The longer the strips the better to avoid joins.

How to sew a cushion with piping and zip. Open the zip and sew the other side of it to the edge of the second large square of cushion fabric. Pin the piping on top of the fabric. To get a neat finish to your piping cord, fold the empty end of the piping cord over the other end, hiding all raw edges.

On the wrong side of the back pieces press over the inner edges by ¼ inch (6mm). Put a pin in the bottom right side of. Place the zip face down on the opening (zip.

On the base edge, near the channeling, sew a straight 2 inch crease on the two sides to make the zip opening. Place the zip, face down on the right side of the cushion cover along the lower edge, using the piping. Making a piped cushion with zip does sound hard, but i promise you it’s not.

Ensure your zip at least 4cm longer than the opening. Use your zipper foot to straight stitch around the edge of the piping. Mark and cut out 5cm wide strips at an angle 45 degrees across the fabric roll.

Lay the right sides of the pad boards together. It’s a terrible idea to try to make a cushion cover with zip and piping. Be sure the raw edge of your piping is.

Open out the joined panels and lay right side down. You’re wasting a lot of time and money, and you’ll end up. If foam, i would cut foam to 2 cm wider and longer than needed and make the cover to actual size plus the 2 cm seam.