DIY His & Her’s Pillow Cases
(via a beautiful mess)
Supplies: Pillow cases, red and white cotton fabric, adhesive letters. You will also need to have scissors, sewing pins and a sewing machine!
1. First, cut a large heart out of the white fabric. Make sure it’s not bigger than your pillow case! We made our heart wider than normal because when the pillow is in the case it tends to make it bulge, making it look less wide.
2. Next, apply the adhesive letters. You can buy a pack of letters at your local craft store, or make your own out of contact paper!
3. Once you’ve applied the lettering, flip the heart over, facing down. Begin pinning large squares of the red fabric on the back. This will be the background of the lettering so be sure that all of the adhesive letters have fabric behind it.
4. Next, slowly stitch around all of the adhesive lettering, sewing together the red and white fabric.
5. Once you’ve sewn around all the lettering, remove the contact paper!
6. Next, you’ll slowly cut out each letter. Make sure you only cut through the top layer of fabric!
7. Lastly, cut the heart down the middle and sew it to the pillow case! We used a simple top stitch close to the edge of the fabric to prevent as much fray as possible.
Remember brides, your groom does not have to look exactly like all his groomsmen. In fact, him looking different is a good thing. I get many women where I work shopping with their grooms, and trying to buy all the same thing for all of them. While this is fine, mixing it up for the groom is also fun. Stay within the same theme, like all wearing suits, all wearing these colors, etc, but allow him to mix it up. Even little things can do, such as if they all wear light blue ties, have his be navy.
This can be especially helpful for guests who have not met the groom, as it makes it obvious who he is in the bridal party. If all the men are wearing black suits except for the one wearing grey, and he seems pretty important, you can bet on the fact that that is the groom.
I am not saying he shouldn’t match, because if that is what you want, by all means, go for it. But remember, this is your wedding day, so do what works and makes you happy!