Envelope Back Pillow Covers

Helloo!

Recently i have been trying to understand and grasp the concept of sewing and working on, you know straight lines. There is a cute little fabric shop downtown called Needlework and they do a whole assortment of classes for different things every month, it is super awesome and super informative. I decided to hit up the pillow making sesh with my mom and thought i would share what i learned!

The Pillows i made for this tutorial were for my best friends birthday and i ended up giving them to her before i took a picture of the final product so, the picture of them completed is from the class (not the best quality photos i had to use my phone because my camera died mid process, ill get the hang of it soon, promise.)

-One Pillow 16"-
Supplies:
Fabric: 1 fat quarter for the front and one for the back, i chose two different fabrics for all of mine but if you want to make it all the same that works too. (fat quarter = 18x22)
Spool of thread: Coordinating with your fabric choices
Empty Bobbin
Sewing Machine
Fabric Scissors
Pins
Chalk/Pencil/Pen/Whatever

Pattern: I used the pattern that we got at the class, but they are super easy to make, if you're following these instructions and making 16" pillow you will want a pattern for the front of 17" square, for the back you will want two pieces that are 11x17 (super easy i promise, just grab a ruler and some scrap paper)

Step 1:

take the two back pieces that will create the envelope opening (in this case it was the white fabric for me) Fold the fabric over 1/4 inch along the 17" side (wrong side of the fabric) and then press, fold another 1/4" and press again. then pin and stitch in place (do the same for the other piece)

Step 2: 

Lay the front piece (purple) right side up, place the two back pieces you just finished on top of the front piece so that the right sides of those are face down. Position them so the two hemmed lines (17") are in the centre and the unfinished edges of the two pieces and the front piece are matching, this will give you an overlap of the two hemmed edges ( since i still havent mastered the straight line i positioned them so the "nicer" hem was the one exposed, position them however you want" Pin in place and sew leaving a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Step 3:

Flip your pillow inside out and push out the corners (recommend chopsticks to get a nice point)

[these are the covers i made in class, thought it might be a good idea to include a finished product in here, arent they lovely!]

Let me know if you attempt making some or if you have any other recommendations for a first time sewer like myself that i could try out!

p.s standard helper picture, super useful to have around: