Tuesday, April 26, 2011

How To: Sew a Zipper

I have made MANY pillow covers over the
past few years. For myself, friends, design clients,
and for my shop on Etsy.
I just recently decided I wanted to learn how to
sew zippers into my pillow covers rather than
doing an "envelope closure."
All it took was a trip over to YouTube
to find out how.

I watched this VIDEO
and found the zipper foot that came with my
sewing machine, and that's it!
A few practice zippers later, I now know how
to sew in a zipper.
And guess what... It's easy!
Here is one of my finished pillow covers:
and the zipper closure:
If there is anything out there you have been
wanting to learn more about check out YouTube
or other blogs or tutorials. It's so much easier
than teaching yourself!

And check out my Etsy shop if you're in the
market for new pillow covers!
And use coupon code "springsale" to get 20%
your order!

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