hey hey homie so this is going to be part two of reupholstering your cushions for your couch so you're going to take your cushion pieces the before of the cushion and it has a zipper and some piping but I'm not going to put the popping back on I think I might do a different video where I show you all how to put piping onto your cushions then you can unzip the back actually I'm going to reuse my zippers I don't find any point of throwing away a perfectly good zipper and I'm just going to remove the entire piece of fabric or casing off and this is what the cushion is going to look like that's just paint guys so I will be taking the top pieces off the bottom pieces off the zipper the zipper is still attached but I just used my seam ripper and I got up in there and I'm taking the top part off and the bottom part off which is pretty simple and so now I'm just going to take my seam ripper kin and this is what you're going to need to take all these songs on the bottom and the top and you're going to start ripping open each seam just get all that old thread out of there if it's still sewn together take it apart but also remember to write down or remember if you just have that type of brain to remember how much how the pieces came how you took the pieces apart I would say I usually write them down so I will say that small little piece is one the zippered piece of fabric is too and then the final panel will be three so that way I remember how to sew it back together and I'm going to lay out all of my pieces of fabric and you're just going to start pinning down the individual pieces of fabric to your new fabric and so this is usually most cut time-consuming part you're doing all the penny but when that is done you're going to cut everything out a little bit later and I'm going to continue to take out the zipper so this part of the zipper is the same thing as any part you're just going to pretty much turn it over and start ripping out the threads that are attached to the fabric and you'll be able to see exactly where those threads are and then sometimes you can just rip it but this is your first time don't go ripping stuff you don't know how sturdy that zipper will be because you don't want to break the zipper if you don't want to go out and buy a new zipper so that's basically how I'm taking a zipper out of the old fabric and also another tip make sure that you do not uh the super all go to the top you see how I have about a good four inches of zipper that is closed up that is because if you zip it all the way it will split and it's very hard to get a cut zipper because most of the more than likely these zippers or longer originally and they got cut so you don't want to not be able to put it back together so I'll leave about a couple of inches of space there alright so once you finish taking the separating the fabric from the zipper just going to simply start cutting out all of your pieces for your cushions and I made my pillows reversible so I can traverse them anyhow you want you don't have to do this just design style that I chose I wanted to do reversible cushions if I was still in trouble on one side or filling plain old pink but that was a design choice just repeat the same steps with a different color fabric if you choose other than that you should have just cut out both pieces on each side and then I'm going to go ahead and cut out the zipper fabric for the side panels that go around the cushions and then they're going to be notches and they may not be necessary notches but if you see any not just on the edges of your of the old fabric cut it out anyway they're usually there to help you know where to match up the fabric so I could fit properly back over the cushion so to help me with the zipper you're going to need your iron and press out a seam I used the old piece of fabric to let me know exactly where the crease would have been so I pressed it at first with the old piece of fabric on top but sometimes it doesn't give you like the perfect crease so then once you just get a little crease you take your iron and you just press it really crisp without the old piece of fabric and so what you're going to do this is what you're putting in your zipper so you're going to pin your zipper with it open now make sure you do not zip it all the way up because then you will not be able to put that together sometimes but you're going to take your pins and you are going to pin one side to the zipper and you're going to be lining up the fabric along the teeth not past the teeth but along the teeth you don't need a zipper foot for your machine usually lots of machines come with their own feet but you're going to sew I would say about 1/4 away from the from the teeth of the zipper and you're going to do your lockstitch at the end all right so it's time for the second part so now you have your one piece put onto your zipper you just want to test it it can close just fine it's perfectly fine but you're going to close it up now so now that when you put your second piece of fabric on that those pieces are even because if you do it separately it may come out all wonky and this way to ensure that each piece will be on there evenly and once use if it the fabric won't buckle or Bunch or anything if it's already closed and it's smooth when you pinned it then it's going to be smoothly and sew it and take it the pen down so you're going to repeat the same steps on second piece of fabric laying your your fabric about on like on the very edge of the zipper not to zip the teeth but the back part of the teeth of the zipper and you're going to pin them down and again you're going to sew your second piece about exactly the same about 1/4 of an inch apart so these are my two pieces that I have left for both sides of the zipper and now I'm just going to take the other pick pieces that were attached and I'm going to sew those on as well so this will be the next piece that I will be sewing down and then the other pieces that were attached to the old fabric that I've cut out from my new fabric will be then sewn on to this next part and then it'll become one big circle hey homies it should go Ashley the Headey home girl and I noticed in the video and it should be like some more of the tutorial coming at this point but sad stories very very sad sad story I don't have any footage of how I ended the cushions I don't thought I had some I don't and I really said but I'm going to do my best to talk you through the rest of the video with the actual cushions the Finnish one I'm going to take it off everything turn inside out and then of course of course of course I'm going to do more couches and more chairs with cushions and so that's that time I will get the editing footage but I think I got the hardest part down on video for you guys so I'm going to do is I'm going to take this off and it's kind of talking through the end I think what we let where we ended off in the video was actually putting the top fabric and the bottom fabric on and also I got you through putting the zipper which is probably the hardest part and I'm probably going to do a very detailed zipper video for those a goodness video thumbs up or leave a comment in the box below if you want a detailed how to put on a zipper video or definitely do that for you if you want that but so far just taking this off and I'm going to turn it inside out alright so this is where you've done all your sewing and of course like I said the video you are going to need a sewing machine for your cushions so where we left off was we were doing the side panels so everything that you have taken off I'm pretty sure that you know you taking it off piece by piece and you have recut it out you have sides that all that stuff you use you cut out the notches that were there and then you're just going to sew it back together in the exact same order right so that is for this side panel all the way around you're going to sew it together this whole side panel here the whole pink panel you're going to sew that together each piece by the scene so here's the seam for where the zipper starts right here there's a steam for that and this comes around it comes around then here's the other seam and then here is other scene where the zipper in so that is now one circular piece right and those notches and I remember those notches are important because they tell you where to place your side fabric onto the top and the bottom panel so I use those nach not just to match them up with the seams or if the top and the bottom patches had a notch themselves then you match notch to notch like I said I will be doing another cushion for you guys so you could actually see I'm talking about but you arm you're going to match up your notches right and then it's simply straight up there make sure that you have leave a space your zipper could be it should be all the way close when you're sewing up your top on your bottom panel but leave but that much or a little bit little bit more as long as you can get your hand back in there and zip it because if it's closed and use so your top and bottom panels on you're not going to be able to open it back up and turn it inside out to put it on your cushion so make sure that there is a hole for you to go in and do that so I sold on my bottom panel right so that goes on first or you can sew on your top doesn't matter or you sew on your top panel first right and it's just a you know pinning pinning it hopefully your understand depending on like I said I will do another video on this but you're going to pin it and then once you show it on you're done so you go inside like this when you're done sewing you open up your zipper all the way and turn it inside out alright and you put your cushion put it on your cushion foam is just a little much but yeah guys I was absolutely sick when I'm searching high and low for this footage and either it got deleted or I don't know or I didn't do it I don't remember I really don't cuz I did both cushions but I know you guys have been asking me Ashley asked where the cushions video I'm so gonna do I have to do another one now I know that's okay though alright so that's in and then a little more zip it on up if you want to take your cushions off up and wash them you definitely can but yet this is how I finished the cushions are pretty sure that I got you far enough where you can hopefully figured out hopefully that my explanation was good enough explanation for you to get you through finish your cushion contact me email me Instagram me tweet me if you have any questions I could talk you through it we can FaceTime chat all that jazz and I will definitely get you through the process of making and completing your cushions for your couch so this is the part 2 part 3 to finish your couch will be coming up next week alright guys thanks for watching bye hey only you can find more DIY tips tutorials at the Handy homegirl Carmen and stay up to date by subscribing to 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