Bubbles and Stripes Crochet Pillow Cover

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful day.  Here on the farm I have been busy picking blackberries to jam, picking squash from the garden to freeze and freezing catfish my husband caught in the river (80 fish!)

I have been working on a few crochet patterns and had some leftover yarn I wanted to use up.  I also wanted a new pillow for the living room so naturally I crocheted a new pillow cover.  I used a bubble and stripe pattern that I think turned out quite nice.

I made buttonholes in my last two border rows so that I could add a button closure.

The back of the pillow cover is made up of some scrap upholstery material I had in my scrap stash.

I have added the pattern I used below:  Feel free to use as you like.

Bubbles and Stripes Pattern

Bubble: Yo, pick up a loop in the next stitch, yo and through 2 loops, (yo, pick up a loop in the same stitch, yo and through 2 loops) 2 times, yo, draw through all 4 loops on the hook.

Chain:  Measure pillow and chain yarn to desired length.

Foundation Row (WS): sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in each ch across row, turn.

Row 1: With 1st yarn color, ch 1 (counts as first sc now and throughout), skip first st, sc in each sc across row, turn.

Row 2: With yarn color 1, ch 1, skip first st, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, *bobble in next st, sc in each of next 3 sc, rep from * across, ending with last sc in top of the turning ch, turn. Drop yarn color 1 and draw yarn color 2 through last loop.

Rows 3-4: With yarn color 2, ch 1, skip first st, 1 sc in each st across row, 1 sc top of turning ch, turn.  At end of last row, drop this color and draw yarn color 3 through last loop.

Row 5: With yarn color 3, ch 1, skip first st, working in back loops only, 1 sc in each st across, 1 sc in top of turning ch, turn.

Row 6: With yarn color 3, ch 1, skip first st, 1 sc in each st across row, turn.  Drop yarn color 3, draw yarn color 1 through last loop.

Rep Rows 1-6 for pattern

Button Hole Loops:  Measure 4th side of pillow and mark button placement.   sc until first button placement is reached- chain desired length to match button width, skip determined amount of stitches and sc in next sc from previous row.
(I used 1 3/8" buttons.  I chained 5 and skipped 4 stitches and sc in next sc from previous row).

When desired length and width is achieved, single stitch around pillow once.  Turn sc across 3 sides of pillow cover.  On 4th side sc around while also making button hole loops in the 4th side.

If you use this pattern, I would enjoy seeing your finished product.  Happy Crocheting!