Zippered Pillowcase Tutorial

With a normal stitch length stitch down the length of your zipper.

Zippered pillowcase tutorial. As you can see for the front zippered portion of the pillow you simply cut the pillow in half in any ratio you desire 6 and 6 8 and 4 7 and 5 and then add 5 8 to the cut side or the shorter measurement. It s easier than you think. Pillow insert this tutorial will use an 18 square pillow insert. Raise the presser foot and unzip the zipper past the foot.

Easy tutorial for beginners to learn how to make a zippered pillow cover. Stop sewing with the needle down in the fabric. For this you need the pillowcase fabric and a long zipper ordinary. And that s when i decided to make some cool zippered pillow covers.

We ll walk through two different methods. And then you ll be adding zippers to all your proj. I am a huge fan of indigo and mud cloth lately and while i was browsing etsy and instagram i found a fantastic textile retailer morrissey fabric. For example if you want to divide your 12 pillow piece into 8 and 4 inches cut your pieces to 8 5 8 x 12 and 4 5 8 x 12.

You can easily make a zippered back for any size pillow. Ever wondered how to sew a zipper. See below for more great quilt pattern options. Add 1 to this measurement so 10.

So 18 2 9. It s easier than you think. Lower the presser foot. Quilt pattern the modern fans pattern available aug.

Pin the zipper in place all the way down the length of the zipper ensuring the coils stay along that crease line. Take your pillow dimensions and divide by 2. And today i am showing you a quick tutorial on how to make an easy zippered pillow cover. Place your invisible zipper foot onto your machine and then place the coils under the left side groove.

Fabric enough to make both the pieced pillow top and 1 piece large enough to cover the back of the pillow form. My pillow backing piece is 19 square. In fact in an effort to avoid installing a zipper i used hem tape on the first pillows i ever made which didn t last and they sat on my. Easy tutorial for beginners to learn how to make a zippered pillow cover.

Pillowcase with zippered opening this pillowcase keeps everything neatly inside secured with a zippered opening. Here is how to size it to your specific pillow today s tutorial assumes an 18 x 18 pillow form. And i ll show you. 30 is used in this sample project.