Point of View: Pillows {Caution A Head Pillowcase}

Supplies:

1. Cut a long rectangle of white fabric to fold and fit over the front and of back your pillow. I literally draped it around my pillow and left about and inch and a half on either side for roominess and seams and cut off the excess.

2. Cut two 1.5 inch wide strips of black material an inch longer than the length of the end of your pillowcase. You will fold these in half and iron flat for the pillowcase trim.

3. Cut two 3 inch wide strips of white material an inch longer than the length of the end of your pillowcase. You will fold these in half and iron flat to finish the pillowcase opening.

4. Cut a square out of the yellow and round the edges. You will turn it on point to make the diamond. Make it big enough to be 2 or three inches from the top and bottom edge of the pillowcase.

5. Layer the white and black pieces, folded white, folded black, then large white piece with the edge tucked and ironed under. Pin them together so that all pieces can be sewn in place with one seam. Do this on each side (back, front).

6. Sew layers together with black thread.

7. Lay the yellow diamond on the fabric interfacing and cut the interfacing to size. Follow the direction on the interfacing to attach the diamond to the pillowcase with your iron.

8. Stitch a straight line around each edge of the yellow diamond to secure and make it look more like a sign.

9. Find a font that looks like a street sign (I used Vrinda 100pt bolded) and size it to fit your diamond. Print a test sheet on normal paper. If it is the right size, cut your freezer paper to 8.5 x 11 and print on the matte side.

10. Tape freezer paper to a cutting board and cut out letters with an exacto knife. Be sure you keep the loose middle of the letters.

11. Now put the freezer paper in place on the yellow diamond and iron on. I used the cotton setting and ironed it without the letter middles first. Just press down and hold the iron in place for 15 seconds or so in each spot and lift to the next spot. Then, add in the middles and iron those in place. Don’t move the iron side to side, just press and lift or your middles could get misplaced.

12. Follow direction on the textile medium to make acrylic paint ready for fabric. Place a piece of cardboard behind stencil to block paint seepage.

13. Paint a light coat over each letter making sure you get to the edges.

14. I let the paint dry, but I would pull the stencil off while it is still wet. I did that on my test run and the edges were crisper. When I pulled it off when it was dry they were a little furry.