Someone I know will be teaching a child how to sew and a pillow case was the obvious first project. Two rectangles sewn together with a basic hem. Google didn't come up with anything simple or useful enough, so I looked at an acceptable existing one and after a few measurements came up with the instructions to duplicate it.
You'll need a 40" x 20" piece and a 32" x 20" piece. They don't have to be the same.
On one smaller edge (one 20" edge) of each piece, press ½" to the right side twice for the hem and stitch it.
Put the longer piece right side up and the shorter piece right side down on top, lining up the raw and of the shorter (20") edges.
Fold the extension of the bottom piece over the other so that the fold is as aligned as possible to the hem of the shorter piece.
Pin, stitch (½" seam allowance) and overlock (serge) the three edges. If your overlocker has four threads, you can skip the stitching. My overlockers are always older (as you'd expect) and are always the three thread variety.
Turn the right way and press.
After cutting, constructing this should take less than ten minutes per case.
I went with pure cotton, because it's incredibly easy to manage for a first project.
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| I made a pair. Shorter side is blue shirt fabric. |
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