Scrappy Chevron Pillow

For this pillow, you will need 1 charm pack, or (8) 5" squares & 20" of white fabric.

Fabric used in this tutorial is Sweetcakes from Riley Blake Designs and can be purchased here.

Select 8 squares for your colored pieces.  I matched them in sets of 2-- (2 red, 2 patterned white, 2 pink, 2 blue).  Each set will make one row.

Cut (32) 2 1/2" squares from your white fabric.

Mark each square diagonally as shown below.

 Subcut each of your 5" patterned squares into (4) 2 1/2" squares.  This should give you (32) 2 1/2" squares.

Pin each patterned square to a white square.

Sew down both sides of the line in a 1/4" seam.  See picture below for illustration.

Using a straight edge, cut between the 2 seams.  Repeat for all 32 squares.

Press seams open.  You should have 64 half square triangle blocks.

Arrange blocks in rows to make a chevron pattern.

Repeat for remaining rows.

 Sew blocks together to make rows.

Then sew rows together to make the pillow front.

I prefer if all my pillows are sewn as slipcovers so they can be easily removed and washed.  I have kids, people.  So at this point, I need to make it fit a standard pillow form size.  (12", 14", 16", etc).  I sewed a 1 1/2" white border to each edge of the pillow front, then trimmed it to a 14 1/2" square.

To make the back of the pillow, cut two 10 x 14 1/2" pieces from your white fabric.
Hem one 14 1/2" side on each piece as shown below.  (1/2" fold, then 1/4" fold)

Pin and stitch down on both pieces.

Pin one piece to pillow front, with right sides together.

Pin second piece down.  This will overlap the first piece by about 4-6 inches.

Stitch in 1/4" seam completely around the edges, backstitching over the overlapped sections for extra reinforcement.

I like a finished edge, so I zigzagged for a clean finish.

Turn inside out and insert your pillow form.