Pottery Barn Ghost Pillow DIY

This cozy Sherpa ghost shaped pillow will bring some frightening fun to your home decor. Learn how to make this adorable Pottery Barn ghost pillow for a fraction of the price that they sold it for!

As I was looking for some Halloween decor ideas this year, I came across some pictures of Sherpa Halloween pillows from Pottery Barn that were stinkin’ adorable! I love Pottery Barn and the products they sell, but hate the price tag that comes along with them. So of course, I decided to make my own version of the Pottery Barn ghost pillow. 😉 

Also, considering this was last year’s product, I don’t believe it is even for sale anymore. However, I am sure you could still find it online somewhere if you don’t want to tackle making your own! I didn’t care if it was current or not, I just thought it was cute and wanted one of my own. It was really pretty easy to make too, so don’t be scared away thinking it is too difficult!

I know the shape isn’t a perfect match to the PB pillow and their Sherpa fabric looks a little fluffier than mine but that is ok. This still works well and I am really happy with how it turned out! Especially considering this only cost about $13 to make, with fabric leftover to make several ghost pillows or for other projects. 🙂

Another plus is that this ghost shaped pillow is a decor piece that you can use year after year. After all, ghosts never go out of style for Halloween! Ha!

Not only did I make this ghost pillow, I also made some of their cozy pumpkin pillows so keep an eye out for that tutorial coming soon!

Supplies to make your own Pottery Barn ghost pillow

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• Ghost template (available below, keep reading)
• White Sherpa fleece fabric
• Black felt sheet
• Black and white thread
• Scissors
• Poly-fil
• Sewing machine (this is a newer version of the one I use)
• Fabric marking pen

How to make a ghost pillow

Since I was making this from scratch, I had to come up with my own ghost shaped template. I used white poster board and drew some guidelines so the size would be approximately the same as the PB pillow. Then I drew out the shape to match as closely as I could to the inspiration ghost pillow. With the help of the photoshop skills of Mr. Wonderful, he digitized my drawing and we are giving you the template below so you don’t have to make your own. 🙂

I knew that my pillow would somewhat “shrink” from the drawing after it was sewn together and stuffed so I drew the image larger trying to accommodate for that fact. In the end, I overestimated the height and underestimated the width. Doh! My ghost is a little narrower and taller than the PB one. Oh well, as my father-in-law used to say, it is not going to the state fair! LOL After I was done drawing the pattern, I cut out the template.

Print out the ghost pillow templates

To access the ghost template, click on the links below:

• 1 of 4 Ghost Template
• 2 of 4 Ghost Template
• 3 of 4 Ghost Template
• 4 of 4 Ghost Template

I would recommend printing these out on cardstock if you have it because that will make a sturdier template. If not, regular paper will work too. The most important thing is to print these templates at 100% to make sure the size is correct. Every printer is different so just make sure your settings are not set to fit to page or that the box is not checked letting your printer make changes.

The size of my finished ghost shaped pillow is 17″ x 12.5″. Because the size of the ghost pillow is larger than a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper, you will have to print out 4 parts to the template. Lay them out of the table and line up the X in the middle of the ghost to make sure they are pieced together correctly. Tape the different parts of the template together before you cut it out and trace it.

Trace the ghost template onto Sherpa fabric

Now using a fabric marking pen, trace your template onto the back side of the Sherpa fleece fabric. DO NOT do what I did and use a fine tip sharpie marker! I don’t know what I was thinking, but you can see the black pen line through the finished ghost pillow a bit on the sides. Rookie mistake!!

Flip the template over and trace the mirror image of the ghost right next to the first one. These will make up the two sides of the DIY ghost pillow.

Now cut out the two ghost shapes leaving about a 3/4″ seam allowance around the whole image.

Add the ghost’s face

Cut out the eyes and mouth templates and trace them onto black felt. Cut them out and place on the ghost template where it looks the best to you.

Trace around the felt and color in the eyes and mouth on the template with a black marker. This will help with the placement of the felt onto the ghost pillow.

Next, lay the front facing ghost shaped Sherpa panel on the template with the right side (fuzzy side) out. You will be able to see the colored in black eyes and mouth through the fabric. Place the felt eyes and mouth on top of the fabric covering the colored in eyes and mouth. Then pin them in place.

Using a blanket stitch on your sewing machine, attach the eyes and mouth with black thread. I used a stitch width of 3.5 and a length of 2.5.

Sew the two ghost shapes together

Place the two ghost panels right sides together and pin them. Starting on the bottom of the ghost, sew the two panels together by following the line you drew earlier, removing the pins as you go.

Make sure to leave an opening at the bottom of the ghost about 6″ long. This is how you will turn the ghost right side out and stuff him. 

Stuff your Pottery Barn ghost pillow

Turn your ghost right side out. Next start stuffing him with Poly-fil stuffing. Start with the top of the head and hands and work your way down. You will want to make sure you get everything stuffed well so the ghost is plump. It takes more stuffing than you think it will. 

I hand sewed the opening shut, using a whip stitch. This is a super simple stitch, if you need help learning how to do it, check out some YouTube videos. 🙂 

The seam is not even noticeable when finished! Although you can notice my black line! Ugh! Learn from my mistakes. LOL

Proudly display your DIY ghost pillow

What do you think of my Pottery Barn ghost pillow dupe? Not too bad, right? It was pretty simple to make. Trust me, we did all the hard work for you! 😉 There is enough fabric leftover to make more than one if you wanted to! If I made it over again, I would probably try to find a fluffier Sherpa fabric, I saw some at Hobby Lobby that looked pretty good so maybe that is an option. But this still turned out wonderfully!

Here are some other Halloween posts you may enjoy!

• Halloween Gallery Wall
• Halloween Hot Cocoa Bar
• Not So Spooky Halloween Craft Ideas
• Spooky Halloween Mantel

I will be back soon with my whimsical Halloween mantel and a cute Halloween garland for you. Have a wonderful week!