Make the pillows of the same material as you used for the mattress. These will need to be each about three inches wide, and a little longer than half the width of the bed. For each pillow cut two pieces of material exactly the same size. Run the two pieces together round three of the edges on the wrong side, then turn on to the right side, stuff the pillows with wool or small pieces of rag, and oversew the edges of the fourth side together.
ONE OF THE PILLOWS.
The Pillow-Cases.
Make the pillow-cases in the same way as the pillows but a little larger, and hem round one end so that you can slip the pillow in. Sew two pieces of very narrow tape to each side of the open end, and tie the pillow into the case.
One of the pillow-cases has a frill round. To make this, cut out a narrow piece of linen, hem one side of it, and work a simple crochet edge on to this. Or you can use Cash’s Frillings for this, which are made to draw up easily into frills.
THE PLAIN PILLOW CASE.
When the frill is ready to sew on, roll the edge of the other side of frill between your finger and thumb and sew over the roll, as shown in the little illustration. Use a coarser thread for this, working from right to left, pulling the thread to gather the frill as you are working it. This is called whipping, and is really very much the same as oversewing, only the stitches are taken right over the hem. Cash’s Frilling needs no whipping.
Oversew the frill around the edge of the pillow-case.