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We're all measured and cut, so now it's time to finish off our raw edges. Before we get
to that we want to make sure to iron out this crease in the middle of our fabric. So just
a little steam pressing with an iron at home. Super easy to do. Okay. We're all pressed,
and what we want to do now is finish off these two raw edges.
We'll simply turn our fabric. All we're going to do is fold over this edge about an inch
and a half or so, and then we're going to use heat bond. One thing to note about the
heat bond is that you really don't want to over press it. If you over press it, it loses
its tackiness, so be careful about that.
You can just eyeball and see that it goes all the way across the width here. We'll cut
that off. And the first step is to iron this in place.
You can see it really does not take that much ironing for it to adhere. After you have it
laid down and ironed, you want to go ahead and peel away the paper backing. And then
you're going to fold over the raw edge and press in place.
Now if you've cut this on these edges and it's not perfectly straight, it's okay. You
can actually see here where it's a little wavy, and that's okay because once we fold
it and finish this edge, it is straight. And that is going to make a very nice clean opening
on your pillow.
So we're just going to repeat that process on the other side. Go ahead and cut the pieces
heat bond that is the width of your pillowcase.
Get your iron out and just give it a really quick press. Okay. Once it's on, just go ahead
and remove the paper backing. It's kind of hard while you're working with a piece of
fabric like this. If you fold this over you'll notice it'll just flop right back. Don't worry
about that. Start at one side and get that in place. Iron that down. And now you've got
an anchor on which to fold the rest. Quick press.
Okay. And now we have our two raw edges of our pillow opening finished. Now let's move
on to making the sides.