Our story starts with a 15” feather pillow insert. I admit, this was a second hand find. I assiduously cleaned it and sanitized it over the course of a few months—gotta make sure it’s clean. Every time I would go in my workroom I would see it sitting there. Lonely. Something HAD to happen with this pillow! I wanted more feather pillows throughout the house, but I was hesitant to do anything permanent to it.
WHAT IF I WANTED TO CHANGE IT??
Then I got over my stupidity and reminded myself that if I make a removable cover, I could change it as much as I wanted. Problem solved.
One thing I love about having a stash is that I can pull from it to make all sorts of items. Take this fabric—the green is all repurposed from an old bedskirt. It was a very pretty bedskirt, but not the right size. First I sewed strips together and then I cut 4 triangles and pieced them into a bulls-eye square. I thought maybe I could leave it like that, but it didn’t look quite right. So—it was time for a bit of basic quilting.
Using some leftover fabric from the bedskirt (a cheap white bit), and a square of leftover quilt batting, I sandwiched it all together—in the ditches so it’s not really visible. Here’s the view from the backside. 
Next I layed big pieces of the bedskirt—overlapping them in the center—facedown on the top of the square. This will form the back of the pillow. see those hemmed edges in the middle—this was already part of the bedskirt. It’s so nice when I don’t have to do extra sewing.
Stitch around the edge, then I used a zig-zag stitch around to reinforce it.
Turn right side out and stuff the pillow into the new cover. 
The only thing left to do is to try it out—soften it up—and find the perfect spot .
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