DIY Zipper Pillow Covers! {First Post}

So, I thought my first post was going to be some kind of background story all about me, like a little "get to know me" post, but then I thought, who really cares about that? You came here to read about pillow covers, right? Thought so.  The "girl behind the blog" post can come later...maybe. You know, if I ever feel like writing it. 

About the pillow covers. I wanted to replace these two throw pillows on my bed, the little white ones with the black swirls. It was too much white. It needed a pop of color. (Yup. Totally using that phrase in my first post.)

Well actually, I only wanted to replace the covers, not the pillows themselves. The pillows were fine, I actually really like them. They're from Ikea. But pillow covers are really hard to find. So I decided to make my own. It's actually really easy to sew two squares of fabric together. I decided to be a little ambitious though, and added a zipper. Skipped right over that whole "envelope closure" thing. You can, too. I don't know why people are all scared of zippers...

Here's a link to the tutorial that I followed to make them. 

 → Sew a Pillow Cover with a Zipper!

 Each cover only cost me about $6 to make, including the zipper. I bought 2 yards of fabric at $4.99/yd and 2 zippers which were about $2 each. I also had a 15% coupon for Joann Fabrics.

 Here's my finished pillows!

 

 Some close ups of the zippers

Looks pretty fancy shmancy, right?!

 Anddd here's the bed with the new pillows on it!

I love them! Now I can change the look of the room whenever I want to just by sewing some new covers. Totally beats buying new pillows all the time! Give it a try and you may never buy a new throw pillow again! Or at least not for a while :) 

 Just a little side note: when the tutorial said to use a "zipper foot" I thought, what the heck is a zipper foot? I don't have that. So I sewed my first cover without using it, and it was pretty tough to sew close enough to the zipper.  For the second pillow I figured out that a zipper foot is a piece for the sewing machine that's meant to be used while sewing in zippers.

 

If you have one, use it. Makes it so much easier. 

Also, pick a zipper that's about two inches shorter than the length of your pillow cover. My pillow covers were 18 inches and I got a 14" zippers. I got the pillows in there but a 16" zipper would have been easier. 

Well, that's the end of my first post. I hope it was alright. If you're still reading, 

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Our pizza just got here, I'm gonna go eat now. Bye!