I had a request to make four 36" x pillowcases in beige. Well let me tell you, it sounds easier than it was! It wasn't the actual making of the pillowcases that was hard, it was the search for enough of the same shade of fabric to make 4. The large odd size was complicated by the 44" standard width of fabric for cotton fabrics. It meant purchasing more fabric than necessary since outside of the cuff on top you really can't piece a pillowcase. So finding over 7 yards of a nice beige fabric on a bolt wasn't easy. Most beiges, tans, ecrus, etc. get used as backgrounds so most people buy larger cuts of those fabrics which meant finding a bolt with 7 plus yards left became a mission.
Since I work in a quilt shop luckily some beiges came in by UPS on a day I was working. I entered the bolts into our computer system and quickly purchased the amount I needed before the fabric could hit the shelves. I felt lucky to be in the right place at the right time. So I quickly made all four pillowcases and got them delivered just a few days before my knee replacement surgery. It felt good to get that off my list of things to do before I'm out of commission for a while.
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