Yes, I would.

I would too. It's probably a quick fix for them.

Yes, but, the forms look too small for the covers. Form should be sized up from the cover..you want to stuff them in, fill the corners and have plump cozy cushions.

https://www.pillowflex.com/correctsize.html

Honestly, I would recommend zippers…easy off, easy to the dry cleaner and easy back on.

A flanged pillow can have an invisible zipper. https://kercatsews.com/2015/09/07/diy-flanged-pillow-cover-with-invisible-zipper/

Yes

Just be aware that with down inserts u may have feathers poking u constantly.

I prefer down-alternatives.

Why should she be poked with feathers?

Really fine pillows have a muslin covering before they are covered with the upholstery fabric.

The mitered corner makes no difference. The pillow insert doesn't go into the flange, only into the body. So the zipper only goes along the seam of the body of the pillow, and doesn't go into the flange.

The pillow in the link I posted above has a mitered corner in the flange, just like yours. The mitered corner does not show as much as in yours, because their flange is the same fabric as the body.

Sorry to say it, but any competent sewer would know how to put an invisible zipper into your pillow.

Second what partim said. Any competent sewer would know how to put a zipper in your pillows.

Look what this company says-

"Our down cushions and envelopes are covered with 100% cotton, 200+ thread count, down-proof ticking. Or, you may upgrade to our organic cotton ticking."

https://www.foamorder.com/cushions/down-cushions.html

Her flanged pillow is made differently (more simply) than yours. Her flange is not a separate piece of fabric. Her pillow is just a flat piece of fabric with stitching an inch or two from the edge. The edge isn't stuffed and it makes the flange. It's the kind of flange you often see on the big square Euro-style pillow shams, with an opening in the back.

Your pillow, and the tutorial I posted above, are different. The flange is a separate piece of fabric, so there is a seam between the flange and the pillow body. Where those 2 pieces of fabric meet, is where the zipper should go.

You can insert a zipper wherever 2 pieces of fabric meet, and it should have been inserted where your flange meets the pillow body. This is sewing 101.

And for those who have passed sewing 101, the video with the orange pillow isn't the greatest zipper either. I would have used an invisible zipper, or at least a lapped application closer to the flange stitching so that it would gape less than a centered zipper. We learned to sew a lapped zipper in Grade 7 home ec, back when dinosaurs walked the earth.

Here's one similar to yours. If you zoom on the pillow corner, you can see that the flange is a separate piece of fabric because it has the mitered corners like yours. Unlike yours, it

• Comes with a well-hidden zipper which opens and closes smoothly.

I agree with Partim about Sewing 101. You could get a sewing machine and DIY. It's easy to create a pillow, and learning new skills and having freedom of choice is fun.

Even an invisible and well hidden zipper will show. Which is O.K. if you always keep it at the bottom of the unflanged pillow and in the back of the flanged pillow. You can't turn the pillow.

But you can take the cover off for cleaning.

I have invisible zippers in some throw pillows which have heavy cording trim. Same deal as a flange. The zipper doesn't show and I use them on both sides. Except for the very tiny pull tab it truly is invisible, which it should be. I didn't make them myself, they were custom.

As you can see in this photo from the tutorial, once this zipper is zipped up, and invisible zipper just looks like a seam. If you can see it, it hasn't been inserted properly.

Partim is correct on everything above.

I’d talk with whoever made the pillows. I hope they make it right for you.

Never have an upholsterer make pillows. Ever. The most fantastic of them can not do it. This is labor for a curtain shop, or custom bedding fabricator. Repeat that. Use a 50/50 22 inch down insert for a 22 inch pillow. They aren't supposed to be hard as a brick bat, nor so tightly filled you never need to fluff. MY GAWD.

That's good news, because they probably have staff there who know their stuff, and can do what is needed. But this one pillow was not a success - new employee, bad day, who knows why.

A pillow needs to be measured first before a cover is made, so I wouldn't bother replacing the form at this point. If you do and want a feather/down, just get 90/10 for a throw pillow. No need to spend more money for a 50/50. 50/50 is 50% feathers and 50%down. 90/10 is 90% feathers and 10% down.

Too late to have a zipper added because there's probably not enough seam allowance left to add one. It would have to be taken apart and made smaller.

I'm guessing they didn't cut the tag off because legally, they're not allowed to. Stupid law but still a law. They should be able to open up a small portion where the tag is, cut it off and hand sew it back together.

Yes, they would be able to do that.

I just want to say that if I was going to pay to have custom, I would want the zipper. I also know "zip" (yes I saw what you did there) about dry cleaning pillows, but I would want them cleaned without the insert. For the money, you should expect perfection, no?

And, I disagree...we always go up a size in the insert....and you still have to give your pillows time to loft...they will be flat both in the beginning and when you squish them for storage.

I know pillows are supposed to be fluffed, but if you have a bad back, you might want a very, very firm pillow at your back, or a very big one, or a lumbar one.

It is really up to your preferences.

It's like an ottoman.

Theoretically their height should be at sofa cushion height.

But when your hips go, then you start using little old lady footstools.

Well, I was going by this "I did pay to have pillow covers with zippers..."

I do sew a bit. They should be able to do it.

I disagree that it is too late to add a zipper. An invisible zipper doesn't need a larger-than-usual seam allowance.

Here is the picture from the tutorial showing the zipper which will be pinned in that position, with the edge of the zipper (the side with no teeth, where the "7" is ) lined up with the edge of the seam allowance. Their comment is "The seam needs to be just as it would with the seam allowance. So measure 1 cm away from the edge.

That's good news! Glad they were able to correct this for you.