Friday 6 March 2015

A new pillow and a little tutorial for zippered closure

I made this pillow cover as a gift for a friend.

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He has two hobbies: photography and sport.

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I made a few designs and after a long pondering, I decided that this one is the winner.


Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com

I tried to make the pillow closer using the fastest method I knew. But necessarily with zipper.

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com

I liked how the things went, so I wrote this

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com



Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com

Place a fabric strip (wider with at least 2" than the zipper) onto the pillow back, right sides together. Pin them into position.
Decide the length of the pillow opening and draw a rectangle as long and 0.5" width. Draw also a central line like in the photo above.


Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com


Stitch only along the rectangle line and cut along the entire length of the central line through both layers of fabrics. Also cut along the V-shapes. Avoid cutting into stitching of the outer rectangle.

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com


Pull the strip fabric through the rectangular hole to the wrong side of the pillow back.

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com
 Press the strip flat and stitch the zip.

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com

 If you used a longer zipper, cut the excess (see the blue dotted line).

Pillow Cover Zippered Closure Tutorial-abeeautifulday.blogspot.com

Done!

Note
To prevent fraying you might add a simple zig-zag stitch on the strip edges before use it.

All is well when ends well, right?


Have a beautiful day, my dears!



1 comment:

  1. The pillow has all the clues for your friend, perfect! Thanks for the zipper tip, good to know!

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