Pillow cases from scratch

I made some pillow cases for the kids for Christmas this year. Since they are easy to cut, sew and move through I made 2 for each of the two big kids and one for my dad as a gag gift.

First choose your fabric. These are the ones that I choose for the 5 that I had to make.

Measure the fabric. I was using the measurements 21” wide and 30” long for a standard pillow.

Cut the fabric. Fold in half with right side facing each other. Iron.

Sew up one short side and the open long side right side facing.

The open end of the pillow case; fold over once about ½”.  Iron.  (Do not fold both sides together. Do the back of the pillowcase then the front of the pillowcase.

Fold over again about ½”. Iron again.  

IRON, IRON AND IRON AGAIN

Sew around the edges that you folded over. You should have a nice finished edge on the inside of the pillow case.

Trim the inside edges, flip your pillowcase right side out, wash and enjoy.

One finished pillow case. Took about 30 minutes to make.

Jeans Purse

This is a binder bag that I made for my mom for Christmas this year. She is a couponer and likes to carry her binder to the store with her. The old bag that she was using was taken out of her cart one day so I had to make her something new and fabulous.

This is the top part of a pair of old jeans. I cut off the legs sewed across the bottom to make a flat edge, added some fabric to line it and some inside pockets.  Mom loved how well her binder fit in the bag and there were places for her phone, pens, and wallet.

The lining is corduroy and I used part of the leg to make the pockets. I left the pockets with the raw edges that I cut with the pinking shears. If it unravels it will stop at the sewn line and give a really cool look inside.  

Front of bag.

back of bag with original back pockets that button close.

It fits perfectly over my shoulder

Pleanty of room for Mom's binder, pens, phone and wallet in the pockets made from the leg of the jeans.

Button clutch

This is a bag I made for my niece, who is 11.  This was easy to make just used the leg of an old pair of jeans and some scrap fabric for the inside. I added a snap closure and some great buttons for a great little Christmas gift.

FELT SNACKS

For Christmas this year my niece received a box of felt play food, all made by me. It was easy to make, just time consuming. This is how to make the ravioli. and then a few other treats that I made for her too.

A 2" square cut out of tan felt for the ravioli

sew around 3 sides

polyfill to stuff the ravioli

stuff the ravioli

sew up the last open side

now you have a pot worth of ravioli

**Some other treats for the play kitchen**

sunny side up eggs

and orange slice

Felt Popcicle

What a tasty PLAY treat for those little people in your life.

Brown Felt for the sticks

Orange felt for the ice cream part.

Cut out a basic pattern for the Popsicle

cut, fold and sew the brown to make it look like a stick that you hold

this is what they should look like before they are sewn together.

sew around the ice cream part and across the bottom to secure the stick

finished--just trim the treads and you have two Popsicles ready to play with.