In today's video, we meet Cheryl and work in her sewing studio for the first time! Harry Potter House Pride week is coming up, so we're making a Harry Potter DIY to celebrate. I asked Cheryl to help me create the best sewing pillowcase tutorial possible using directional fabric because directional fabric requires a few more steps to make it look its best. Therefore, in this video we will take the standard Magic Pillowcase tutorial (or burrito pillowcase) and update it for directional fabric in order to celebrate Harry Potter House Pride Week. This sewing pillowcase tutorial requires more fabric, an extra seam, and a few extra minutes, but the results speak for themselves. :)
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Pattern measurements:
For TWO non directional fabric pillowcases:
* Purchase 1 yard of two different fabrics to make a set of two pillowcases
* Purchase a 1/4 of a yard to make the accent piece for both of them
For TWO directional fabric pillowcases:
* Purchase 1 1/4 yard of body fabric PER pillowcase
* Purchase a 1/4 of a yard to make the accent piece for both of them
0:00 Introduction
3:28 How Much Fabric to Purchase
5:10 Standard Pillowcase Pattern
9:13 Cutting Directional Fabric
21:10 Pinning the Pieces Together
31:38 Finished Product
Fabrics Used:
Note: All of the Harry Potter house fabric was purchased at Joanns, but this was before the pandemic. They have unfortunately discontinued it, but the do put out new house lines every year. Here is a link to their current ones: https://www.joann.com/search?q=Harry%20Potter%20Fabric&prefn1=productGroup&prefv1=Product
For the sparkly accent pieces, I bought from this Etsy's shop "Glimmer" collection: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AACottonCreations
(NOT SPONSORED: All of these were purchased with my own money, and I am not being sponsored or endorsed to share these items.)