pillowcase with border, piping, & contrast hem detail

Pink

Chickadee Sewing Pattern

Standard Pillowcase with

Border, Piping & Contrast Hem

© pink chickadee designs

Pillowcase with Border & Piping #37

2 | p a g e ©pink chickadee designs

Thank you! A quick and easy way to freshen up the look of a bedroom is to

change the pillowcases. Simple, right? So put away those ho-hum

basic pillowcases that came with your sheet set and create a special

pair of your own!

Our pattern Features 3 design details – piping, border trim, and

contrast hem – making these cases far from ordinary! With so many

gorgeous quilting weight cottons, you may want to make several sets!

Happy sewing!

Pink Chickadee

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copyrighted. Pink Chickadee loves handmade items and is pleased

to offer patterns that sew-at-home small businesses may use to create

items for sale in their etsy shops or other handmade markets. See our

patterns available for purchase at www.pinkchickpattern.etsy.com.

Fabric Amounts All amounts in yards and for 43 inch wide fabric.

Pillowcase Border Piping Hem

1

pillowcase

5/8 1/4 or

1 FQ* 1/8 1/8

Set of 2

pillowcases

1 1/4 5/8 1/8 1/8

*for one-way horizontal view designs, you’ll need 5/8 yard if you want

your fabric to be cut with the horizontal view of the fabric image.

FQ = fat quarter

Supplies 1. Fabric(s)

2. Coordinating thread(s)

3. Zipper

4. Cutting mat (optional)

5. Rotary cutter (optional)

6. Scissors

7. Pins

8. Ruler

9. Seam ripper

10. Iron

11. Ironing board

12. Sewing machine

13. Serger (optional)

Shopping List fabric

coordinating thread

grommet tape

Suggested Fabrics home dec cottons, twill, linen,

linen blends, denim,

bottomweights, lighterweight

corduroys, velveteen, cotton

velvet

note of caution: heavy fabrics

might be too thick for

snapping inbetween the

grommet tape and grommet

front rings.

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Instructions: 1. Cut out the pillowcase pieces. Amounts are in inches. The measurements below are for 1 pillowcase.

Finished

Size Main Pillowcase Border Piping Hem Lining

21H by

32W

# to

cut H W

# to

cut H W

# to

cut H W

# to

cut H W

2 22 22 2 22 10 1 1.5 43 1 2.5 43

Your cut pieces will look like this:

main pillowcase

front

main pillowcase

back

border

front

border

back

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Attach the pillowcase front and pillowcase back along the top edge. Place right sides together and

align the raw edges of along the top edge of the main pillowcase pieces. Pin in place.

pin along this edge pin along this edge

Here’s a picture of the pillowcase edges pinned together.

Stitch seam. Finish seam.

main pillowcase

front

main pillowcase

back



Press seam open.

2. Attach the border front and border back along the top seam.

Place right sides together and align the raw edges of along

the top edge of the pillowcase border pieces. Pin in place.




Press seam open.

3. Attach piping to pillowcase. Press piping in half

lengthwise.

Pin piping to right edge of main pillowcase. Align the

raw edge of the piping with the raw edge of the main

pillowcase.



Stitch piping to main pillowcase.

4. Attach border to pillowcase. Place right sides together.

Align raw edges of the border with the raw edge of the

main pillowcase/piping. Pin in place.

Sew seam.

Finish seam.



Press seam open.

5. Sew end and bottom of pillowcase.

Place right sides together. Align raw

edges.

Sew seam. Serge Seam.

Press seam.



6. Hem pillowcase with contrast hem. Staystitch 3/8 inch from one long edge. Press under along

stitching.

Sew together along short ends.

Turn hem band wrong-side out. Place hem band over

border with right sides together. Match bottom

seams.




Fold hem in place. Press. Pin in place. Stitch hem in

place.

Press pillowcase Enjoy!

pillowcase with border, piping, & contrast hem detail

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