Make a Cushion Cover from an Orphan Block (with Lazy Zipper Hacks)

This tutorial is all about how to easily make a cushion cover from an orphan block. What is an orphan block you might ask? Read on!

I started buying other people’s unfinished quilt blocks. When a quilt block is sewn together but it doesn’t make it into an actual quilt it gets called an ‘orphan block’.

Buying Orphan Blocks

Most quilters have at least a few of these lying around. This is often because quilters make test blocks for patterns to see if they like fabric combinations or test a technique.

This tutorial also includes my favourite zipper hacks.

Zipper Hacks

I have really tried to follow the instructions I have seen for sewing straight zippers but they never quite resulted in a straight line for me!

I came up with two methods for sewing my zippers that involve lining my foot up against different parts of my project depending on how far or near the zipper teeth I want to stitch.

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Video Tutorial