On the edge
I love to sew, and I love to crochet. So what better than to combine the two loves and make pillowcases with crocheted edging?
I followed the On The Edge Pillowcase Crochet Along tutorial from You Go Girl. It’s a great tutorial with clear explanations, and was lots of fun. It took me forever to blanket stitch around the edge of the pillowcases in preparation for the crocheted edging – much longer than actually crocheting the edging and possibly longer than it took to assemble the pillowcases in the first place!
I made two pillowcases, one for each girl. Identical, so that there was no excuse for argument. The fabric is from Spotlight and the yarn is 8 ply cotton from Bendigo Woollen Mills.
These were fun to make, and you could really go wild with fabric choices and edging colours and patterns. Highly recommended!
Very noice!!!!
scrumptious ! really bright and fresh !
These are really pretty! I think you have inspired me to try and make some myself.
These are superb!
How beautiful! I’d love to sleep on one of those.
Absolutely delicious! I really love the floral. I’ve not seen that print at spotters before….. I’m impressed. I thought you were going to say it was a english print or something equally as expensive!
I’ve always wondered HOW you get the crochet hook through 2 layers of fabric? Some serious stabbing going on or what?
These are so beautiful!
Now if only I could crochet.
I LOVE these Lara. I’ve been admiring them elsewhere as well. And I really like the fabrics you’ve chosen for the pillowcases, but at the moment I’m a sucker for anything repro floral. Well, a sucker for looking at them, anyway!
How beautiful! It would be the perfect pillow for my twisted hexagon quilt. The crochet edge is a great idea!
I love these!
Great pillows I love the crocheting
Oh, yours are lovely too. I think this is the project I needed to ease me back into crochet. Now if only I didn’t have pressing deadlines…
Love them, they are great!
They are so nice and summery. Your girls will love them.
I so love these. Beautiful!
Yours turned out so nice! I just ordered supplies to make mine and can’t wait to start. Thanks for sharing!
I just gifted a pillow case! This would have been a really nice touch! How about edging the bottom of pj pant legs to match! I think yours turned out too too pretty too!
What yarn did you use for the edging? They look great!
They look really lovely and fresh. Nice job Lara.
oooh!! I absolutely LOVE these Lara! I’ve blanket stitched so I could knit onto fabrics before, so I share your pain!
Lx
These look gorgeous Tara. I really need to try this.
These are just beautiful!
Would you believe my blog reader had a malfunction and deleted my subscription to your blog. For weeks I’ve wondered why you aren’t posting! All fixed now!
🙂
These just say “comfy” to me. A bit of old time charm in a modern world.
Jana