Directions for inserting zipper –<\/strong><\/p>\na. You will have two pieces of fabric, or in the case of the neckroll pillow, one piece of fabric. \u00a0Serge the two edges that you will be seaming together for the zipper. \u00a0This will keep the fabric from fraying when the zipper is opened and closed.<\/p>\n
b. \u00a0With right sides together, sew a \u00a0seam 3\/4″ away from the serged edges. \u00a0The first and last couple of inches of the seam will be sewn with a medium sized stitch, and the middle section will be a long stitch. \u00a0(These long stitches will be taken out later.)<\/p>\n
c. Your zipper length should be slightly larger than the zipper opening. \u00a0For instance, if the zipper opening needs to be 14″, then I would use a zipper that was 15″ or 16″ long.<\/p>\n
d. \u00a0Lay your zipper face side down and centered on the seam. \u00a0The top and bottom edges of the zipper should overlap slightly, 1\/2″ or so, into the medium seam stitching.<\/p>\n
e. \u00a0Using a zipper foot, start sewing to the left of the top of the zipper teeth. \u00a0Continue sewing down the left side of the zipper teeth.<\/p>\n
f. \u00a0At the bottom of the zipper, turn and sew across the bottom edge.<\/p>\n
g. \u00a0Turn again and sew up the other side of the zipper.<\/p>\n
h. \u00a0When you reach the top, turn again and sew across the top edge.<\/p>\n
i. \u00a0Take out the long stitches in your seam, so that the zipper can be opened and closed. \u00a0Remove any loose threads.<\/p>\n
Here's a photo of the front and back sides after the zipper has been sewn in.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n6. \u00a0Next we're going to work on the front of the pillow.<\/p>\n
To make the cording and apply it to the pillow front-<\/strong><\/p>\na. \u00a0Fold fabric so that selvage edge is lined up with the cut edge, with right sides together. \u00a0This will make a fold on the bias. \u00a0(If you can cut the cording strips on the bias, then the cording will stretch around the corners of the pillow better.)<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\nb. \u00a0Cut the folded edge open.<\/p>\n
c. \u00a0Cut strips of fabric that will go around you cording plus 1″ for the seam allowances. \u00a0For my 1\/4″ cording, I cut the strips at 1 5\/8″ wide.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\nd. \u00a0For the length of your cording strips, cut out enough strips to go around the outside edge of the pillow plus 5″ for extra. \u00a0For this pillow I needed about 85″ of cording.<\/p>\n
e. \u00a0Pin your strips of cording together – right sides together. \u00a0The strips will be at 90 degree angles from each other. \u00a0Sew the strips together using a 1\/4″ seam allowance.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\nf. \u00a0Wrap your long strip of cording fabric around the cording, and sew using a zipper foot. \u00a0Staying close to the cording.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\ng. \u00a0Sew the cording around the outside edge of the front of the pillow – \u00a0starting on the bottom edge of the pillow. \u00a0Clipping the cording at the corners.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\nh. \u00a0Join the ends of the cording together by clipping the cord on both ends so that it meets evenly. \u00a0Cut the fabric on one of the ends too. \u00a0On the other end, turn the fabric under and overlap the other end. \u00a0Sew the cording to the pillow fabric.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\n7. \u00a0Sew the front to the back, right sides together, using a 1\/2″ seam allowance. \u00a0Clip the corners and turn right side out.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n8. \u00a0Press seams.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n9. Cut both the batting and the lining at 20 1\/2″ wide x 16 1\/2″ long. \u00a0This is what you'll use to beef up the pillow so that the corners don't droop.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n10. Fold the batting in half and insert into the pillow cover.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n11. \u00a0Do the same for the lining. \u00a0Laying it on top of the batting.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\n12. \u00a0Close the zipper, and pin all layers of the pillow together in several places, to keep all of the layers from shifting.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n13. \u00a0Sew the flange stitch line 1 3\/4″ away from the outer edges of the pillow cover. \u00a0(The flange is 1 1\/2″ and adding in the 1\/4″ cording equals 1 3\/4″)<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n14. \u00a0Insert the pillow form into the cover, and close the zipper.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\nI hoped you've enjoyed this tutorial for how to make a flanged pillow. \u00a0Do you have a favorite type of pillow that you like to make?<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\nIf you like this style of flanged pillow, you'll like this flanged pillow with an overlay!<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\n \nWant to learn more about creating your own beautiful custom pillows and bedding? \u00a0Jann has a class on Craftsy to teach you just that. \u00a0You won't regret it – check out my review of the class here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi everyone! \u00a0I’m Jann from\u00a0Newton Custom Interiors. \u00a0I LOVE to make pillows, and today I’m excited to share with you how to make a flanged pillow. \u00a0This is a great pillow! \u00a0 The flange adds some interest to this type of pillow, and I love adding cording around the outside \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":20331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[73,64,87,88,4,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69896,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20316\/revisions\/69896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}