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Need a quick but lovely gift or want new pillowcases for your own home? It's quick, fun and easy to make pillowcases. Here's a fast tutorial that I did a few years ago that people have been asking me to do again. I hope you find it useful. Excuse the photos because it is late.
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First, find two fabrics you love that look good together. I have found making pillowcases a great way to use fabrics in my stash so that I can justify buying more fabrics for my stash! The following measurements make a standard size pillowcase. You can adjust the measurements for any size pillow. For the standard pillowcase I made for this tutorial, you will need 3/4 yard for the body of the pillowcase and 1/4 yard for the cuff. I chose the red dot for the cuff to coordinate with the fabric with the big red roses. These fabrics are from the Sweet line by Moda.
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You will need a strip 8.5" by 44" (selvage to selvage) for the cuff of the pillowcase and a strip 26.5" by 44" (selvage to selvage) for the body of the pillowcase. Cut those two strips and iron.
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Now fold the cuff (red dot) in half and iron. You will have a doubled strip 4.25" by 44" wide.
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With the raw edges of the cuff on the raw edge of the pillowcase body, sew with a 1/4" seam.
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Those of you lucky enough to have a serger can serge these together. I just sewed mine. If you are sewing it, go back now and zig-zag the edges, inside the seam line, to give you a finished edge. Be sure and do this with all the seams in your pillowcase. I've made a ton of these and they wash like a dream and wear forever because of this step.
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Now iron the seam toward the body of the pillowcase and topstitch it down with a coordinating thread.
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This is how it will look.
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Next, sew (again with a 1/4" seam) the long edge of the pillowcase. At the point where the cuff meets (raw edge to raw edge) is where I pin to make sure the seams turn out even. This is actually the only place I pin. Be sure to sew forward and back a few times at the beginning to lock the stitches in place.
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Don't forget to zig-zag or serge the edges. After stitching the long side of the pillowcase, stitch the end of the pillowcase (the one without the cuff) closed with a 1/4" seam and finish the edges with a zig-zag stitch.
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You have finished your pillowcase! Just iron and use or wrap as a gift! Children really love these pillowcases made in holiday or theme fabric. I've made them from dinosaur fabric, Disney fabric, fabric with trucks, fabric with fairies, puppies and more. I also like to make 3 pair, tie them with a ribbon and give them as wedding gifts. Nobody can ever have too many pillowcases! I hope you enjoy this little tutorial.
2 comments:
Easy way to make a pillow case. I make such a project out of it, I loose interest!! hahaha I feel every seam needs to be hidden...like a french seam.
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