DIY Throw Pillows with an invisible zipper: BEGINNER-FRIENDLY!

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Invisible zippers are SO MUCH BETTER than regular zippers when you're sewing cushion covers and throw pillows! Easy tutorial, whether you're an intermediate or beginning sewer!
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@victorialopez526 4 ай бұрын

This is the BEST Tutorial on how to insert an invisible zipper❤ Thank You!

@snyyng Жыл бұрын

Best pillow cover tutorial ever! Sending it to a niece now!

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you so much!

@gracie2375 Жыл бұрын

I just found this channel and I’m over the moon happy. My mom was a seamstress and I was the gofer and learned a ton. Haven’t done in decades but I think I found my retired hobby!!!! Your manner is so refreshing! Your speech is clear without the annoying millenials rise of speech at the end of each sentence. Drives me batty. You also don’t beg for likes and views. Yeah! This channel will have a million subscribers I bet.

@thewickedone9593 6 ай бұрын

Omg, that rise of speech! I call it the sing song sentences and I can’t stand it either

@racheljensen4423 18 күн бұрын

Thank you! Took me about 3 hours to do my first one but now I feel good about being able to do more and more quickly ❤🎉

@deniseview4253 Ай бұрын

Thank you for showing how to do a hidden zipper. The covers are so pretty.

@tarenwilhelm3930 Жыл бұрын

BEST and EASIEST video to follow for pillows with invisible zippers! I’ve watched at least 10+ other videos prior to watching this one because the task felt so daunting, and I didn’t want to risk messing up my only pieces left of the fabric to make a zippered pillowcase. From the clear instructions to the tips and tricks to the reasons behind certain actions, I now feel ready and confident to make mine. Thank you so much for sharing this video!

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! That's so great to hear. I hope your pillows turn out great!

@Julie-vq6yb Жыл бұрын

Best video I've seen on invisible zippers. The camera showed all the details and so very well explained. Thank you!

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Julie! That's great feedback!

@islandquilter Жыл бұрын

Best invisible zipper tutorial I’ve seen ❤ Thank you!

@maryjanegibson7743 Ай бұрын

This is a great idea. I hadn't throught about making my own zippered pillow covers before, but now I know that it's a possibility. Not sure why I'd never thought about making one before. By the way, viewers should take the warning seriously about keeping your finger away from the needle. I have more than once put a needle right through my finger, and the panic it caused always meant that I had to have someone else help me get my finer free (my mother in one instance, and my poor husband the other time; my mother had seen this before but he hadn't and was appalled that it could happen).

@KimKollar-rq1hi Ай бұрын

Great detailed video! Thank you for the specific tips throughout the project. They are very helpful.

@jillfranxman8961 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! So thorough and easy to follow. I did it on my first try, very excited with the results! The biggest challenge I had was trying to "unroll" the zipper tape as I fed it through the invisible zipper foot; I just didn't have enough fingers to hold everything! I ended up using the regular zipper foot to first "baste" the zipper into the fabric and then came back with the invisible zipper foot and was better able to manage the unrolling since the zipper was secured to the fabric already. Thank you again, so glad I found your video.

@Linda-cr8fx 2 жыл бұрын

Catherine, Thank you for the invisible zipper video! It was very helpful and easy to follow.👍🏻🙂

@CatherineSews 2 жыл бұрын

Don't invisible zippers make the nicest cushion covers!? Thanks so much for watching and leaving a nice comment.

@cinziabeley7059 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, easy to follow instructions, thank you!

@barbaragross8046 5 ай бұрын

the clearest instruction ! Thank you!

@annemiller1855 10 ай бұрын

Very good tips sewing the pillows. Love it!

@lafcustomdesigns 8 ай бұрын

Your instructions were fabulous! I use zipper tape and hand quilted fleece for my pillow cover to match a fleece quilt I will be making tomorrow. So excited to have a cuddly set. ❤ Thank you, Catherine.

@SlowSewingMama Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. My mom also asked me to make some pillow covers. This will be my first time installing a zipper. Thank you!

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Good luck with it! It shouldn't be too difficult for you!

@adanna7221 10 ай бұрын

Wish I had seen this before I started. Made it look so easy👍💜

@racheljensen4423 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm excited to make my first pillows!

@lucilledaub5991 Жыл бұрын

Great pillows

@olhalysenko7050 9 ай бұрын

Best tutorial ever! Btw also thank you for your sense of humour 😄

@shellytretsven7565 6 ай бұрын

Catherine, first time watching one of your videos, Well Done! Good pace, lots of helpful content and great video taping!! thank you! 'tis the season in Minnesota to sew!!

@user-ft7ry7xy5z Жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining how to sew an invisible zipper! One quick question…. What happens to the end of the zipper that is longer than the fabric? Do you clip it off or hide it inside the pillow?

@Haberdasherheather 4 ай бұрын

Great job! I would like to learn how to add piping with the zipper 💚

@gbarnett9470 Жыл бұрын

Thanks I have zipper-phobia. I will try with a holiday pillow cover with less commitment than decor fabric. I will start with pillow cover and then go on to a dress zipper.

@sarahferrell5458 Жыл бұрын

I’m going to start callling my mom ‘dear old’ and blame you. Lol hey, when you’re 84, ya gotta expect it at some point! If I tell it right, she’ll get. A kick out of it. Stay sweet! 😻

@suzanneelahieedwards5484 6 ай бұрын

Iron the seams open before turning it to the right side.

@bree6719 9 ай бұрын

I found with the second side when I pinned, then sewed I still had too much movement and the zip was not lined up together. I just pinned the start, and used the invisible zipper foot opposite side and had no slipping of my zipper.

@theninjakid10 7 ай бұрын

Great video, but a couple of questions please… 1) I see the dog ears, so how would you avoid that? 2) if zipper isn’t long enough to go off the edge, how would you sew close enough to zipper pull so the zipper tape doesn’t show at that spot? Thank you 😊

@caroleferguson7771 Жыл бұрын

Good video

@brendamoore1190 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@elaine58100 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I also love a piped cushion. Would adding piping be easy to do as well as inserting an invisible zipper?

@Alexandra-ks7cb 6 ай бұрын

ok, you don't add a seam allowance but you are still sewing into the fabric. What size seam are you going with? 1/2 or 1/4? Thanks very much!

@yoursewingteacher1729 3 жыл бұрын

Catherine: “is it a regular or invisible zipper? Student: “Well… I can see it” Viewer: hahahahaha. Lol 😂🤣

@CatherineSews 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, ya, I always think we should keep a record of the cute and funny things our students say! That was a good one.

@Pepsi_Please 2 ай бұрын

Hi Catherine. What a great video. I'm a not so young beginner 😂 Q: I don't know the terminology. For decor pillow covers. At the zip closed end, Is there a trick to make the zipper keep going a little past where the seam begins to hide the tab? Am I making any sense?😂 Maybe you have a separate video for this?

@CatherineSews 2 ай бұрын

So sorry, I wish I knew what you meant! You can wrap a tab of fabric around the closed end of the zipper to conceal it. Is that what you mean?

@cm4107 Жыл бұрын

Can you back tack at the corners to give a little stability? My pillows get blow outs at the corners sometimes.

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Yes, you sure could!

@leahmccool4101 Жыл бұрын

Question: how much larger should the fabric be than the pillow insert? BY far your video is the best I've seen on how to insert an invisible zipper but none mention how much larger the pillowcase should be.

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! At 2:44 I mention that you'll cut the fabric the same size as the pillow form.

@Maplecook 3 жыл бұрын

Catherine!!!! =)

@CatherineSews 3 жыл бұрын

My friend, Maplecook!!

@sisterSarah364 3 ай бұрын

👍🏾🤗🌿🍀🌱

@dianekeitges209 Жыл бұрын

Having trouble with your videos to get them to run, they stop after just a few seconds

@CatherineSews Жыл бұрын

Sorry you're having trouble! I just watched half of this one and it played fine. Hopefully the problem cleared up at your end?

@DipsyDoodleDaisy 5 ай бұрын

Background music 😭

@lilian2164 Жыл бұрын

Too much verbage..

@thewickedone9593 6 ай бұрын

Verbiage ?

@caittoenjes 6 ай бұрын

Hi Catherine, Thanks for the helpful video! Great quality tutorial. Quick question- what do you do with the extra zipper hanging out, should you cut it off or leave it because it'll be hidden on the inside? Thanks! @user-ft7ry7xy5z had the same question