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Zipper help!
OK I have a question for my next mini project! 
I want to cover a large floor cushion and some throw pillows in some fun material for DS - actually the same materials I used for his rag quilt - see my other post! My plan for the big floor cushion/ pillow (32x32in) is to have cotton material on the front and minky on the back.... however I think I need to be able to wash it occasionally so I need to be able to get it on and off... so Im thinking a zipper would be best!
Now Ive never sewn a zipper... and don't really know what to get! So any advice? Would you get a heavy duty one or what? (any links on fabric.com would be great And I guess I would put it in along the bottom seem, so one side of the zipper would be on minky and one side on cotton... am I crazy in thinking I can do that? Any advice? I have a zipper foot I think, and I'll be going to a machine orientation class in a couple of weeks... but Id like to get started on this sooner!!
For the smaller ones Im debating about using a zipper again or just doing a big overlap of the back material if that makes any sense....
So any zipper advice!?! TIA!!
Re: Zipper help!
I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do than sew a zipper on minky--especially if I was new to sewing zippers. Have you sewn minky before?
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Nope! I know I am crazy....
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Do you think an envelope closure would work on a large floor cushion? I don't really want to use buttons as it is for DS.... I guess I could try snaps, although Ive never done them either, and I guess they'd be the same as buttons from a safety point? Not that he'd be left alone with them anyway ...