How to Sew, Apply, and Join Welt on a Pillow

[@hannaharoldwoodward6688]

This was a big help. Thanks! Look forward to more videos by you.

[@patstrawhouse4005]

Fabulous tips! I particularly appreciate the joining tip. As a quilter, I would likely experiment by using Acorn Precision glue to tack the matching pattern before sewing to see if that effectively works. Thank you, and stay well! Muskoka ON 🇨🇦

[@elmo1999elmo]

I actually went out and bought a welt/piping foot for my Jenome …. So glad I did, the finish is so much better than using the zipper foot. Thank you again …. Love it

[@edenfremgen7370]

I just started my business and these videos have helped me so much. Thank you.

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

You’re welcome! Empowering new entrepreneurs and sewists is my goal because I had to teach myself, which was hard!! Gotta pay it forward :)

[@elmo1999elmo]

Thank you, thank you ….. have just made my first ever piping/welting ….. oh so in love with how easy it is, and on the bias too. I am 74 years young, and am making my second ever quilt for my son, he asked if I could make pillow cases to match…..love the look of piping/welting, just finishes it all off ….. now to go and finish making the pillows and add the piping ….. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

I love this!! It’s never too late to learn something new :)

[@vegababes123]

Am so glad I found ur KZbin channel where I am learning a lot

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

I am glad too!

[@kathyj9788]

Excellent videos. Very clear instructions. Thank you!

[@badchick1299]

Thank you so much! This helped me so very much. You're the best

[@marilyn9501]

Great videos, I've learned so much from you. Thanks. What is that humming noise? Do you have your foot on the sewing machine pedal? You could burn out the motor earlier than necessary.

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

My motor is very loud, so when I edit the video I use the “reduce background noise” feature but that’s as good as I can get it 🤷‍♀️

[@carenurse]

Very well explained. I want a welt foot now!

[@KittenBowl1]

Amazing tutorial! I loved when you showed how to make bias strips and how to sew them and pattern matching using your own matching fabric! I learned so much using piping to cushion covers. Thank you!

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Love that it helped you!! It’s great to get such nice comments! 😊

[@maggiemorris5335]

These are fabulous videos! I'm so grateful to have found your channel! Might you demonstrate how to machine sew this pillow with the welting please?

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

I’d be happy to help but I’m not sure what you mean…how to sew it closed? Or how to sew the front onto the back?

[@maggiemorris5335]

@@ASquarePillowIsntSquare how to sew it closed! It seems the welting adds a little complexity to the plain pillow machine sewn closure. Or am I creating a problem where there isn't one? 🤷‍♀️ I am a clothing sewest but wamt (need) to do some home decor new home. Thanks again!

[@maggiemorris5335]

@@ASquarePillowIsntSquare On second thought... do you just sew the opening closed from the front through the seam ditch of the welting?

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

@@maggiemorris5335 Yup! Just overlap the unwelted edge to catch it in :)

[@maggiemorris5335]

@@ASquarePillowIsntSquare thanks so much! Can't wait for your box vision vid. My son and DIL are reno-ing their camper and box cushion covers are next on the to-do list!😁

[@phoebeshum4859]

Thank you so much for sharing! I followed your instructions and my cushion came out even better than I hoped x

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Awesome!

[@zahrahayati4779]

You’re really professional 👍

[@vegababes123]

Help us with a boxed cushion with doin the corners to get that right corners boxed the right way I have seen so many just like the bed fitted sheet corners but not much info about understanding those corners in the right way love the way u explain I can watch u all day every day hahaha ready dreaming an sewing lol

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Thanks for the inquiry. I’ll plan to do a boxed cushion video!

[@marileemiller7144]

I love your videos. Is there any chance you will be teaching a class on duvet covers?

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Yes!! At some point I will definitely do that!

[@motorcityneedlearts-sy1dv]

Leather roller foot works better than a zipper foot

[@SBernheart]

Your fabric is actually the PERFECT pattern to go with a straight cut rather than a bias cut for the welt because you CAN match that simple stripe (as opposed to trying to exactly match a crazier pattern) AND with the new trick you just shared about sliding the pattern a bit ahead of the sewing so it will match front and back I think you could give up a bit of the stretch to match that stripe too!! I apologize for my looong sentence, but you'll know what I meant. Since there are only four places to match the welt stripe to the front and back of the pillow, I think it's doable, especially since you'd only have to match the pattern twice on only two sides because of the lack of those stipes on the remaining two sides, right? I learned that sometimes it's worth it to go all-in when you've got the perfect opportunity with fabric as you've chosen here. I'd LOVE to see the difference between this pillow next to another just like it but with matching stripes right through the piping as well. Thanks for that GREAT tip about shifting the pattern a bit. If only I'd watched your video sooner -- I could have avoided a lot of headaches trying to line up MY patterns better!!! LOL

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

So glad you liked the video! Yes, you can absolutely match the stripes but since it would only be on 2 of the 4 sides and much more time consuming to match them top and bottom without a lot of planning and piecing the welt I usually opt to do a continuous bias cut contrast. Now on boxing strips and cushions, where once you match the front the other sides and back don’t matter it works better :)

[@lycant4030]

Checking around I cant find a piping foot for 3/8 piping. What model machine are using?

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

I use an old industrial machine, a Mitsubishi LS2-2210, but the welt feet for these machines are pretty universal. These feet worked on my industrial Juki as well. I’ve had to resort to using a zipper foot at times, so that’s always an option.

[@alfa5243]

Ok that’s easy what about if you want to put a zipper in the seam too?

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

@@alfa5243 No problem - I made a video on it!! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/raixZoOQqrF0qaM

[@DreamyBohemian]

Nice tutorial Nancy, thank you! Randi here 🤗

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Thank you Randi! Glad you stopped by :)

[@Sewgood58mp]

Is a pillow form better then loose fiber

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

It's really personal preference, but I make so many pillows that I don't have room to inventory all the filler I need. The time, space, and money required to make and fill the inserts just isn't worth it to me. And since I like down/feather the best, it's not practical to try and make my own inserts. I'd have feathers all over the place! I keep one large bag of cluster fill on hand for odd shaped pillows that I can't buy inserts for.

[@Bernietheoc]

👏

[@Sewgood58mp]

I noticed the decor now has dog ears. Do you prefer a more tapered corner

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Yes, I try and reduce dog ears. My very first video explains my process.

[@bethbilous4720]

the problem for me is if I use the zipper foot, i hit the welting. So going to look for a welt foot. Only thing is i use 3 different diameters of welt so guess I need 3 different feet.

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Sometimes you can by a set of them. I have several welt feet but the ones I use the most are 1/4” and 3/8”. Less often 1/8” and 1/2”

[@motorcityneedlearts-sy1dv]

Leather roller foot works best

[@frankjanvari8650]

hello very nice videos very professional please kindly film how to thread and operate the industrial sewing machine please ok?please kindly reply back ok?thank you very much

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

Thank you Frank. I will post a video for you in the near future :)

[@Lsutube963]

😢Fantastic video except for the distracting, annoying noise! I read your explanation but there are hundreds of videos on machines that have a “loud motor” but this is a first that somehow couldn’t film around it. I cut the sound off but I need to hear your instructions so unfortunately I need to move on to a different channel. Sorry about my ocd but there’s no way I’m the only one who skips your videos for that reason. I’ll continue to check back and hopefully you’ve figured it out. Many thanks.

[@ASquarePillowIsntSquare]

I'm sorry the noise was such a distraction. I've since learned how to reduce or eliminate that problem, but making and editing videos is something I had to teach myself, and I've made lots of mistakes and learned many lessons along the way!