Take One Pillowcase
Turn a pillowcase into a pretty laundry bag or garment cover you can make in minutes. All you need is a pillow case, a hanger and 5 feet of drawstring cord or clothesline.
Laundry Bag
Stitch a 1/2 in. channel around the inside edge of a pillowcase hem. From the outside, make a slit in one side seam line of the channel. Attach a safety pin or paper clip to one end of the drawstring cord and weave through the channel. Pull to gather. Knot each end and tie for hanging on a closet hook.
Garment Bag
Turn a pillowcase inside out. With the open edges at the bottom, center the hanger on top of the other end of the pillowcase with the hook end above the fabric as it will be when hanging. Fold each corner edge of the fabric down over the hanger to conform to its shape. Remove the hanger and press the fabric. Open the edges and stitch along the pressed lines. Cut away excess material 1/4 in. above the stitch line. Find the center of the top edge of the pillowcase (not the open end) and make a 1/2 in. slit across to insert the hanger. Fold the raw edges of the slit to the inside and press. Stitch across each folded edge. Turn the pillowcase right side out and press. Slip hanger inside and pull hook through opening.
Copyright Leslie Linsley, author
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