I got it home, washed it and started researching tutorials. I needed double bias tape in ivory and some brown ribbon, so I stopped by Hobby Lobby for those.
Then, after Saturday Night Live, at midnight, inspiration hit and I decided to start the project. Right now morning-people are shocked and night-people know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. :)
I cut several inches off the top, to make it the right length.
Then I used a 4T tank top that I had bought for Hadley as a guide for the arm holes. I folded the pillow case in half vertically, so I only had to draw/cut once. You draw a J shape that is about 4.5in. long and 2.5in. wide.
Then I pinned and sewed the double bias tape on the edges of the arm holes. Then I went to bed.
The next day I made a casing in the top edges. I ironed approx. 1/4 in. down, then pinned and ironed 1in. down.
At that point I realized that even though I had washed it, it still had a musty, thrift store smell. NOT ok for a gift for Hadley. So I researched and tried soaking in in hot water and white vinegar, then letting it air dry outside. Still musty. Then I soaked it in the washing machine with hot water and Oxyclean for several hours. Then finished washing it with Tide. Fresh and clean!
Then I put a safety pin on the ribbon and scrunched it through both sides of the casing, because I like the look of one bow. (You can use two lengths of ribbon and tie them together on both shoulders.) I used a flame to seal the ends of the ribbon (you just get them near the fire, not in it.)
All finished!
I LOVE that on Saturday this was an old, musty pillowcase sitting in Goodwill and on Sunday, it was a beautiful, clean, new dress.
And Hadley, in her pink cowboy boots and new pillowcase dress, could not be any more adorable!!
