project completed!

I am the queen of finding a project to do and never doing it. But I've finally done one...and I did it in one day! I found some material that I had bought last summer at a yard sale and after seeing this great post about pillow cases, I thought this material would work great.

But I decided, after looking at my own pillow case for awhile, to make it just a little bit fancier than the simple pillow case.

First I cut two pieces about 10 inches long (and the width of the pillow) for each pillow case...then I ironed them with the edge turned under and then folded in half.


The pillow case is a long piece of material folded in half. I slipped each end into the cuff I made above (one for each end) and sewed it along both edges of the cuff to give it a little more detail. Then you pin the pillow case right sides together, and sew down each edge.


And here they are on my bed! Of course, I have nothing blue in my room at all. But I love my new pillow cases! I put a model on my bed and told him to smile to make the picture a little more interesting to others. It was really easy...so now I'm going to be on the look out for great pillow case fabric.