Crate & Barrel Sashiko Organic Cotton Velvet Throw Pillow Covers

Crate & Barrel Sashiko Organic Cotton Velvet Throw Pillow Covers by Crate & Barrel — decorative pillows, Overall: 20" W x 20" H. Compare it with similar pieces across brands, and see the rooms it appears in.

Sashiko Organic Cotton Velvet 20"x20" Blue Throw Pillow Cover by Crate & Barrel
  • Brand: Crate & Barrel
  • Category: Decorative pillows
  • Price: $70
  • Dimensions: Overall: 20" W x 20" H
  • Materials: velvet, fabric
  • Colours: beige, blue
  • Rooms: Living room, Bedroom
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Room×Lab Review · Review updated September 28, 2026 · Evidence rechecked September 30, 2026

One blue 20x20 owner loved it; across the line owners praise soft velvet, but three saw stitching snag or loosen within a year

Crate & Barrel's 4.8-star average covers 161 ratings across the whole Sashiko velvet line and can include reviews left out below. Room×Lab read 124 distinct written reviews of 20x20 and 22x15 covers in burnt green, camel tan, deep indigo, travertine beige, spruce green, luminous red, chocolate brown, mist blue, storm grey and blue, a few bundled with feather or down-alternative inserts. Only one is of the blue 20x20; burnt-green 20x20 and camel-tan 22x15 owners are the largest groups. Most are short first impressions; the longest stated use is a few months to under a year. Room×Lab left out 14 more: one of the separate Sashiko Floral model, one from a buyer still awaiting delivery, eleven storm-grey or travertine-beige reviews from outside this family (other travertine reviews were kept), and one whose color label contradicts its text. One of those travertine-beige owners found the color much more tan in person than the cream shown online. The reviews below show the only blue 20x20 review, two owners describing how their covers held up, and the three owners who saw stitching snag or loosen.

Room×Lab rating: 6.6 out of 10 (limited confidence). The one owner of the blue 20x20 loved its quality, and owners across the Sashiko velvet line praise its softness, color and hand-stitched look, which drive the score. Durability holds it back: three owners of other colors saw the stitching snag or loosen within the first year.

  • Durability reports are mixed and short-term: 4 favorable, 3 critical mentions of how the covers hold up; only critical ones cite stitching. — Favorable accounts cite a few months of use or a commercial project, with short or no timeframes. Critical ones describe a first-week snag (22x15 camel tan), loose stitching after two weeks of daily use (20x20 chocolate brown) and loosening within a year (22x15 deep indigo bundles). No owner reports a year or more of use.
  • Soft velvet is the most consistent praise: 28 favorable and no critical mentions about the velvet's softness. — Comments span many colors and both sizes. Some describe filled pillows, so plushness may partly reflect the insert. One owner who praised the softness also reported a thread snag in the first week.
  • Sashiko stitching look wins most owners over: 16 favorable and 2 critical mentions about the stitching's look and consistency. — One 20x20 burnt-green owner said the stitched design looked nothing like the photo, and one 22x15 spruce-green owner found many loose threads sticking out. Both kept their covers. Crate & Barrel describes only subtle handcrafted variation; these are isolated reports, not a defect rate.

Before buying

Choose the blue 20x20 for soft velvet and hand-stitched texture, and buy an insert separately. Three owners of other colors saw stitching snag or loosen between the first week and a year, so keep it for pillows more looked at than leaned on.

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