How to sew a pillowcase

Without bed linen people can not do. For pillowcases, sheets, duvet cover do not make patterns on paper. The drawing is done directly on the fabric. And the questions of how to sew a pillowcase from a single piece of fabric or make it from patchwork patches rarely arise. Any, even the most inexperienced needlewoman will be able to cope with this task - no complicated work is required with building a pattern! Cutting squares / rectangles from fabric is easy.

It is possible to make this type of bed linen of any type: on buttons, a lightning, with a smell. You can make sure of the above and try to sew a pillowcase yourself, using the instructions in this article.

Necessary materials

Before you sew a pillowcase, you need to prepare the following materials.

1. Fabrics Satin, coarse calico are more suitable for this purpose, you can use silk, chintz, etc., which are selected, selected patches.
2. Sewing machine.
3. Threads matching color and texture.
4. Tape measure.
5. Pencil, chalk for lines.
6. Scissors and pins, which secure the pieces of fabric.
7. Other fittings, if needed.
8. Calculation of fabric consumption for the simplest type of pillowcase.

Consumables need to take the estimated amount, plus 5%. For a pillow of 50 x 50 cm, 1 m plus 5 cm is necessary. If the pillowcase will be worn with a smell, then you need to add fabric to the smell.

It should be remembered that in stores with the sale of material cut unevenly or even tear, which sometimes bends it. Therefore, experienced craftswomen take about 10-20 cm more than the planned amount.

Now you should understand the instructions for sewing this element of bed linen.

Rectangular wrap-around pillow cases

How to sew a pillow on a pillow? Sew such bedding can be in different ways. Here is one of them.

1. Performs the ends of the extreme ends. They are usually two.

   We bend sections, stitch

2. The product is folded face out as it should be in finished form.

   Place the fabric face up, measure 70 cm on the left side and fold this edge.

3. Secure the sides with pins. A smooth line is drawn with chalk and pencil where the seam will be made.

   Bend the pillowcase valve to the right, grind off the cuts, seam allowances are overlaid with a zigzag stitch

4. After that, the thing turns inside out, again stitched to the edge of the front seam was inside. With this treatment, you do not need to sweep over the edges. They will all be hidden inside. Such a scar is good because when sewing a so-called rulik is formed, which does not allow the product to deform during washing, ironing.

Pillow case with "ears", master class

It is more correct to call these beautiful covers Oxford ("with borders"). The rules of sewing them no more difficult than usual, with the smell. Material consumption at the same time is a little more.

Usually, the product is sewn for a double set, where matter is used at least 220 cm wide. The necessary rectangles are cut out before sewing.

First, short edges are hemmed with double hem. Hem bend edge about 1 cm, smoothed. Tuck about 2 cm, ironed.

Spread the product around the edge. If desired, you can leave the edge where there will be lightning. Then a double seam is made whose width is 5 cm.

The cover is turned out, it is ironed on a hem. A ruler is taken, straight lines are drawn with small ones, spaced 5 cm from the edge along the perimeter of the canvas, stitched. The “ears” pillowcase is ready.

If there is not enough fabric, you can sew a cover with a zipper. In this case, a running machine stitch is made where the fastener is. Then the fabric is unrolled, smoothed, so that the material lies exactly on the scars. On top of the scar stacks down zipper lock, half opened. The line of teeth should lie strictly along the tacking line. On the machine is set foot for lightning, gently stitched. Then, through the half-open fastener, the product is twisted.

Pillowcases for round cushions

In addition to pillows, which are used for sleeping, often in the apartment there are sofa decorative. They come in very different shapes: round, square, flower-shaped, etc.

For a round pillow, it is no harder to sew a case than for a square one. She needs a pattern. For the manufacture of such pillowcases, measure the diameter of the pillow, add about 1.5 cm for the seam allowance. The pattern is pinned with pins to the canvas, a part of the front side of the case is cut out.

A line for the zipper is drawn across the pattern. Then, for the back part, the pattern is cut into two parts. A line is drawn for the zipper on the canvas. Parts of the pattern are moved apart, parts are cut out taking into account seam allowances, including those on the straight edge.

The back seam with a hole for a zipper is chipped and stitched. Next, get the pillowcase in the same way as in the case of a square pillow.

Dressing

There are many ways to decorate pillowcases. The most simple are the decoration of cloths products with applications. They can be sewn in advance, before the final tailoring.

The same should be done in the case of manufacturing covers in patchwork technology. Shreds are cut, superimposed on the canvas of the future pillowcase / paper pattern, fixed. You can sew them then even manually. Depends on the style of patchwork fabric. When the shreds are sewn, the fabric is ready, the fabric is sewn in the manner described.

If the pillow is decorated with embroidery satin stitch / ribbons, this can be done with a completely sewn canvas, marking the pattern from the outside.

Such patterns on pillows look very cute, original and do not require much experience. The main thing is patience, for decorating is very hard work, which often has to be done for a long time.

Video: How to sew a pillow with “ears” - an easy and fast way.