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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Zippered Pillowcase Tutorial

As promised, here's the tutorial :)
(kindly let me now if you have problems with the instructions)


You will need:
- 3 pieces of fabrics, measurement as shown in picture
- a 20" zipper
- sewing tools of course

{ 1 }

First, iron your fabric to get any creases or wrinkles out.

Have the shortest edge of fabric A on the horizontal, wrong side up. Measure 1.5” and fold to make a hem. Press the hem.




{ 2 }


Line up the zipper teeth with the folded hem of fabric A (but not too close to the zipper teeth).

Pin them together.




{ 3 }

Using the zipper foot, top stitch the fabric.

{ 4 }

Line fabric B (wrong side up) with the zipper, leaving 1” gap between the fabric edge and zipper teeth.

{ 5 }

Pin them together and sew a straight stitch (again, not too close to the teeth). This will be a bit tricky as you can’t see the zipper.. so, you have to do it carefully.

{ 6 }

Okay, with both fabric A & B facing up, it will look like this.

{ 7 }

Now, we want to make a flap to cover the zipper.

Take about 0.5” of fabric B (starting from the seam made in step 6). Fold and place it on top of the zipper.

Now you see it, now you don't.


{ 8 }

We need to secure the flap by stitching a straight line along and halfway across the zipper (like a C shape).
So, it will stay folded. Otherwise, it won’t be able to hide the zipper properly (don’t believe me? you can skip this step :P).

**Make sure your zipper pull is within the stitching range before you sew.

The zipper is now hidden underneath the flap. Yeay.. you’re almost there..

{ 9 }

Open the zipper halfway. Place fabric (A+B) and fabric C right side together. Trim off any excess  and pin.

Stitch around the big square with 0.5” seam allowance.

**I did this part using my overlock machine.

{ 10 }

Trim/snip the corner. Turn the fabric right side out through the zipper opening. Push out the corner using a chopstick or brush tip.

Insert your pillow.

Ta-Da!! You did it! Give yourself a pat on the back :D

T.H.E   H.A.P.P.Y   F.A.C.E.S


The End
Happy Sewing!!

8 comments:

MamaDaniel said...

menarik & tertarik.. thanks for the tutorial..confirm refer kat sini bila nak try nanti.. :D

syaf said...

my pleasure :)
try tau nanti.. boleh buat utk cushion sofa juga.. sama teknik, ukuran je beza ;)

MyBotanG said...

very clever.. thank you for the tutorial..

syaf said...

douitashimashite :) hope you'll find this helpful

Yulie Elveera said...

tererrnyaaaa.. aku ni baju koyak pun tak berjahit sbb takde jarum kat umah.. hihihihi.. nk beli asyikk la lupa. kalau ko sebelah umah aku pass je lalu pagar :P
ps: keep ur passion alive bebeh!

syaf said...

yulie, ntah2 kalau ko dah ada jarum, lagi tere dari aku hehe

thank u for supporting.. i lap yah darling muah

Marie said...

nice fabric! the kids look sooo happy with their new pillowcase...;)
good sharing dear..

syaf said...

oh marie that's ikea's fabric.. they have few cartoon designs and cheap as well.. sukaaa :)