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Plans For Tomorrow's DIY Dress: How to turn bolster cases into dresses and pillowcases

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  I have been saving bolster cases for years. Not that I don't have bolsters. I have several. Some of the covers match nothing else. One of them matches a set of bedding. Two bolster cases match each other.  I was looking for a pillow case when I pulled out the bolster cases. I thought, that's one is pretty. Could I make a dress? I didn't have enough material. I would have to use another bolster as the dress back. I needed a second bolster cover in a similar fabric strength and sheen to the first. It must have similar colours, if not a similar pattern. I made up three matching sets from six bolster covers. But would I ever need those bolster covers? Maybe. I ought to change the bolster case patterns every month. Instead I left them neatly folded, not wanting to spoil them by using them.  Yes, I needed spare bolster cases. But I might die before I ever used them.   Tim's Father's Unworn New Shirts A friend of mine, 'Tim', told me that after his father died, T...