How to sew a zipper into a pillowcase?

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Sometimes, for some reason, housewives have to sew bed linen on their own. Perhaps the stores didn’t find the right size or color, or the sewing department liked a pretty fabric from which they wanted to sew a bed set or pillowcases for decorative pillows.

The most popular pillowcase model today is perhaps the one with a wrap. You can also find pillowcases with Velcro and buttons. A few years ago, pillowcases with buttons were popular, and in the old days there were pillowcases with ties. Progress is being made, and nowadays many women prefer zippered pillowcases, they are easy to put on and take off, even a child can handle them.

Sewing a simple rectangular model is easy, you just need to know how to sew a zipper into a pillowcase correctly.

Where to start sewing?

First of all, you should correctly calculate the required amount of fabric. When the fabric is purchased, you can start sewing pillowcases.

First you need to cut the fabric, not forgetting the allowances. Before sewing a zipper into a pillowcase, you need to decide where the lock will be. It can be located along the edge of the pillowcase in the side seam or at the bottom of the reverse side. The location of the lock in the side seam is the most popular method. With the help of tailor's chalk, it is necessary to outline the desired location of the zipper. Here it should be clarified that the fabric allowance for the zipper is 2-4 cm on both sides, depending on the type of lock - secret or regular.

Then you need to prepare the fabric. To do this, you can manually sew two halves of the fabric with large, long, not tight stitches, between which the lock will be located. You can sew this stitch with a sewing machine by selecting a wide stitch type such as zigzag. It is not necessary to tie a knot and tighten this seam tightly, since after attaching the zipper, the threads should be removed.

The next step is to sew in the zipper. There is nothing complicated about this, especially since modern sewing machines have a special foot for sewing in a lock. For those who first encountered a similar situation and do not know how to sew a zipper into a pillowcase, it will be useful to watch a video in which everything is simply and clearly described.

How can I sew a zipper without a special foot?

There is a way to save those who do not know how to sew a zipper into a pillowcase without a special foot. We act like this.

The lock needs to be unfastened. First, sew one part of the zipper to the fabric, then the second. This method is called suture.on distance. By the way, it is better to use it when the pillowcase has not yet been sewn, but is only at the cutting stage.

After the lock is in place, you can sew the pillowcase on the remaining sides and process the cuts with a suitable stitch or using an overlock.

How to sew a zipper into a store-bought pillowcase?

This method also has a place to be. Pillowcase from the store with a smell is perfect for transformation. But before sewing the zipper into the pillowcase, you need to make sure that the pillowcase is not too small, because the fabric will shrink somewhat due to the sewing of the lock.

So, if the pillowcase is perfect for the size of the pillow, you can not dissolve or cut anything. You just need to manually sweep the two edges of the pillowcase (or sew with a wide stitch on a sewing machine) and sew in a zipper.

If the pillowcase is smaller than the pillow, you can gently unfold the edge of the pillowcase, which creates a smell. Then process the edges and perform the same steps as described above, that is, sweep the edges and sew in the zipper.

Tricks of the trade

It is better to stab the zipper with special needles with a bead at the end, so as not to sew it on. This will help her not slip while sewing.

For an even and high-quality sewing, it is recommended to iron the seam after straightening the sides of the fabric.

Before sewing in the zipper, make sure that the lock is positioned correctly - face down.