How To Sew A Pillowcase For Beginners

Cutting your fabric to size. Sew along the bottom edge, turn the corner, sew along the long edge, then you are done!

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Again, if you are making a pillowcase for a larger pillow then you will need to adjust how much you are cutting off (you will cut off less).

How to sew a pillowcase for beginners. Use sewing machine to stitch fabric pieces together. Measurements for 3 sizes of pillows. Follow these easy steps to sew an envelope pillowcase.

When cutting our fabric we need to allow for hems and seams. To make a pillowcase, start by cutting out a piece of fabric that's 45 inches by 36 inches. If you are using regular fabric, follow all the steps in the below tutorial.

Lift the presser foot and rotate the fabric so you’re ready to sew along the bottom edge. Ten if you give yourself a couple text breaks in the process. Place your piece of fabric down in front of you, with the print side face down, with the two 41 inch sides along the top and bottom.

Cut 2 back pieces the same height as the front piece and ¾ the width of the front fabric. Fold the top edge down 1/2 inch and iron flat. If you use a pillowcase, keep the already sewn sides of the pillowcase as the sides of your dress and the open end of the pillowcase as the hem of the dress.

If you want you can serge or zigzag the seams to prevent fraying or use a french seam. Turn the pillowcase inside out, so the right sides are together. Then, added the white right on the top stitch.

Cut the top of the pillowcase and use it to construct the top of the dress as indicated in the below tutorial. Fold fabrics in half for easy cut of your rectangles. All in all, it will take you about 5 minutes.

Measure your pillow and add some allowance to all edges. This is by far the easiest and most straightforward method of sewing a pillowcase. Box pleats are used on the front of the pillow to create a unique look where the fabric underneath is peeking through.

Don’t forget to backstitch when you get to the end of the seam to reinforce it. Look at the corner where you pivoted and clip the point off. Remember to backstitch at the beginning and end of your stitches to keep the seams from unraveling at the ends.

All the seams will be hidden and tidy. This will enclose those raw edges. Measure your pillow and make the necessary adjustments.

With right sides together sew the side and the bottom and you have completed your pillow case in 15 minutes and 5 steps. Use a sewing machine to stitch together the fabric for the easy sew pillows. Use a chopstick or pencil to gently push out the corner that you clipped.

It should fold into two halves, each the length of the pillow. But, if you want to try a simple french seam check out the video. Make a pillowcase pattern with durable french seams.

Cut front piece whatever size of pillow you're making plus ½ all the way around as a seam allowance. Now, sew that flap down, about 1/4 inch away from the bottom fold. (serge/overlock to finish raw edge, using a 1/4″ seam, if desired.) 2) wrap this seam towards the opposite end of the pillow case, folding it down at the seamline you just sewed.

Easy box pleat pillows from sew 4 home To make a pillowcase we first need to measure and cut our fabric to size. 1) sew the short end of the pillowcase, starting at the raw edges and ending at the fold.

How to sew a pillowcase. I honestly just left mine and they are fine. Be careful not to cut any stitches.

Remove the pins if you stitched over them. B)fold this top edge down another 3 inches. This stops stray threads drifting into your hair at night and ensures that the pillowcase is robust to cope with pillows being pushed in and out of them… and strong enough to survive the odd pillow fight or two!

You can measure it to find the exact middle, or if you are like me and prefer to just eyeball it, fold your pillowcase in half to find the center on each side. No sewing pattern is needed,sewing tips included. Cut it so that it measures 34 inches long and 36 inches high.

A simple way to sew a pillowcase by hand is to measure and sew a long rectangle of fabric. Pin a tie to each side of the pillowcase. Now you want to sew it to the pillowcase.

Press back piece seam ½. Leave the pillowcase inside out. Start with a yard of regular old 45” cotton quilting fabric.

Wash, dry and iron your fabric. I started with the black and sewed it to the bottom seam. Wash, dry, and iron your fabric.

Then, fold the fabric in half lengthwise so the back of the fabric is facing out. Sew 4 home this pillow pattern will add some style to your next throw pillow. Wash your fabric before you cut.

Turn your pillowcase inside out and line up your ties to the very middle. The pillow is finished with an envelope style closure. This would be the finished size we are aiming for.

This project is great for beginners and is quick and easy to make. Using the pinking shears will eliminate the need to fold down the 1/4″. Topstitch stitch ribbon very close to the edge to secure.

Here is the finished pillowcase folded nicely. Then fold the top edge over another 4 inches and iron in place. Next, use a sewing machine or a threaded needle to stitch the long side and one of the short sides.

A)finish raw edge of pillow opening by turning down 1/4″ of fabric to wrong side of fabric, pressing as you go or use the pinking shears to cut of the raw edge of the pillowcase opening. In the uk, the standard pillowcase size is 29.5 inches x 19.5 inches (75cm x 50cm). Fold the cuff in half, lengthwise and iron down the fold.

There are more complex pillowcase patterns but for this first sewing tutorial, i wanted to keep it simple enough a beginner can sew it easily. Using the seam tape, iron the ribbon onto the pillowcase centered over the seam between the pillowcase and the band. Match up the raw edges of your cuff withe the right side of your pillowcase body, pin and sew with a 1/2″ allowance.

You can leave the edges open or add length to one side to create a flap (the sides are sewn to the rest of the case length, the top is free). Sewing them directly on the seams of the bottom of the pillowcase made it super simple to keep a straight line. I followed the two seams directly on the bottom of the pillowcase.

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