DIY Christmas Tree Pillow Cover

I’ve been making scrap fabric pillow covers for every season and I couldn’t let Christmas pass without a holiday Christmas Pillow Cover.

Here is an easy DIY Christmas Pillow Cover with a whimsical Christmas Tree using scrap fabrics. These simple instructions include a graphic for the Christmas Tree as well as a video tutorial.

You can see all the previous scrap pillow tutorials. Each one is slightly different but the same basic concept.

Previous DIY Scrap Fabric Pillows

• Valentines Heart Pillow
• Spring Flower’s Pillow
• Flag Patriotic Pillow
• Fall Flowers Pillow

DIY Christmas Pillow cover

There are so many options for making this DIY Christmas Pillow Cover. I used fabrics left over from this patchwork table cloth tutorial, I shared earlier this season.

This pillow cover has a vintage, whimsical feel.

In order to trace the design, I began with a template that I could slip inside the pillow cover.

Be sure to align the template in the center of your pillow cover to trace.

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Christmas Tree Template Graphic

Christmas Tree Graphic – Download Here

The graphic is two pages. Print out both graphics and overlap the two pages by lining up the design and tape together to place inside your pillow cover to trace.

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Materials for DIY Pillow Cover

• Pillow Cover 20×20
• Fabric Glue
• Sharpie for tracing
• Christmas Tree Graphic
• Scrap Fabrics – I used 5 different fabrics
• Scissors

DIY Pillow cover

After you have traced your design, begin by adding a protective layer between the fabric of your pillow cover. I slipped a plastic bag inside to prevent to fabric from sticking together.

You are now ready to start your design.

Rip your fabric into 1/2 inch wide strips. You only need a few strips of each color.

Start by applying a bead of glue along the design. Then twist the strip of fabric and begin to outline the design.

I completely filled the star with fabric, however the tree is just outlined.

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Add the trim

Next, trim your tree with a zigzag of twisted fabric.

Next, to add Christmas balls, roll small sections of fabric into a circle and apply with a generous dab of fabric glue.

The tree trunk is a solid piece of fabric which is outlined with a contrasting strip of twisted check fabric.

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In addition, I added a narrow piece of the tree fabric across the top and bottom of the pillow with glue.

After the pillow was dry, I added the pillow form but felt there was something missing.

Stain the DIY Pillow Cover

To give the tree some contrast, I decided to stain it with coffee.

I just dabbed a little onto the tree area with a paper towel.

Caution

Be cautious to only add a small amount of coffee to your pillow cover. I was a little generous, which resulted is some bleeding out beyond the tree.

This was cleaned up with a little OxyClean and all is okay.

I’m loving the added contrast.

Christmas Tree Pillow Cover

The pillow cover now has a vintage feel and the colors really enhance the overall feel of my Christmas theme this year.

Rusty reds and blues were inspired by the dried hydrangeas I used on my Christmas Tree. You can see How to Decorate a Christmas Tree with Dried Hydrangeas here.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I look forward to sharing my next adventure with you.

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