{"id":51310,"date":"2020-12-08T07:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=51310"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T21:00:04","slug":"back-of-the-pillow-zipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/back-of-the-pillow-zipper\/","title":{"rendered":"Back of the Pillow Zipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_51315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51315\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201130_180837_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51315\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201130_180837_wm-sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Zipper inserted in middle of the cushion back\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201130_180837_wm-sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201130_180837_wm-sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201130_180837_wm-sm.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zipper inserted in middle of the cushion back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/various-sundry-2020-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mentioned previously<\/a>, I found <a href=\"https:\/\/sotakhandmade.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/installing-zipper-closure-in-pillow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some directions for putting a zipper into the back of a pillow cover<\/a>. I tried the process and was really pleased with the outcome. It works really well!Not only were Sotak Handmade&#8217;s directions clear, but there was room for the maker to make the process his\/her own.<\/p>\n<p>I used a smaller zipper than my pillow back and added zipper tabs to make the zipper fit the back. This worked really well and I have nice stops on the back.<\/p>\n<p>I also like this technique, because the zipper is covered, which is something about which I have been wondering.<\/p>\n<p>I am so pleased with these directions and how they worked on my pillow cover. I plan to use them again for future pillows. They work so much better than the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/finished-teacher-pillows-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overlapping option<\/a>. Also, this technique is much easier than the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spoonflower.com\/2015\/07\/zipper-pillow-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spoonflower zipper in the seam<\/a> option. There are reasons for having a multiple options and I can see using the Spoonflower method when I have a great piece of fabric on the back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned previously, I found some directions for putting a zipper into the back of a pillow cover. I tried the process and was really pleased with the outcome. It works really well!Not only were Sotak Handmade&#8217;s directions clear, but there was room for the maker to make the process his\/her own. I used a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/back-of-the-pillow-zipper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Back of the Pillow Zipper&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[486],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-51310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51310"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51317,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51310\/revisions\/51317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}