The other day I showed you some of the fabulous new treasures I found for my summer decor. I love splashes of color and when you find pillows in the right fabric and the right color at 2 for $19.99, ( Home Goods ) well I can’t make them for that. However, one thing I really dislike is the fiber filling they stuff them so full of. This makes them really hard and not comfortable to snuggle to.
The orange geometric is the new one that I need to add a zipper to. I’ve already added one to the floral one.
You all asked for a more detailed post on adding the zipper, so I thought I would give you one as I redo the orange geometric.
You can see where they sewed the bottom together after all the stuffing was added. You just need to snip all that stitching and open it up.
This is what you will find. Tons of green poly fiberfill. Stuffed really, really full.
A whole tall kitchen garbage bag full out of one 18 x 18 pillow. No wonder that thing was so hard.
Now you can clearly see both seam allowances. Turn the pillow inside out and sew the zipper close to one seam allowance fold, then unzip the zipper and sew the other side the same way.
Turn the pillow right side out and you are done. This is really so easy.
There you have it, a zipper enclosure so now we can insert a down feather pillow insert and it will be so comfy to snuggle up to.
See how nice it looks with the feather insert and you can even do a karate chop if you want.
Now I just need to get it all put together for a new summer look.
