[Nfb-krafters-korner] pillow case

[Lindy van der Merwe]

Hi Henrietta, what a wonderful project and so nice of your neighbour to 
share it with you. I would love the directions and a link to the video. This 
is the kind of project I like to do, something a little different and often, 
quite ingenious. I have come across a type of hand bag that also makes use 
of folding techniques and then you do a few straight lines by machine or 
hand sewing. I hope to compile directions and share or perhaps even give an 
e-mail class for this project in the near future.
Another favourite pattern of mine is the pillow case dress and I'm sure 
there are countless variations on some basic cut and sew or almost no-sew 
projects.
Anyway, thanks for sharing and I am so pleased that you are enjoying sewing. 
It remains one of my favourite crafts and I often wish I just had a little 
more help from someone nearby who enjoys the craft too.
Lindy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:40 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pillow case


> Hi to all,
> I have to write and tell you about the pillow case I made today. The 
> material came as a gift from my neighbor. She was in Hawaii, just a little 
> jaunt to see her Grand kids, and she brought back this wonderful material.
>
> It is a scene with several kinds of fish, an island, a water fall and of 
> course the ocean. She said we would make a pillow case. i kept thinking 
> the material was way to nice for a pillow case. But when she came to make 
> it today I got quite a surprise.
>
> This is a special pattern. I can give you an overview now but can give 
> more in detail, yes, Joyce, at a chat.
>
> First you have a twenty seven inch length of material, you will also need 
> a nine inch piece of contrasting material that is the width of your first 
> piece. Then a four inch piece of another color.
>
> You iron the nine inch and four inch pieces in half. Lay the nine inch 
> piece down fold or front side down. Place the four inch piece fold down 
> and then your large piece. Pin them together. Roll your large piece up 
> without including the nine inch piece. then fold the nine inch piece to 
> meet the top where you have pinned. Oh, don't worry, I was here and also 
> confused.
>
> You now have your nine inch piece folded over the rest of the material. 
> You sew all the four edges of the top together. Now pulle the large piece 
> out from the bundle until you have your case. You will just sew up the two 
> sides. Sounds crazy. I will write out the directions and then we'll see 
> what happens.
>
> What I have is a pillow case that has a yellow top folded piece with a 
> tiny red binding like piece between the yellow and the printed piece. 
> There is a video on U tube about this.
>
> I will get the name. Anyhow we had fun. Then we went to a quilt shop in a 
> nearby town and at the end of my day my other sewing friend showed up with 
> a needle threader that might be the end of me.  A full girls day for me.
>
>
>
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