Since 2012 was the year of the homemade Christmas gifts I made my nephew matching pillowcases for him and his dad. They are big University of Kentucky fans so I ordered UK fabric from Hancock fabrics online and used my (new) Silhouette to cut letters out of the fabric. To cut the fabric using the Silhouette, I first cut a 12 x 12 piece of fabric and 12 x 12 piece of double sided fusible interfacing that I got from Wal-mart. (I used this size to fit my cutting mat.) I ironed the interfacing to the underside of the fabric and placed on the cutting mat. Then, I cut the fabric with the Silhouette by picking the setting for fabric and changing my blade to what the design studio told me to-I think it was 8.
Once the machine had cut out the letters, I ironed them on to pillowcases that I had found at Dollar Tree for $1.00 each-I 'heart' the Dollar Tree. I then used Pellon fusible sheer weight interfacing on the inside of the pillow cases (cut to cover the letters on the reverse side of the pillow cases) before I stitched the letters. Being a new 'sewist' my stitching is crooked here and there but I think it turned out pretty good.
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