My New Obsession

I am obsessed! Something you need to know about me: I am freakish about my bedding. I spend more money on sheets and feather beds than I do on groceries and utilities. I change my sheets 2 or 3 times a week, I iron my bedding before I put it on my bed. Like I said, slightly freakish. A well dressed bed is like a little piece of heaven after a long day and it seems that lately all of my days are pretty long.

Sooooo, I recently made some pillowcases out of some Prince Charming Voile I had laying around, just to see what they would be like. OMG! Heaven! That’s what they are like! I slept on them last night for the first time and I will never go back to regular pillow cases again! I used a pattern, sort of, from allpeoplequilt.com. I altered it slightly to fit my specific pillows better. They 100% cotton and 100% magical. They are super silky and smooth and delicious. The cases themselves whip up in like 10 minutes. I can’t wait for my new voiles for spring market to come in so I can make like 1000 more. They are a great little luxurious gifts too. I have been making them for everyone I know and we all agree that they pretty much make the best pillowcases on earth. I just thought I would pass that along to y’all. Go make some! If you haven’t sewn with voile before it’s not too much different than sewing with regular quilting cotton. I didn’t change my foot or my needle. I had to fiddle with the tension on my machine a little bit but not too terribly much. It’s a finer cotton than regular quilting weight so it’s a teensy bit slippery but nothing to write home about. I pseudo-starch it a bit first (I use Best Press) and that takes all of the fuss out of it. It’s truly delightful, for real.

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