sunday stitch vol. 16 - invisible zipper pillows

Even though I've been sewing since I was about eight years old, I have a bit of an irrational fear of zippers. Thankfully my friend and former neighbor Nicole taught me how to sew with zippers a couple of months back when we made this zipper pouch.

When my friend/boss asked me to make a couple of pillows for her daughter's room I decided to go for it. Perfect time to test out this new skill. And she bought enough fabric that if I totally screwed it up I would have enough backup to make more pillows and she'd be none the wiser.

I love it when the odds are stacked in my favor.

The fabric was sourced from Mood in NYC. Unfortunately, Tim Gunn was not spotted. 

I used this tutorial. Very easy to follow. Very professional looking results. Both pillows were done in about an hour. That even includes the time where I finished the first pillow, realized too late that both pillow inserts were NOT in fact 18", but were actually 18" and 16", and cut the larger cushion down by 2". 

"Make it work, designer."

Thank goodness I made it larger than necessary and not smaller. Two minutes with my rotary cutter, another spin around the sewing machine, and the problem was solved.

Henry thought they were for him. Sorry, dude. Maybe you'll get some of your own now that I'm officially over my zipper phobia.

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