1-800-543-6915 www.childrenscornerpatterns.com Infant Pillowcase When we sew, often we are making a gift for someone. The Infant pillowcase is a perfect backdrop for a little smocking or an heirloom panel. Drawing inspiration from the original design by Annette Easterly White, we designed this to help you make a gift for baby. You could also choose a beautiful fabric or motif and smock and sew this as an accent pillow for a dear friend. No matter who the lucky recipient will be, you will be delighted to sew this project.

Heirloom Panel Pillow

4. Create your decorative band by connecting 13” long pieces of lace, embroidered insertion, beading, entredeaux, etc. You want your decorative band to be around 4 - 6” wide. Make Supplies sure to starch and press all prior to together. ribbon in beading. Press seams Fabric – 13” x 38” piece of broadcloth to center of band. Decorative band – pieces of trim to 13” long made up to finished width of 4-6” Pillow insert 12”x16”

1. Cut pillowcase fabric to 13” x 38”.

2.  short ends of pillowcase by turning under ¼” and then turn under 1”. Press. hem in place.

3. Fold hemmed edges toward the middle of the fabric with wrong sides together. Overlap the hemmed 5. Place your decorative band on the pillowcase 2” edges until finished length is 16”. Press folds in from one of the folds. band and topstitch in place, but do not . Unfold pillow case. place between the edging and insertion pieces. 16” Press. Trim ends of decorative band. old 13” old old

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12/2018 1 6. Refold pillowcase on folds but with right sides 5. Block your insert by pinning to ironing board together. Stitch long edges of pillowcase together 13” wide and use an iron to steam. Let it dry using 1/4” seams. Serge or zig zag to finish seams. completely before removing. Turn right side out, and press. 6. Cut two pieces of piping 14” long. Make a center mark on piping. Apply Wonder Tape to Smocked Insert Pillow the allowance of one piece of piping. Remove paper from other side of Wonder Tape. Align and attach the piping just above the first row of smocking and matching center marks. You should not see any pleated fabric between the piping and the top row of smocking. The piping will be longer than the insert.

Supplies Pillow fabric – 13” x 36” piece of broadcloth Pre-pleated insert 60” long or two strips of fabric 5” 7. Stitch piping to insert using corded piping wide x 45” long for a total of 90” long foot and stitching on top of the stitching on Piping – 1 yard the piping. It is helpful to use a contrasting Wonder Tape thread in your . Trim to Pillow insert 12”x16” 1/2”. Clip and remove pleater threads.

1. Use 60” wide pre-pleated insertion. For more dense 8. Repeat on the last row of smocking. , piece together two strips of fabric 5” wide x 45” long for a total of 90” long. Sew short ends of strips together, pressing seam open, and . Mark the center of your insert.

2. As for the number of rows to pleat and smock, you need to pleat the number of rows to smock plus 2 for holding rows. If your design has 10 rows, you need to pleat 12 rows. Because of the lap on the back of the pillow, you are able to change the number of rows of smocking without other issues in the design and 9. Cut a piece of fabric 13” x 13”. Cut another functionality of the pillow. piece of fabric 23” x 13”.

3. Tie off your pleated insert to the width of 13”. To 10. Place the smaller piece of fabric face down do this, pull the pleater threads out 1/4” from each on the insert aligning one of the 13” wide side (1-2 pleats). It is helpful to pin your insert to an ends with one side of the insert and piping. ironing board or soft surface. Pin one side of your Stitch in place following stitching on the insert down, and tie the pleater threads together two back of the insert from the piping. Trim at a time. Stretch the insert to 13” wide. Pin the other seam, and finish. side keeping both sides as straight as possible. On the other side, tie the pleater threads together two at a time.

4. Smock your design across the entire width of the insert leaving a top and bottom holding row.

2 Infant Pillowcase www.childrenscornerpatterns.com 11. Place the larger piece of fabric face down on the insert aligning one of the 13” wide ends with the other side of the insert and piping. Stitch in place following stitching on the back of the insert from the piping. Trim seam, and finish.

12. Hem short ends of pillowcase by turning under ¼” and then turn under 1”. Press. Topstitch hem in place.

13. Fold hemmed edges toward the middle of the fabric with right sides together. Overlap the hemmed edges until finished length is 16”. Press.

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Fabric Lap 14. Stitch long edges of pillowcase together using 1/4” seams. Serge or zig zag to finish seams. Turn right side out, and press.

Adaptation of the original design by, Cathy Jones and Karen Gooch

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