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Last week, 
I have many old T-shirts, just sitting around, not doing anything because they either have holes, the neckline is gone, the T-shirt has shrunk (but rather, I have grown 😆) or for one reason or another. But among these T-shirts, I have some that I really, really like because they hold very sweet memories or I like the design on the T-shirt and these are T-shirts I would never, ever throw them away.
This particular T-shirt was one of the first gifts my brother bought for me, many, many years ago which I cherish very much and he got it for me because of this 😄:
Though, I don't think he got it because I am a good girl, maybe hoping that I would be one 😂.
But I have since outgrown it and can no longer fit into it. The neckline has also gone out of shape and there are spots at some places too.
At the same time, I have a little pillow that needed a new case, so that I can wash one and use the other. And both of these fit pretty nicely together.
So, here are the steps:
(You can probably complete this within 30 minutes or less, it is really that easy ) 😊
(1) Roughly "measure" the pillow and the T-shirt by placing the pillow over the T-shirt.
(2) Make sure there is enough T-shirt to cover the pillow.
(3) To make the "envelope", you will need enough height to fold over the pillow. In this case, we will use the back neckline as the fold.
(4) Cut along the sides of the T-shirt, leaving about 1 inch for seam allowance (but we will just sew about 1cm from the edge).
(5) The cut piece. We will use the back of the T-shirt to "envelope" over the front of the T-shirt (that says Good Girl).
After sewing the pillowcase right sides facing, when we turn the pillowcase over, the "envelope" will be the "inserted" part of the pillowcase with Good Girl visible.
A pillowcase should fit snugly and if your T-shirt has a stretchy material, you can fit them just right.
(6) Use the ruler to draw out any odd looking sides.
(7) Trim off the excess and odd looking sides.
(8), (9) Hem the Good Girl edge.
T-shirts usually do not require hemming because the material does not fray but hemming the "Good Girl" edge is to give it structure, else the edge would be very flimsy.
(10) I chose to leave the back neckline intact because I need the length to fold the "envelope" and when I do that, I do not need to hem that edge 😁.
(11) "Measure" the pillow by placing it over the cut T-shirt, to make sure it would fit.
(12) Sew along the lines.
(13) Turn the pillowcase inside out.
(14) Press out the corners.
(15) Insert the pillow to check that it fits.
(16), (17), (18) Hey it fits! 😁
(19), (20), (21) You can add buttons. Here, I use the plastic snap buttons with the help of the Dritz Plastic Snap Fasterner Plier.
I love sewing tools and gadgets and if I can afford it, I will usually get them for the fun of it although some, I use them very rarely 😅.
TA-DA!! Completed!! 😉 Yay!
