Valentine’s Day Pillow Cover

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I thought I’d add to my holiday decorating by making a pillow cover for the occasion. Last year right around this time I made a pillow for my bed using an easy technique and so I went back to that for inspiration and came up with this pillow.

First I found an insert pillow to use and cut down some leftover curtain yardage to fit it.

Next I sewed the edges, leaving a space at the bottom to remove the pillow. Finally, I copied a poem by  E. E. Cummings out freehand on the fabric using a red sharpie marker. I did have to go over most of the words a second time with the marker to have it stand out, but I like the script effect. The pillow I made before was created with letter stencils, but I think this one works better with my own handwriting – it makes it more like a personal love note to my husband and family.

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