Quillow - Blanket and Pillow

Hello, Friends!  Marilyn here with a quick and easy sewing project.  I found several YouTube videos that I used as my tutorial in creating my quillow.

What is a Quillow?   A quillow is basically a fleece blanket that folds into a pillow.  So, unfolded you have a fleece blanket.  Folded up, it's a pillow.   I thought these would be great to keep either in your car or on your couch.  They could be used to take to a football game, too.  You could sit on them; then if it gets cool, unfold and you have a nice warm blanket to use.

Fleece blanket folds inside pillow covering

Supplies:

• Fleece blanket - I purchased mine at Walmart for $5.88.  Unfolded it's the size of a twin blanket.
• Two fat quarters - or two 18" x 18" square fabric pieces.

Steps:

• Sew the two fabric pieces or fat quarters right side together.  Leave a 2 inch opening for turning.  Once sewn, turn right side out and top stitch along the side that had the opening.  This creates your pillow portion.
• Fold blanket in half to locate the center (at top of blanket).  Pin to mark.
• Fold the pillow in half and pin to mark center.
• Alien the centers of pillow and blanket and stitch around 3 sides.  Leave the top open - you'll need it to inset the blanket when folding.

Fold:

• Lay your finished quillow down with pillow side on underside.  
• Fold blanket into thirds length-wise.  This basically folds each side up to seam of pillow.  
• Starting at bottom, start folding the blanket up until it is the same size as the pillow.
• Turn over to pillow side and flip pillow over to enclose the blanket.

Need a visual on how to make this?  (Me, too)

• Here's a YouTube example.  There are several others on YouTube.  DIY Fleece Pillow Blanket

Finished and folded Quillow

It's a pillow when folded and a blanket when unfolded

Thank you for visiting today! ~ Marilyn