Easy to make {pillow cases}

These pillow cases were super simple to make. I scored the fabric at Value village. As  I spied it from afar I thought that it could either be amazing or... really nasty. As I got closer I realized the latter... it was actually leftover fabric someone got rid of... 3 yards of it for only $2.99! I love this fabric and right away knew that I wanted to use if for pillows. Bonus that I ended up finding 2 blank 16x16 pillows still in their plastic wrapping... coincidence?... yes actually :) Just a lucky day I guess.

Pocket pillows are pretty much the easiest to make. I think it took me half hour to make 2 pillows. And the majority of that time was spent measuring and cutting out the fabric, which for some reason took me a long time. Once that is done... you are pretty much finished.

If you are going to make your own pillows and don't mind some different sizes... thrift stores generally have tons of pillows {albeit there are some nasty ones you wanna stay away from...but you can find some good ones too} Instead of washing them, just chuck them into the dryer, with a dryer sheet if you wish, for 20 mins or so to freshen them up{my good friend Rach hooked me up with that little tip...I probably would have tried to wash them and wait for them to dry... dryer = much easier, thanks Rachie!} It doesn't really matter what the pillow looks like on the outside, you are gonna cover it up with your beautiful cases anyways.

OK, so this is what I ended up doing. So for my 16x16 pillow I made my width 16 and the length I made 36 {inches} 16x2=32 and then I just added a few inches to account for the hem you have to do on each side.

1.Cut out your fabric
2. Hem both short ends

At this point you are going to make sure your fabric is going to be "inside-out"
3.Fold the short side just past half way up what will be the middle of the pillow

4. Do the same for the other side, overlapping it onto the first side that you folded up to create the pocket effect.

5.Now all you do is sew up the sides, turn the right side out and stuff your pillow in!! :)

Never buying a $20 pillow again. :p 

Thanks for reading!

{Hannah}