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DIY Travel Pillow {Neck Pillow} - Free Pattern

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Are you planning a plane trip or long car ride? Make yourself a soft, comfortable DIY travel pillow to make your journey enjoyable and memorable. These neck pillows can be made in under 30 minutes and are a great beginner sewing project. DIY travel pillows are great to give for gifts and can be made in colorful fabrics that coordinate with luggage.

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DIY Travel Pillow with Free Travel Pillow Pattern
diy travel pillow, diy neck pillow
DIY Travel Pillow with Free Travel Pillow Pattern

Contents

  • DIY Travel Pillow - Supplies
  • DIY Travel Pillow - The Video
  • DIY Travel Pillow - Instructions
    • Step 1 - Cut Fabric
    • Step 2 - Stitch
    • Step 3 - Clip and Turn
    • Step 4 - Stuffing
    • Step 5 - Stitch Gap
  • DIY Travel Pillow - In Conclusion
  • More Pillow Tutorials

DIY Travel Pillow - Supplies

  • FABRIC - ½ yard (0.45m) of cotton fabric - Choose a soft fabric that will breathe and not make you sweat. I used a soft quilting cotton. Since this will be next to your face, make sure you prewash the fabric before you start sewing. This will eliminate shrinkage and remove any chemicals the manufacturer may have added.
  • STUFFING - Polyester stuffing is best. This is the kind you use for stuffed toys.
  • SEWING MACHINE
  • NEEDLE - Hand needle and thread
  • PATTERN - Your DIY travel pillow pattern. Download the free pattern. (Link will open in a new window). Just trim the boxes and stick the 2 pages together.

>> Download the free pattern

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DIY Travel Pillow - Supplies

DIY Travel Pillow - The Video

Hooray! There is a video to go with this tutorial. Like all my videos, it is just a few minutes long, so grab a piece of chocolate and relax for a short while. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more weekly videos.

>> PRESS PLAY BELOW

DIY Travel Pillow VIDEO

DIY Travel Pillow - Instructions

Step 1 - Cut Fabric

Place your pattern on the fold of your fabric and cut 2 pieces. One will be for the front and the other for the back. If you have larger scrap pieces use one color for the front and another for the back

Step 2 - Stitch

Put the fabric pieces with right sides together and stitch all the way around, leaving a 1 ½ inch (4cm) gap on the outside as shown. Use smaller straight stitches. I recommend using a 2.0 length. If you are new to sewing curves then read my article >> Sewing Curves

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DIY Travel Pillow - Stitching

Step 3 - Clip and Turn

Clip the curves, leaving the gap unclipped. Turn your DIY travel pillow to the right side through the gap.

Further Reading: Sewing Clipping

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DIY Travel Pillow - Turn and Press

Step 4 - Stuffing

Give your pillow a good press and start stuffing. I made mine fairly hard but you can stuff it as much or little as you find comfortable. Keep in mind, the stuffing will squash down once you put your head on it.

Step 5 - Stitch Gap

Close the gap with an invisible ladder stitch. This stitch goes through the fold and if you use a matching color thread, it will almost be unnoticeable.

Further Reading: How to Sew an Invisible Stitch

Ladder Stitch

DIY Travel Pillow - In Conclusion

Your DIY travel pillow is all ready for a trip! I hope you are going somewhere exciting and have an amazing time.

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DIY Travel Pillow
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DIY Travel Pillow

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Tia

    February 03, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    I just made this pillow - ultra easy! The stuffing was the biggest portion of the half hour duration! Lol! Thank-you for the pattern! Ooh! And I put a fabric loop on the back part so I can hook it on the tv tray latch on the plane 😉 or on a carabiner for on my carry on.

  2. Violet Raven

    December 29, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    I made this for my grandma for Christmas, and she absolutely loved it!!

  3. Treasurie

    March 01, 2021 at 3:16 am

    You can print the pattern and scale it down on your printer. Try 80% reduction.

  4. Nikki

    February 12, 2021 at 8:32 am

    Thank you for this pattern and tutorial! Do you think you'll have a pattern for child size anytime soon?

  5. Treasurie

    December 20, 2020 at 3:41 am

    Hi Beverly, there is a link in the article above for the printable pdf. Thanks for reading.

  6. Beverly Comley

    December 18, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    how do i get your pattern

  7. Treasurie

    September 14, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    It is 3/8 inch (1cm) or the dotted line on the pattern

  8. Stacey jeansonne

    September 14, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Could you please tell me the seam allowance? Thank you

  9. SewCool

    August 16, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    I used fabric of dogs in sweaters, very cute!

  10. SewCool

    August 16, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    This is very cute! I am planning to make them for my family as Christmas presents. However, thick thread will work much better than thin.

  11. Treasurie

    November 14, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    I'm sure they will love that you made it for them.

  12. silvia ram

    November 14, 2019 at 3:02 pm

    My grandchildren often travel to visit us. I wanted to give them a personalized DIY gift to welcome them. I hope they will enjoy the pillows on the trip back. Thank you for the pattern and the video..

  13. Treasurie

    November 04, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    Hi Diana, I appreciate the suggestion. I'll look into that.

  14. DiAnna

    November 03, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    I’m not able to print this from my phone. If you could add a print button it would greatly appreciated.

  15. nanawhatsnanamakingcom

    June 13, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this. It is awesome which is why I featured it in my 10 awesome travel accessories post which you can check out here https://whatsnanamaking.com/travel-accessories-to-sew/ Beautiful fabric BTW

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