Lush Plush Trends From Fabric.com Tuxedo Pillowcases in Flannel

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Lush & Plush Trends from Fabric.com: Tuxedo

Pillowcases in Flannel

Editor: Liz JohnsonMonday, 31 October 2011 9:00

What does GQ suggest for the best-dressed bed linens this season? Formal flannel of course! Welcome to our newest S4H

Series: we're diving into the lush-est, plushest, most trendy fabrics for Fall and Winter. Sponsored by the friendly folks at

Fabric.com, we have a range of projects, tips and product reviews to get you working like a pro with flannel , Minky, faux fur and

faux leather. Today, we have the perfect gift for the guy on your list: our 'well-suited' pillowcases in Tailor Flannels by Timeless

Treasures from Fabric.com. They're stylish yet soft, and are such a clever way to wake up the snappy dresser in your life.

Fabric.com has a wonderful selection of Tailor Flannel by Timeless Treasures. Follow our suggestions listed below or put

together your own wardrobe. We alwaysrecommend pre-washing your fabric prior to starting any project, but when working

with flannel it is particularly important. Flannel will shrink, sometimes quite a bit. It also sheds a lot during laundering, so washit separately. Make sure to also pre-wash the fabric you use for the tuxedo placket. And, since the completed pi llowcases

themselves will be laundered often, we recommend finishing all the seams with your sewing machine, or with a serger if you

have one.

Our thanks to Fabric.com for helping us bring this Series to you. If you've never visited their site, you're missing out! Their

selection is endless: from the latest designer quilting cottons to heavy canvas, sheer organza to cushy fleece... and just about

everything in between. They also carry thread, notions, patterns, machines and more. They've been a del ight to work with, and

have put together a super Great Giveaway package to round out the Series - be watching for that!

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Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Hello Kitty 15822... you HAVE to check out this new machine; it is

cute-squared)

Fabric and Other Supplies

Amounts shown below on for ONE pillowcase.

1 yard of 44-45" wide fabric for the pillowcase body: we used Tailor Flannel in Window Plaid Gray by Timeless

Treasures from Fabric.com and Tai lor Flannel in Herringbone Cream by Timeless Treasures from Fabric.com

NOTE: Our prints ran vertically so we could get away wi th one yard; if your print is horizontal get a bit extra, maybe 1

yards, to make it all work.

yard of of 44-45" wide coordinating fabric for the pillowcase trim: we used Tailor Flannel in Diagonal Stripe Gray by

Timeless Treasures from Fabric.com and Tailor Flannel in Tiny Houndstooth Brown by Timeless Treasures from

Fabric.com

NOTE: The cut is 9" wide so you could get away with yard, but your cuts would have to be exact; you'll be safer at

yardScrap oryard of 44-45" wide coordinating fabric for the pillowcase flange accent: we used Tailor Flannel in Zebra

Gray by Timeless Treasures from Fabric.com and Tailor Flannel in Cheetah Brown by Timeless Treasures from

Fabric.com

yard of 44-45" wide white fabric for tuxedo shirt accent panel: we used Radiance Cotton/Silk in Poplin White from

Fabric.com

Three " micro-mini doll buttons

All purpose thread to match fabrics

See-through ruler

Iron and ironing board

Scissors or rotary cutter and mat

Fabric pen or pencil

Straight pins

Tape measureSeam gauge

Getting Started

1. From the fabric for the body of the pillowcase cut TWO 21" x 27" pieces.

2. From the fabric for the pillowcase trim cut ONE 9" x 41" piece.

3. From the fabric for the flange accent cut TWO strips 2" x 21".

4. From the tuxedo shirt fabric cut ONE 9" x 16" strip.

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Create the tuxedo placket

1. Find the 9" x 16" strip of "shirt" fabric. Place i t right side down on your work surface. Measure in 4" from the right raw

edge. Place a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

2. Fold the strip to the right at this point (in other words, you are folding the 12" end over the 4" end at the fold point. Press

well.

NOTE: In the photos below, we substituted a plain white woven fabric to best show the folding.

3. Measure from the fold to the right 1". Place a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and

bottom of the strip.

4. Fold the strip to the left at this marked point, creating a "Z" fold. Press well.

5. With the long end of the strip still extending to the left, measure from the edge of the fold you just made to the left ".Place a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

6. Fold the strip to the right at this marked point. Press well.
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7. With the long end of the strip now extending to the right, measure from the edge of the fold you just made to the right 1".

Place a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

8. Fold the strip to the left at this marked point. Press well.

9. With the long end of the strip now extending to the left, measure from the edge of the fold you just made to the left ".


10. Fold the strip to the right at this marked point. Press well. You should now have three little pleats, each ".
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11. Flip the half-pleated strip over, and open out the original 4" fold so it is out of the way and you can pleat the other side.

12. Lift up the inner rightmost pleat so you can see its crease line. Measure from this crease line 2" to the left and place a pin

or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

13. Fold the strip over to the right at this marked point. Press well.

14. With the long end of the strip now extending to the right, measure from the edge of the fold you just made to the right ".


15. Fold the strip back to the left at this marked point. Press well.


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16. With the long-ish (it is getting shorter!) end of the strip now extending to the left, measure from the edge of the fold you just

made to the left 1". Place a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

17. Fold the strip to the right at this marked point. Press well.

18. With the end of the strip now extending to the right, measure from the edge of the fold you just made to the right ". Place

a pin or make a mark with your fabric pen at this point at both the top and bottom of the strip.

19. Fold the strip to the left at this marked point. Press well. Your pleating is all done.


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20. Fold the original 4" 'panel ' back over to the left. If you measured correctly, it should cover up all the pleats and extend

beyond the edge of the final fold you made by 1". Press in place.

21. Fold in the remaining left 'panel'. The fold should be exactly along the raw edge of the 4" panel. This final panel will

overlap and extend about 1" beyond center. Press well.

22. Flip the finished piece over to reveal a center 2" panel wi th two " pleats to each side of it.

23. Fold the finished placket in half and mark the position for the three shirt buttons as shown.


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NOTE: We're back to the real fabric in our photos now

24. Hand sew the three buttons in place

25. Set aside.

Attaching the flange and creating the pillowcase body

1. Press the two flange strips in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Once pressed, each strip is now 1" wide.

2. Align the raw edges of the folded flange with the raw edge of each pillowcase body piece.

3. Using a " seam allowance, stitch each flange to each pillowcase body.

4. Place the two pillowcase body pieces (with the flanges sewn in place) right sides together.

5. Pin along both sides and across the bottom.

6. Stitch both sides and across the bottom, using a " seam allowance.


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7. Zig zag, overcast or serge the raw edges of all the seam allowances so when the pillowcase is laundered these do not

fray.

8. Turn the pillowcase right side out. Push out the trimmed corners from the inside to make nice, square corners on the

outside. Use your finger or a blunt edge tool, like a large knitting needle or a chopstick. Press well.

Pillowcase trim
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1. Press a double-fold hem along one long edge. To do this, turn up the edge " and press, then turn up another 4" and

press again.

NOTE: As an option, you can finish this edge with an overcast stitch, zig zag stitch or serger. We chose not to because

we had thoroughly pre-washed our flannel and, with the folded-in edge in place, felt we had secured all the raw edges.

2. Unfold the pressed hem. Your fold lines will remain.

3. Fold the 9" x 41" trim piece in half, right sides together, so it is now: 9" x 20".

4. Pin in place securely along a " seam allowance line.

5. Test to see if this 'trim circle' fits the pillowcase body by slipping the trim circle over the open end of the pillowcase. The

open edge of the pillowcase body and the trim circle need to be a perfect match. If the trim circle seems a bi t too big or too

small, adjust your seam allowance accordingly.

6. Using the appropriate seam allowance you tested above, stitch along the 9" raw edge. Press the seam allowance open.

7. Find your pleated placket. center it over the seam of the trim piece. Pin in place.


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8. Take the trim loop, with the placket pinned in place, to your sewing machine.

9. Lift up the first pleat to either side of the buttons, and run a seam along each side to secure the placket to the trim.

10. Lay the pleats back down into place and run a line of topstitching " in from each folded edge.

11. Re-fold the " first fold of the bottom hem. Re-press and pin in place.


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12. Edgestitch this part of the hem in place. It will become the finished edge inside your pillowcase.

Finish the pillowcase

1. Again, slip your trim circle over the open end of your pillowcase body, right sides together, matching the raw edge of thepillowcase opening with the raw edge of your trim piece. Pin all around.

NOTE: This is another point to TEST your seam allowance. Place a few pins horizontally along the " seam line.

Then, check from the right side to see if the flange reveal is really how you want it to be.


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2. Once you've tested and insured you have the proper seam allowance to give you the correct flange reveal, stitch all

around the pillowcase opening, using a " seam allowance.

3. Press the seam up towards the pillowcase trim.

4. Trim back the seam allowance to ". Again, as an option, you can finish this edge with an overcast stitch, zig zag stitch

or serger. We chose not to.

5. 'Re-fold' the remaining 4" of the trim's hem, following the pre-pressed line. This wi ll bring the folded edge of the trim


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around to the inside of the pillowcase. (This is shown in the photo above and in the diagrams below.)

6. The folded/edgestitched hem of the trim should neatly overlap the inside pillowcase/trim seam.

7. Pin in place.

NOTE: We pinned in place from the inside to insure we fully covered the the inside seam all around. Then, we turned

the pillowcase right side out, re-pinned from the front, and removed the pins from the inside.

8. As you look at your pillowcase from the front, you should have 4" of trim showing from seam to folded edge.

9. Topstitch " in from the seam - on the trim side, to secure the trim's hem in place. Press well.


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Contributors

Project Design: Alicia Thommas

Sample Creation: Kathy Andrews, What Sew Ever

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