I spent Wednesday cutting out twenty-five pillowcases for the ladies in my quilting group to sew and when I left them they were sewing them. Today, I decided to make a few myself. I have a huge fabric stash and I'm looking for ways to use up fabric so that I can justify buying more.
Here's a peek at the ones I made. You are looking at the cuff on the ones I made and the smaller strip in the photo is the fabric of the body of the pillowcase. They are well made and all of the edges are finished.
In case you want to participate here's the lowdown on how I cut my pillowcases.
1 - Body of case 27" x WOF ( width of fabric) - approx 44/45"
1 - Cuff of case 12" x WOF
1 - "Zinger" strip 1 1/2" x WOF.
Pin together and sew "zinger" (folded and pressed in half), cuff and body of case (right sides together). Then roll up body of case into cuff folded in half (right sides together) to make a tube. Sew tube. Pull pillowcase out of tube and finish remaining two seams as french seams.
And now, back to beading.
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9 comments:
A gift like that really would make a difference.
My children would fall asleep happy with the thought thst someone made one of those especially for them.
What a marvellous idea!
What a great thing t do with your stash! I need to get busy and do this too, it's such a simple project for a great cause.
beautiful
What a wonderful project! I'll try to get all my crafty friends involved.
I'd be thrilled if my post here inspired anyone else to participate! Thanks Dawn!
That's a wonderful thing to be participating in :)
How terrific! I think that anything we can do to help those less fortunate is great! Thanks for sharing your directions. I am going to try to do a couple myself, although they may not be quite the same quality as yours - LOL!
Absolutely delightful!
The pillow cases are fantastic, and for such a wonderful cause.
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