Since I can't keep my hands off my new machines, I decided to make a simple tutorial on how to make simple pillowcases. It's done in the envelope style and using standard (well...standard in my house) sizes.
All right, first off you would need around 2 meters of fabric to make 2 pillowcases. I use the 45" (standard) width fabric. Bought it in Kamdar for Rm2/meter. You can use fancier fabric if you like but to me these are just fine.
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| The dimension for the pillowcases |
The dimension is like the picture above. You will have to cut 3 pieces for 1 pillowcase.
- A - 29.5 " x 19.5"
- B - 26" x 19.5"
- C - 8" x 19.5"
Once you've cut it..it'll look like this :-
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| From the top (clockwise) - A, my son's feet, C and B |
Serge the sides and then for pieces B & C, sew one side (the one with the 19.5" length) at 1/4" seam allowance. It should look like this :
After that, lay out the pieces accordingly. (I used different color pieces to show the layout clearly..I didn't make my pillow in 3 colors in case you're wondering)
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| Layout piece B on top of piece A up to the left most edge |
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| Layout piece C on top of pieces A & B..to the right most edge |
Pin all the edges..taking care on the overlap of pieces B & C.
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| I folded back piece C to pin B to A |
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| Then, pin back C to B |
Now you can start sewing with a 1/2" seam allowance. (Well, I just prefer to have a 1/2" allowance, you can have yours to be 1/4" if you like). Do take special precaution when sewing over meeting point for B & C. I reverse a couple stitches so that it's stronger.
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| See the place where it's pinned? Yeah..I reverse stitched there a few times |
And then when you're done sewing the whole rectangle, just flip it inside out and you're done!
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| Tada! |
So, do try it out and let me know if there's anything confusing. Happy Weekend everyone...Enjoice!
