How to Sew a Zipper Pillow & Material List

Please review the simple video I posted on February 21 on "How To" make your pillow with zipper:


Materials

• 18 x 18 pillow insert (Ikea has there and they are priced for a budget and are really nice).
• 1 yard of fabric
• 18 inch zipper (I was only able to find an 18 inch zipper at Joannes and Walmart if you can find a 16 or 17 inch even better. We can cut them down in class as the tutorial below does)
• matching thread

Important: Please thread your bobbins at home if at all possible! Use your manual to figure it out. Most machines have instructions right on them to guide you. If you do not know how to do this, please ask me and I will show you. Take notes so you can refer to them later. :-)


Click the title "How to Sew a Zipper Pillow" for step-by-step instructions on how to make this pillow.
This variation includes making a basting stitch with your machine for where the opening for zipper goes in the pillow. This is ripped out with the seam-ripper once once the zipper is sewed in. 



How to Sew a Zipper Pillow (<-- click)

We are not making cording for this first pillow, Abby had brought some in so the post below is for her and her second pillow.  Maybe someone else would like to try this as well for a second perhaps matching pillow?


*This shows the cording and how to put in the zipper with it. Not hard, but even the pros complain about zippers:


Click on the title below:

How To Make Pillows With A Trim Edge & Zipper Closure  (<-- click)

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