T-shirt Flag Pillow

4th of July is right around the corner, I can’t believe it!!  I love the 4th of July, it’s a fun idea so I enjoy decorating for it.  I decided to do a flag pillow this year, using what I had at home.

This  is how I made it:

I took some shirts that were too small or ratty. 

I cut them up into 1” strips

Then I cut the strips into 1”x4”

I laid the strips down on a piece of fabric that was 18”x18”.  I made sure to leave 1” on the side and the top, so when I sew the pillow together I won’t sew the t-shirts into it.  I then sewed all of them onto the fabric.

I flipped the first row over and then pinned the next row and then I sewed that row on. 

I continued doing that until the blue was done.  Then I moved onto the white. 

When I got the red, I put that row right under the white.

I did the same thing for the stripes.  Then I put two pieces of fabric (18”x10” and 18”x17”) onto the front piece.  Then I sewed all of the sides together. 

I flipped it inside out and then stuffed a pillow into it.  And that’s it!!

My little boy was super excited about it!!!