DIY bolster pillow + DIY bolster pillow cover – in under 5 minutes!
Less than 5-minutes after reading this tutorial, you will have your own DIY bolster pillow + a DIY bolster cover completed and ready to use in your home. This project is that quick & easy!
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One-Minute Video Tutorial of DIY bolster pillow and quick change pillow cover:
First of all, if you don’t HAVE a bolster pillow, MAKE one!
Supplies for DIY Bolster Pillows:
- Two bath towels OR an old flat-ish standard or king-sized pillow
- Rubber bands

How to Make DIY Bolster Pillows:
Step 1:

Step 2:

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Let’s make our fast, no-sew, no-commitment no sew DIY pillow cover!
This method is a riff off of ideas from two of my favorite blogs, Miss Mustard Seed & Thistlewood Farms. Miss Mustard Seed has a post entitled “3-minute, no-sew bolster cover“. Her rendition is completely removable and no-commitment too!

Bolster Pillow No Sew DIY Pillow Cover Supplies:
- Bolster pillow insert (or the one you made above)
- Rubber bands
- Safety pins (1-3)
- Fabric remnant, scarf, or other creative material you’d like to use as a cover (I linked some fun options below)

Bolster Pillow No Sew DIY Pillow Cover How To:
Step 1:
Wrap your fabric/scarf (INSIDE OUT) around your bolster so that it’s completely covered. *My scarf looks the same on both sides, but if your fabric does NOT, the bad side should be facing you at this point.*

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Step 5:

And that’s that! So embrace those fickle feelings!
Pin this post for later! And if you make one, leave a comment (or better yet, a photo) on the pin! That helps others know whether they want to try this project, too!
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Cheryl says
Great idea! I’m certainly going to try this, thanks for sharing… That said, I found the 3 advertisements on a less than 2 minute video to be a bit much ?.
Heather says
I agree Cheryl. Working on it with my ad network. Always a difficult balance. Have the ads, and be able to pay the electric bill, or scrap the ads and have the site look better, but bye bye electricity 😉 Sadly the two are constantly at odds. Thanks for your candor and bringing it to my attention!
Kirsten Stephens says
Wow! Never knew this was so easy to do. Me thinks I am going home to see which scarf I want to turn into a bolster pillow…?
Heather says
YAY! Do it!!!!