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- Becky Striepe
- January 29, 2013
- 5:05 pm
- 298 comments
Confession: I love crafting with vintage pillowcases! A pillowcase provides the perfect amount of fabric for so many projects, and when you’re cutting into a pillowcase, you don’t have to wrangle yards and yards of fabric.
My favorite pillowcase crafts work with the design of the pillowcase. You’ve got that wide seam around the opening and all of the sturdy, serged side seams, and often instead of cutting apart the whole pillowcase, you can make those already-stitched parts work for you. You’ll see some of this in the selected projects on the next few pages.
If you don’t have vintage or otherwise reclaimed pillowcases in your crafty stash, check the thrift store or yard sales. You’re sure to run across some cute ones! Remember: it’s only upcycling if your materials are second hand or landfill-bound, so a pillowcase you find on sale at Walmart might be cute and work well for these projects, but using a new pillowcase in your craft project isn’t upcycling.
Once you have your pillowcase and are ready to sew, check out these pillowcase craft ideas!
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Becky Striepe
Becky Striepe is a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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Very good ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Interesting ideas if you're crafty.
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I never thought of a lot of these.
I used to use pillowcases to hold candy for trick-or-treating on Halloween.
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All of these use just one pillowcase, but if you have several, you can make a pretty, colorful comforter. Just stuff each case lightly with polyfill and stitch them all together. Use as many as it takes to make the size spread you need.
Two cases opened out on top and one side (hem the cut sides and run the curtain rod through the wide hem) serve as short curtains for a kitchen or bathroom window. Use a matching bit of ribbon for tiebacks.
Make a small pet bed or bed cover. For the bed, just stuff with a piece of foam and add a zipper on the end to remove for washing. Or stitch the end shut and use a second pillowcase over it as an easy-off cover. You can fit one of these into an old suitcase for a fantastic cat or small dog travel bed -- with room to spare for toys and bowls.
Use assorted old pillowcases to cover large serving dishes or small tools/appliances like vacuum cleaner or sewing machine to keep them dust free when you aren't using them. They work well as dust covers or dress-ups for slim, straight-backed chairs too. (And you can make a matching seat cushion from a second one, cut down and stuffed. Tie it on with matching ribbons.)
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