Star-Burst Pintuck Pillow Cover - Tutorial

I think the most intimidating thing about pintucks is that they are all usually uniform. Whether on a pillow or shirt or wherever, you see them in nice, neat, even little rows....but they don't have to be neat or even or intimidating. Here's a fun little project for you to get started with pintucks.

We're going to be creating a fun pillow cover that looks clean and neat and we are not going to measure our pintucks at all...HOW CRAZY IS THAT?...it's not crazy..it's fun and creative and full of whimsy. Keep in mind that I'm using a zippered back for my cover which you can find the tutorial for here.

Star-Burst Pintuck Pillow Cover Tutorial

Supplies 

Fabric for front
Fabric for back

Ruler

Rotary Cutter & Mat or Scissors

Sewing Machine

Coordinating Thread

Cut fabric for the front of your pillow cover to size ( size of pillow + seam allowance + 3")
My pillow is 14". So, I cut my fabric 17.5" square. (14" + .5" + 3")
If you're going to make a hundred pintucks and make them run every which way..you may want to add more than 3" to your measurements..at least the first time.

Cut the fabric for the back of your pillow cover to size (size of pillow + seam allowance)
My pillow back is 15" square AFTER I added a zipper....tutorial on zippered back here.

Fold fabric over, wrong sides together, corner to corner as shown in picture above.

Set your needle placement to the far right. Starting at the long corner, sew along fold..about 1/8" from edge. Just go with what looks nice to you. If you like a tiny pintuck, then go smaller than 1/8".
If you are using thick tread and want a nice top stitch to show, be sure to increase your stitch length just a bit.

Start back at the corner where you started your first stitch and continue sewing pintucks until you are satisfied.

Iron fabric folding all pintucks over to one side. 

Square off  your starting corner as shown above with a rotary cutter or scissors.

Square off the rest of your fabric.
My finished fabric is 15" square.

Pin cover backing to cover front.
Finish edges and trim corners.
Be sure to leave the zipper OPEN before you sew your cover shut as indicated in the picture above. The zipper allows you to turn your cover right side out after you sew all four sides shut.

Your Done!

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