THE EASIEST NO SEW GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY

 

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

Most of you know my love of pillows! They are the cherry on top of an ice cream sundae, the jewelry on a little black dress, and the spice of life! Pillows can totally change the look of a room! And that is why I love them so much! I’m always searching for ways to make pillows the easy way! Today I have a gorgeous, NO SEW linen grain sacks pillow diy that will take under 30 minutes to make!

Now get out your glue gun and let’s make linen grain sack pillows!

I’ve been collecting beautiful vintage linen grain sacks for years! I have a big basket of them just waiting for a project. Isn’t this grain sack so beautiful!

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

I was looking through my grain sack collection recently and it dawned on me that a pillow insert would probably fit into a grain sack almost perfectly. (Lightbulb moment!!!!!!!) And it did!

I pushed a 24 x 24 down pillow insert into the bottom of the grain sack and it was if it were made, albeit a century ago, for my pillow insert! And the grain sack was long enough to cover two  24 inch pillows! 

The more I dug through my grain sack stash I found smaller sacks and other options! I found a vintage linen grain sack with a double blue stripe that worked perfectly with a 20 x 20 down pillow insert!

And I found a few yards of vintage pillow ticking. So I make a sweet lumbar pillow out of the striped fabric too!

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

Here’s how crazy easy it is to make a vintage linen grain sack pillow!

Materials

  • grain sacks OR other pretty decorator fabric
  • pillow inserts in the size of the grain sack
  • hot glue
  • iron

The first thing to do is find a gorgeous grain sack and determine what size pillow insert will fit into. 

Now determine if you can get two pillows out of the one grain sack! If so, cut the grain sack in half. Yes, it will hurt a little to cut something so beautiful. But we are making even more beautiful pillows!

Now you will have two pieces

Let’s begin with the bottom half of the grain sack. The bottom and sides are sewn and the top is open. 

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

 

1  Fold over about 1/2 inch of the top to the inside of the grain sack and glue. 

2 Fold over and glue 1/2 inch all the way around the top so the grain sack has a finished edge.

3  Put the pillow insert into the grain sack cover. Now let’s close up the pillow. Start by matching the center of the finished edge and glue together. Because this linen grain sack had a blue stripe down the middle I glued the edges together at the stripe first.

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

4  Continue to glue the edges together on either side of the center until the whole edge is secured together.

5  Image of the glued edge

6. Fluff and style!

How easy is that! You can also sew the pillows together the same way as it was glued.

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

To create a pillow from the top part of grain sack, fold over the top and bottom edges and glue them to have a finished edge (like step #1). Glue the top edges (like in #4 and 5) together and then follow instructions 3 to 5 above.

EASY TO MAKE GRAIN SACK PILLOW DIY- You can make this pillow in less than 30 minutes!

Vintage linen grain sack pillows are V-E-R-Y expensive! But you can make them yourself and have one-of-a-kind pillows for your home! Like I said, the cherry on the top!

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63 Comments

  1. That is a cute idea love the grain sacks .

  2. where do you find grain sacks?

  3. Love them! Any sites we can use to fine grain sacks? What a great idea!

  4. Anne Marie says:

    Wow these are neat – same question here – where do find grain sacks??

  5. Love it and as always great instructions. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy this beautiful day.

  6. You are awesome!! I never would have guessed a pillow project to be so easy!! Love it! Thank you again!

  7. Susan Price says:

    I love the simplicity of the pillows. Thanks for another great idea.

  8. Wow – you’ve done it again! Simply awesome!

  9. Love all your pillows!!

  10. Love 8t! Looks great! Looking forward to your post on burlap.

  11. Karen Wozniak says:

    Awesome! Love this easy idea for gorgeous pillows! Hoping you’ll share your sources for grain sacks. Have a wonderful day! ?

  12. Carol Brooks says:

    I think for me I would close with a slip stitch and not hot glue…but still an easy and cute idea!

  13. Sandra Barnhart says:

    So easy and so pretty another I wish I had thought of that moment.

  14. I love pillows too! Very good directions. I share your sentiments about cutting the grain sack. The sacks I have found are very costly but sooo beautiful! Thanks for sharing your “light bulb” moment.

    1. Hi Mary Alice – if cutting is simply unbearable for you, how about doing a fancy-looking fold-over (similar to the back of an envelope and pinning an old broach you make have on hand to fasten/secure the excess fabric. I do that many times with remnants I have on hand – that way, I’m able to change the look of my pillows more often. If you have no broaches around, fabric and hobby stores sell assortments of large safety pins (more stylish than a diaper pin, of course!) and they will work well also. Re the pins, they are similar to a kilt pin.

      1. Sorry for the typo – “make have on hand” should be “MAY have on hand!

  15. Love the look! Thank you for the “how to” 😉

  16. Love those pillows and such an easy way to make them!!

  17. Beautiful and so summery! Where can I find grain sacks?

  18. What a great look! Where can we find these great grain sacks?

    1. I find them at vintage stores and markets. Try looking on ebay. They have many vendors who have nice products.

      1. Thank you for the information. I love the idea and simplicity…….AND….they are SO CUTE! I love them!!!

  19. Thanks Yvonne for today’s inspiration.I love the vintage feed sacks pillows,so simple and as you always say easy peasey. I’m going to have to make a few pillows for my couch and love seat this weekend. Have a great day!

  20. Carol Elkins says:

    This pillows look amazing! Now I need to find some of these grain sacks.

  21. What a great way to add some farmhouse country charm to a home for a non-sewer. Please do let us know where you find the grain sacks, thank you.

    I am an excited to be a new follower of your blog!

  22. Easy enough for a no sew fanatic. Inquiring minds want to know…Where do you find the grain sacks??? Thanks! Don’t forget to let us all know the answer…

  23. Love the simplicity of the grain sacks.

  24. I like the look of those pillows. I’m wondering if there are fabrics you can purchase that are similar?

  25. Vicki N. Martin says:

    Love the color or the pillows. I would love to try this. Thank you

  26. Teresa Sole says:

    OOOOOH, OOOOOH!!! I can’t wait to sit down and do this!!! I LOVE anything grain sack! Thank you, thank you!!!

  27. Robin Talley says:

    How creative and fun!!!!!! I’m going to make these and put them on our patio furniture!! Thanks Yvonne!! ??????

    1. Robin, if the pillows are going to be out in the weather don’t use down inserts. Go for the polyfill ones!

  28. That is so easy and very pretty on your couch

  29. Kathryn Barton says:

    I just love, love your grain sack pillows. Where do you find such beautiful sack? Great simple idea for gluing them together.

    1. I found mine at a vintage shop. Look on Etsy. There are so many to pick from!

  30. Julie Briones says:

    I need me some grain sacks! These look wonderful! Thanks for the tutorial!

  31. Love this idea, keeping the farm house décor.

  32. Maggie Nelson says:

    Excellent idea and thanks for the tutorial!

  33. Dianne Lanier says:

    I love the pillows! How creative you are, and the tutorial is perfect!!

  34. Minnie mccoy says:

    Puppy dog kisses, baby giggles and pillows! A girl can never have enough!

  35. Cute pillow idea and I am interested in making one and maybe some for gifts.

  36. Marilyn Holeman says:

    Beautiful! And the ticking stripe one really adds to your look. Thanks for sharing!

  37. Your pillows turned out so cute!!! Can not wait to buy some grain sacks, to make some pillows.

  38. Linda Pemberton says:

    Wow! I’ve been following Cedar Hill Farmhouse for a long time, but LOVE your grain sack pillows and your tutorial on using burlap. Sometimes I think I grew p in the wrong country!

  39. Deb Peters says:

    Love your style. I cant seem to locate grain sacks locally without it being very expensive. Wish Joanns would start coping it!

  40. So cute! I’ll have to try and find some grain sacks now 🙂

  41. I love your pillows. I started sewing covers for my pillows after seeing prior posts. It’s so much easier to store the covers instead of so many pillows in my small space. I have finally learned how to put zippers in too! Like others mentioned, I never find the grain sacks, but I love the look on pillows.

  42. Deb Gregory says:

    Very attractive & so easy! Thank you for the idea!

  43. Linda DeFazio says:

    I love decorating with blue and white! Accents of yellow in some rooms, rose in others,and lavender. Can’t wait to get the glue gun out. ?

  44. Fabulous, I am so in love with these pillows. Thank you for sharing.

  45. I love, love this simple, and also pretty DIY post here. You always do me good.

  46. Jeanine Ruby says:

    Love this episode. Thank you all!

  47. Hi Yvonne,
    Thanks for the information.
    I’ve only found pillow covers in one place ever and that’s at the new IKEA store in our area.
    They might have been selling some inserts too.
    The color selection was not great however.
    Do you make most of your pillow covers?
    Where do you get your down and feather pillow inserts?

    Secondly, when you made the grain sack pillow cover with hot glue, did it hold together for the season? How did you remove it since it was glued?
    Have you ever tried to remove a cover from a pillow that was not meant to be removed?
    Or did you put another cover over the non removable pillow? Thanks,
    Portia

  48. I am going to have a pillow made out of the grain sack fabric . My question is , I won’t the pillow to have the stripe only the three stripe down the middle . Which I see everywhere . All the fabric I look at that shows the bolt has more than the three stripes . So if I buy a yard of material can you make the pillow with just the three stripes . I want a chair recovered in the same material . I am confused about buying the material for it too. I want the chair to have the grain sack / farmhouse look also . I would appreciate your help . Jackie

    1. Hi Jackie, it all depends on the grain sack you find. There are many different stripes and they are all grain sack. Don’t worry too much about the stripes. Find a grain sack you LOVE! Hope this helps.

  49. I absolutely love your pillows, but I have not collected grain sacks…it’s a wonder because I have collected just about everything antique!??.

    So it would be easy to follow the top grain sack method with linen stripped fabric?.

    Thanks for sharing!!!