Kentucky Junior - Pillowcase with Button Closure

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4-H Apparel and Textiles—Sewing
18 U. S. C. 707
4JD-01PB
University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture
Materials Required:
•  yard 44/45-inch lightweight to medium-
weight woven fabric for main color
•  yard 44/45-inch lightweight to medium-
weight woven fabric for accent (optional)
•  yard 44/45-inch lightweight to
medium-weight woven fabric for border
• 1 yard lightweight fusible interfacing
• Four  -inch buttons
• Thread to match
Equipment Required:
• Measuring tape
• Ruler
• Sewing Machine
• Buttonhole attachment/foot
• Pins and pin cushion
• Dressmaker’s shears
• Thread snips
• Hand needle
• Thimble
• Serger (optional)
• Chalk or marking pen
Preparation and Cutting
Instructions:
Wash/launder fabric. All seams are  inch.
Fabric pieces are cut along the crosswise
grain of the fabric.
With adult supervision, a rotary cuer and mat
may be used for cuing fabric strips and trimming.
1. Cut one 27-inch by 44/45-inch (width of
the fabric) piece for body of pillowcase.
2. Cut one 1-inch by 44/45-inch strip for
pillowcase accent.
3. Cut one 12-inch by 44/45-inch strip for
pillowcase border.
4. Cut interfacing 6 inches by 44/45 inches
for pillowcase border.
Sewing Instructions:
1. Apply interfacing strip to the wrong
side of the border piece according to
interfacing manufacturer’s instructions.
Interfacing should be matched to one
of the long edges of the border piece,
covering approximately one-half of the
border piece.
This project demonstrates color and fabric selection, measuring, straight stitching,
applying interfacing, applying buttons, and creating buttonholes.
Pillowcase with
Button Closure
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