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Completed Cell Phone Holder Pillow holding cell phone with blue case.
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How to Sew a Cell Phone Holder Pillow (Gift for Mom)

Learn How to Sew a Cell Phone Holder Pillow. One for a Mother’s Day gift and one for you! A countertop pillow stand for hands free phone use!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Sewing Craft
Cuisine: Sewing
Keyword: cell phone holder pillow, cell phone pillow, How to sew project, ipad pillow, kids sewing project, learn how to sew project, phone holder pillow, phone pillow holder, phone pillow stand, phone stand pillow, pillow cell phone holder, pillow stand for phone, tablet pillow, tablet pillow holder, tablet pillow stand
Servings: 1 Cell phone holder pillow
Author: Shelly
Cost: $7

Equipment

  • Small funnel (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Pins
  • Ruler
  • Sewing machine

Ingredients

Instructions

  • You can use any fabric you’d like to make it. So you can make a decorative cell phone stand for every person you want to give it to, a personalized cell phone pillow.
    The cell phone holder pillow is a perfect project to use up scraps of fabric from other projects.
    If you purchase fabric, like some specialty cotton fabric, a fat quarter would be a great amount. You could make two of these cell phone pillows out of one fat quarter.
  • Here is your free fabric phone stand pattern. Just click this link- WTN Cell Phone Holder Pillow Free Pattern. Print one copy.
  • Cut one piece of fabric that is 8” x 12” and then cut a second piece that is 2” x 4”. 
  • Take the 2 x 4” piece and fold it in half lengthwise, wrong sides together,. Give it a press if you have an iron.
    Note: If you don't own an iron (many people don't) at least finger press it well. Any time in these directions that I mention ironing, know that you are to finger press instead.
    Open it back up. Fold one long outside edge into the fold with the wrong sides together then fold the other long side into the folded area and press.
    Then fold the fabric in half on the first fold again. So that the long cut edges are tucked to the inside.
    Take this to the sewing machine, and sew a ⅛" seam down both long edges of the fabric, back stitching on both ends.
    Fold the long narrow piece in half the other direction. So now it should be 2 inches long and a half inch wide or so.
  • On the 8” x 12” piece of fabric, turn one long edge to the wrong side one half of an inch. Press this in place with an iron.
    Then fold this piece in half with the wrong sides together so that it makes a folded piece that is 6“ x 8“ in size.
    Make sure the two unfinished edge sides are together so that the edges are even and then pin in place.
    You are going to sew a ⅜th inch seam on your sewing machine across the bottom edge (the 6" side that is opposite of the folded down edge). Back stitch both ends.
    From this seam, use a marking pencil to place a dot 1 inch above the seam you just sewed along the second seam line on the side of the bag.
    Then from the folded edge down towards the edge that you just sewed, stitch a ⅜th inch seam, but stop at the dot you made 1 inch from the bottom of the seam. Backstage both ends of the seam. This leaves a 1 inch opening at the bottom of the 8" side.
    Turn the fabric right sides out. Gently push out the corners so they’re as square as possible.
  • Use a ruler and a chalk pencil or a water based sewing marker to draw a line that’s 1 inch away from the bottom seam, the one that is opposite the opening of the bag.
    Draw a second line that is parallel to the last line you drew, a half an inch closer to the opening of the bag.
    Go to the sewing machine, and sew all the way across the bag on the first line back stitching up on both ends.
    Repeat this with the second line that’s a half an inch away from the first line back stitching at both end.
  • Now you’re going to add about a cup and a half of white rice into the large open end of the bag. This is to weight the bag so it can hold up the phone and not slip easily.
    Note: I used a little more than a cup.
    Stick one or two handfuls of fiber fill into the bag as well. Don’t overfill the bag and make it too tight. It needs to be soft, but not limp. So the cell phone pillow will be filled with a combination of fiber fill and rice.
  • Next you are going to sew the top edge of the bag, but not flat like you normally would sew a rice bag.
    You’re going to fold it in half so that the side seam is halfway across the seam that you’re going to sew. The top seam will be "caddy wompus" to the bottom seam that you’ve already sewn.
    It may be helpful to watch the video to see what I’m talking about if the pictures don’t show this step well enough for you to understand what I’m saying. It's not very often that you read "caddy wompus" in sewing instructions! Ha!
    Pin the seam so that the folded edges are even and the seam that you have just sewn is located halfway across the seam that you’re going to sew next.
    But before sewing this shut, you are going to insert the little loop that you made earlier.
    Insert the loop so that it’s sticking up out of the seam and is placed towards one end of the seam. You will stick the loop in about half of inch into the bag.
    You can adjust that to the size loop that you want. It’s nice if your cell phone cord can slip through the loop to hold the cord in place while charging.
    The end of the seam with the loop will become the front of the cell phone holder pillow. Pin the loop in place.
    Then go to the sewing machine and stitch across the edge about ⅛th inch from folded edge.
    Be sure that it sews through both layers of the folded fabric so there are no open edges of the bag (the rice would leak out). Backstitch both ends of the seam.
  • Now we’re going to go back to the 1 inch seam at the bottom of the bag that still has an open end.
    If you have a small funnel that will fit into the end of the bag, that may be helpful for the next step. 
    If you don’t have a funnel, you can roll up a piece of paper so that it creates a funnel that will fit into the 1 inch end of the bag. It helps to tape this paper Into the funnel shape so it doesn’t come undone while you’re trying to do the next step.
    Now use a small amount of white rice to pour down into the little 1 inch area of the bag. Fill it so that there’s about ¾ inch space at the top so that you can sew your seam. If the area is too full you can't sew the seam.
    Go to the sewing machine and stitch the little 1 inch area closed. Sew through both layers of folded fabric with the edges even.
    You're done with your cell phone holder pillow!!! Enjoy!

Video

Notes

Note: A woven fabric will work best. A fabric with stretch may not hold its' shape well.