sewseamless

Neck pillows are easy and quick to sew, and make nice gifts. They can be sewn out of
any fabric, although I prefer to use 100% cotton fabric. Flannel, satin, sateen, velvet,
velveteen, and fleece are also acceptable.

Making your own pattern for a neck pillow is very easy. These pillows look a lot like the
letter "C", which would be easy to draw free hand. If you have a neck pillow that you
have purchased, you could also trace the neck pillow and add seam allowances. I would
use a 1/2 inch seam allowance for this project. You could design the pattern to be
placed on the fold, as shown below, or you could design a pattern that is not placed on
the fold of the fabric, as shown in the bottom picture. It is probably a little less time
consuming to cut out the pattern without placing it on the fold.

The neck pillow pattern can be
designed to be placed on the fold of
the fabric as shown above, or it can be
designed as one piece and not placed
on the fold of the fabric as shown in
the bottom right photo. In the picture
above, I have created two pattern
pieces so that I can cut both pieces.
Another way to do this is to cut one
pattern piece, move the pattern down,
re-pin in place, and cut the second
neck pillow pattern piece.