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Pillow Shams to DIY Body Pillow Cover

Here’s a fun flashback to year or so ago. It’s a fun project I did over at While He Was Napping and then forgot about. But today this DIY Body Pillow Cover is finally going into the archives, and here for you to enjoy since many of you weren’t here a year ago.

Hi While He Was Napping readers! I’m Lisa Mabey, and I’m back to share another tutorial with you! I blog at Mabey She Made It about DIY projects, crafting, and sewing.

Have you ever gotten a new bed set and wished that there was a matching body pillow cover? My mom likes to put a body pillow on every bed instead of separate pillows, so when she got a new set, she asked if I’d turn the two shams included into a diy body pillow cover. I thought she was brilliant. So I did. Here’s how I did it if you’d like to follow along! Here are the shams I started with:

DIY Body Pillow Cover Instructions

Measure the body pillow. It’s (obviously) a different shape than your shams, so we’ll have to alter them just a bit. My body pillow was a little shorter than the combined length of the two shams, so I needed to shorten the shams. I cut the opposite ends of the shams open so that the combined length of the shams was about 1″ longer than the length of the body pillow.
Turn one sham inside out, and stuff one inside the other so the right sides are together.
Pin the sham fronts together (right sides together) making sure to align the design of the shams and the top and bottom seams.
Sew all the way around to make a long tube. I also measured the height of the pillow, and adjusted the height of my shams to be 1″ bigger than the pillow once the two shams were connected. Now, all you have to do is slide your body pillow into one of the envelope slots (I actually used both slots to help get such a long pillow inside the case) and make your bed. Here it is before:

And after the sham transformation!

It’s a pretty easy fix, but I love how it gives you more freedom to dress your bed how you’d like while not having to buy an extra body pillow cover. And it’s fewer pillows to take off the bed at the the end of the night. I like that part too! If you’d like to see more of what I’m up to, please come visit me over at Mabey She Made It!

Lisa

Lisa Mabey blogs at Mabey She Made It about DIY, Crafts, Home Decor, and Sewing.

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Diana says:

March 11, 2015 at 8:46 AM

What a DUH! moment for me .. Never thought of that and thank you for putting that out there in Blogland !
- Lisa says:
  
  March 11, 2015 at 10:15 PM
  
  Isn't it funny how sometimes the simplest projects make the biggest difference? My momma's pretty awesome like that. :)
  - Diana says:
    
    March 11, 2015 at 11:26 PM
    
    Yes she is .. Like Mother like Daughter !! Thanks !
Tess S. says:

March 11, 2015 at 10:21 AM

This is a very clever idea! Even if you don't use a body pillow for your main pillow on your bed, it's nice to know that you can use assorted shams to decorate your body pillow to co-ordinate with your room. Sometimes you can find big discounts on random shams...what a great thing!!!!
- Lisa says:
  
  March 11, 2015 at 10:16 PM
  
  Thank you Tess! And yes, there are always more options for shams then body pillow covers, so this is a great way to get a more coordinated look.
Paula says:

March 30, 2015 at 12:35 PM

Great idea! Did you know in England a body pillow is called a 'bolster'?
- Lisa says:
  
  April 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM
  
  I didn't know that, Paula. In the states we use "bolster" for a cylindrical pillow, so the same idea but smaller. I love learning little things like that though. Thanks for sharing!
Peter Parkar says:

October 17, 2018 at 3:09 AM

I’m a Peter Parkar living in Newport Beach, California as a Blog writer for various publications, i would love to write about Home Decor. I hope my blog inspires you to explore your bedding accessories and look damn good doing it!