Half Dozen Pillowcases

This morning I finished up six pillowcases.  This uses up all of the yardage that went with the Almost a Log Cabin quilt.  On Thursday, I pressed and cut fabric and yesterday stitched the cases together. This morning I finished pressing the completed cases.

All six pillowcases were made using the burrito method, the finished size of each is approximately 20" x 32".  Fabrics were cut as follows:  body - 28" by width of fabric (wof), cuff - 10" by wof, and trim - 2.5" by wof.  I used a walking foot for all stitching.

Four of the pillowcases are flannel,  with the final stitching of the french seam the thickness of the layers at the trim area is challenging.  Using a walking foot is not enough to compensate for trying to stitch through 14 layers of fabric.  I ended up feeding the fabric through stitch by stitch.  When using flat fabric this was not an issue.

 

Pillow Shams and Needlepoint

Almost A Log Cabin Pillow Shams

This afternoon I finished pillow shams that go with the Almost a Log Cabin quilt.  The overall finished size of each is 20" x 30".  I bought enough fabric so that I will be able to make about 6 coordinated pillow cases.

Rhapsody - Week 1.5

There were not enough hours in the past week for me to make much progress on the Rhapsody project.  The second ribbon is about 3/4 complete.  I'm anxious to see how the color selection impacts the design.

Pillowcases are fast and fun

It's fun to be able to start and finish a project in one day!! Really, it was a couple of hours and I had two great pillowcases.  I will keep track of the time with the next one because I'm curious to know how long it actually takes.

Today I made two dino pillowcases.  The one at the top that is folded in half goes super fast because it is just one piece of fabric.  The second case was made using the burrito (or rolled) method.

These are links to websites that show how to make the second pillowcase - same process with different presentations.

Rainy Day Quilt School
http://www.rainydayquiltschool.com/Rolled%20Pillowcase%20Pattern.pdf

MaryQuilts.com
http://www.maryquilts.com/pillowcase/

There are a variety of pillowcase patterns at allpeoplequilt.com for the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge -- great inspiration!
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/freepatterns/index.html