Lovely crocheted pillowcases. |
I’ve come across some photos of pillowcases like these in my “pinning” adventures (check out my pinterest boards here). It inspired me to make some of my own. Since everyone has their own way of doing these things. I thought I’d share mine.
In this shot, you can see that the interior cuff is a contrasting fabric just to up the cuteness. |
My pillowcases are not as fancy as some out there. It’s just a plain old pillowcase like you could get a Target with a pretty, contrasting interior cuff. If you want to make a pillowcase with an interior pocket for hiding the the pillow, check out You Go Girl’s great tutorial here.
To make two generously sized pillowcases, you’ll need:
• 1-3/4 yards of your main fabric
• 1/3 yard of your lining fabric
• Matching Thread
True up the ends of your fabric so they are straight. Cut the main and lining fabric to an even width if necessary (width meaning so they measure the same from selvedge edge to selvedge edge).
Cut both pieces of fabric (main and lining) in half from selvage to selvage (i.e., lengthwise). The larger pieces will measure approximately 30 inches by WOF (width of fabric); the small pieces will measure approximately 6 inches by WOF. (I say “approximately” because it will depend on how generously your fabric shop cuts its fabric and how much you have to lop off to true up the edges; as long as my pillowcases match each other, I don’t really care if they come out exactly to a specified size).
Match up main and lining fabrics and sew seam from one selvedge to the other. |
Fold the fabric so the selvage edges meet, with right sides together. Starting on the long edge of the pillowcase, sew the long seam, turn at the corner, then sew the short edge of the pillowcase. The edge with the lining piece should be left open. It’s nice to finish these seams with a serger, a zigzag stitch, or do a French seam if you want to be super-duper fancy-pants.
Fold so selvedge edges meet. Sew on sides that are marked. Note: if you are not using a serger, cut the selvedges off before you sew. |
Fold edge under 1/4 inch to finish the edge. |
Edge stitch cuff in place. |
Check back tomorrow and we’ll chat a bit about how I crochet the edging. There still won’t be any talk about housework as I still won’t be doing any!
See Part 2 here.
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7 comments:
Love you Sarah! I gave up housework many years ago... You know if you clean just before company comes they'll never know you weren't cleaning daily. Why ruin a prefectly good life with that chore every day? It won't be on your headstone... here lies a really good housekeeper. It might say "here lies one crafty lady!"
Hugs,
Boy do I hear your housekeeping plan! What's the point of constantly cleaning when my kiss are going to mess it all up again in 5 min? Time is definitely better spent crafting. Would love for you to link this projects parts to my Craftastic party (I'm really wanting to learn to crochet!).
I see you already did - awesome! Thanks for linking:)
Beautiful. I'm just a crochet beginner and love looking at the possibilities. I would be so happy if you shared this project on my Inspiration Board {link party}. I know my readers would really enjoy it.
http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2011/08/inspiration-board-link-party-13.html
Hope to see you there.
carolyn | homework
hello
just letting you know that I have featured this post on my blog www.eatcraftsow.blogspot.com. If you would like me to remove anything please let me know.
Cheers
Jennifer
Hi there - thanks for such a great tutorial! I wanted to let you know that I featured it on my blog in a post about making pillowcases to give to a pediatrics ward in Rwanda. You can see the post here - http://www.ktmade.com/2012/02/pillowcases-for-good.html.
Thanks again!
I love this. I can't wait to start on it. I linked to your tutorial on my blog... http://brenslifeafterlaundry.blogspot.com/2012/09/crocheted-edge-tutorials-crocheting-to.html
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