Last summer I bought 3 floor pillows and the fabric to make covers for them at Ikea. About 6 months ago, I bought three home dec zippers for this project . . . well, I finally got around to making them. I’m such a procrastinator when it comes to home dec. I made all three in a single afternoon using my Kenmore 52, which I hadn’t used in a while. No pattern necessary–I just wrapped the fabric around and saw that I could use the entire width, minus selvage, and I estimated how much length I’d need and then ripped. I “fit as I sewed” the pillow cover–I’d try the cover on after each seam to determine where the next seam should go, then I marked and sewed. For two of the pillows, I sewed the zipper on last, but I tried it first for the third pillow cover; I didn’t think either of the methods was really better than the other. I like the zipper foot I got with the Kenmore (I got a box of feet along with it, which I think were made by Pfaff, but work just fine,) Now each kid will have a floor pillow and, hopefully, when we have family movie night, we no longer will be all squished together on the couch.
