How to Sew a DIY Mountain Pillow With a Zipper

by Crafty Lumberjacks

The hills are alive with the sound of music! Mountain pillows have been on our craft to-do list for the longest time and they are truly one of our favorite things!

We recently got a new sewing machine and we knew pillows would be a great first project! With a few simple cuts and stitches, these mountain pillows are great for moderate beginners!

Follow along with the step-by-step or scroll down to the end of the post for a video tutorial!


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What You’ll Need

  • Sewing Machine

  • Fabric (Small pillow-16’’x20’’, Large 24’’x28’’)

  • White Felt

  • Fabric Scissors

  • Corresponding Thread

  • Iron

  • Sewing Pins

  • Zippers

  • Seam Ripper

  • Pillow Stuffing


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How To

Cut and Prep Materials

  • Cut and iron 2 pieces of fabric into equal sizes so that the two sides match up once they are sewn together. 

  • Cut jagged edges for the snow our of the felt. 

Sew on Snow 

  • Pin felt to the top of a triangle and sew the bottom with white thread about ⅛ inch from the felt edge. Repeat and sew on other fabric. 

Prep Zipper Closure

  • Pin bottom sides together with the back of the mountain to the front.

  • Switch out thread in machine to match pillow.

  • Center the zipper along the bottom of the pillow and make a mark just outside the metal stopper on the pull and on the opposite end. 

  • Straight stitch ½ from the bottom edge of the mountain and sew until you get to the first mark and finish with a backstitch.

  • Change the setting on your machine and sew with a basting stitch or the longest stitch available until the second mark.

  • Change the stitch, backstitch and sew until the end of the opposite corner of the pillow.

Add Zipper Closure

  • Change to zipper foot on the machine. 

  • Press the seam open with an iron and lay the zipper, pull side down, with the teeth right in the seem and pin into place leaving the zipper totally shut.

  • Sew down one side of it until you’re a couple inches from the zipper pull, backstitching at the start.

  • Stop sewing with the needle down in the fabric. Raise the presser foot and unzip the zipper past the foot. Lower the presser foot.

  • Continue sewing until you hit the line you sewed across the end of the zipper and backstitch again.

  • Close the zipper again.

  • Backstitch and then sew down the other side until you can’t really go any further due to the zipper pull. Backstitch.

  • Remove the fabric from the machine and careful rip with seam ripper revealing the zipper.

Finish

  • Pin right sides together with the back of the mountain to the front.

  • Stitch remaining sides around the mountain with ½ inch seam allowance.

  • Cut corners and trim seam allowance.

  • Turn pillow right-side out, using a sharp tool to push out the peak and corners nicely.

  • Fill with stuffing and get cozy!

Not bad for our first go with our new sewing machine!


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