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1. First piece: cut 9-1/2” by width of fabric (WOF) --- lay right side up (contrasting fabric)*

2. Second piece: cut 27” by WOF --- lay right side down

3. Pin these two together along the top going the WOF

4. Now take the bottom edge of the 27” piece and sort of roll it up to fit in the space between the top edge and bottom edge of the 9-1/2” piece, make sure it is all encased in that 9-1/2” space.

5. Now take the bottom edge of the 9-1/2” piece and pull it up to the edges you have pinned and re-pin them. This makes a tube with the 27” piece tucked inside.

6. Stitch a ¼” seam along the pinned edge.

7. Reach inside the tube and pull the 27” piece out.

You should have a completed piece with the casing all encased. With wrong sides together stitch a ¼” seam along the side and bottom, turn case inside out and stitch a 3/8 to ½” seam encasing the ¼” seam. This is called a French Seam. You will have no raw edges.

*If you want to you can add a contrasting piece (a narrow band), to do this you would lay the 9-1/2” piece right side up, iron wrong sides together a 2-1/2” strip by WOF. Pin that to the top edge of the 9-1/2” piece and continue as above. If all the widths are not the same, trim them so they are.