we need to take (like the kitchen sink! Ha!)
And don’t think you can get off the hook by making just one of these…everyone in the family is going to want one!
And there’s really no reason not to whip up a handful, because they are so fun and easy!
- 1/2 yard cotton fabric for the main body of the pillowcase
- 1/3 yard minky fabric for the edge (Because Minky is 60 inches wide, you’ll have enough length for 2 pillowcases.)
- Pins
With right sides together, sew the two cotton pieces together.
Finish off the edge with a serger or a zig zag stitch.
Open up and press the seam flat. Now, lay the minky down lengthwise, right side up, and place the cotton fabric on top, also right side up.
Pin all the way to the edge, every inch, doing your best to keep the minky from shifting as you go. Head over to your sewing machine and you are going to sew the edge you just pinned. If you have a walking foot, it will help the layers feed through your machine evenly.
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Hi Ashley – Love your site. I have one comment for a possible addition to your travel sized pillowcases. I made one for myself several years ago, and added a fabric handle at the top, so that I could grab the handle in an airport or train station rather than having to tuck the pillow under my arm and hope it stayed there. I also put a small piece of velcro at the centre of the open end to prevent the pillow from shifting and sliding out when I least wanted it to. I take my pillow on every trip I make.
Pretty!!! I’ve got a Craft Gossip post scheduled for this evening that links to your tutorial: https://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-travel-sized-pillow-case/2014/06/02/
–Anne
Thanks, Anne!
I am wondering where you got your travel pillow from? The ones from walmart are 14 inches by 20 inches
You can buy the 12 by 16 inch pillow form at most craft/fabric stores…Honestly, I love those bigger ones from Walmart which is why I included the directions to make it fit any pillow form you’d like!
I had a question about those walmart pillows and I just want to make sure I am understanding your measurement example. So for the 14 by 20 inches I would cut my fabric 15 1/2 by 19 and for the minky it would be 9 by 30 1/2, is that right? Also will this size effect my yardage I have to by at the fabric store or will that stay the same? Thanks.
Amy, your measurements are correct. :) I’d recommend buying at least 5/8 of a yard of the cotton fabric though since it may shrink when you pre-wash it.
Those are adorable! Any chance you can give us the source for that cute unicorn fabric?
Ah, thanks, Tara! The fabric is ‘Michael Miller Happy Tones Rainbows & Unicorns Princess.’ I bought it from fabric.com but you could check out Etsy as an alternate source. :)
my late husband was career military, we traveled alot. I found one ‘pillow’ really useful, a paper towel roll, with wrapper off, shoved into a knee hi,and the cardboard center tube removed. you pull towels as needed from the center, keeps the pretty travel pillow cases nice. one thing I would add, would be pocket in the pillow for valuables, even a zipper so the center of the pillow would hold what you want to hide and the filling would mask the contents. with the zipper toward the bottom of the pillow case, and of course the handle another person mentioned,~ genius.
This is great. The prefect size for camping or sleep overs. Thanks Kristin!
Hi Kristin,
Your attention to detail makes this a ‘wowzer’ project! I have made similar pillows in the past, yet, the minky edging is so great. My preference for the main body fabric is flannel. It is soft, absorbent, and weather friendly. 100% cotton flannel is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. That’s why folks love it for sheets. No wrinkles to show is nice, too.
Love the handle idea, as well as the piece of velcro to keep the end closed; never know when the kiddos pick up the wrong end.
Thank you so much for sharing your terrific ideas and skills with us!
I just made 2 of these for our 2-week, 4000 mile road trip this summer. My kids are going to love them! Thanks for the great tutorial! The only confusing thing about the tutorial was I wasn’t sure which side to sew together in the beginning, but in the pictures, it looked like the long side. Luckily I was right!
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