[header] How to hand sew a small pillow [title] Choose your cloth. [step] Make sure it is at least two feet wide and long. [title] Lay your piece of cloth out with the side you want to be on the outside of your pillow, up. 
[step] Now fold it in half so that the side you want is in the inside of the fold. Measure out a foot square (the photo shows a pillow this size), but you can change the size if wished.