I just learned how to put in a zipper from your tutorial....and made a zippered unlined bag for my sewing machine's cord......Yeah! thank you for making your tutorials so easy to understand and sew. I was afraid of zippers until now.
You're a dream of a teacher--a teachers' teacher. You set us up for success. I'm between residences and sewing machines so am living my creativity vicariously! Thank you for all you do for us.You're passing on your mother's wonderful legacy.
You are such a great teacher! You always remember the little things that could be problematic for a newbie (and sometimes even those of us with some years of experience) and that makes you special. You're quite an inspiration.
Thank you for this excellent tutorial! I have made a few pouches now! From your tutorial I have gotten the confidence to improvise the basic pouch, I am now adding lining. I have also added a pouch to the outside of another bag so that it slides over the luggage handle on my carryon.
I love your projects!! And zippered bags are one of my favorite things to make. I wondered how to made these bags with the zip in the middle of the fabric. Thank you for a great tutorial.
Thank you for sharing! I will be trying this. I had given up on putting zippers in my crafts but the way you have explained it...I think I can! Thank you again!
Hi Laura, as I've said before, thanks for all you do, and teach... as I love working with zippers, and my bags, pillows, etc.. that I sell I call unZIPd by Mr. P..... no matter what I think I know, you always teach me something I didn't... I love waiting, and watching your videos no matter what they are, or if I even would use them..... thanks again, Jon
As a newbie & by that I mean I've barely stitched a straight line for practice, I can't thank you enough for this one. So much info on stalling a zip without that fear of breaking a needle & zip foot/needle placement. Also a true beginner bag as there was no fussing with lining & batting which, I don't know about other newbies but I'm just not ready to jump right into all that yet. Thanx again sew sew (haha couldn't resist) much for sharing your knowledge without assuming we already know half of what we should do! Have a great week :D
Laura I loved your video. I am having a bit of trouble with putting in a zipper for a book cover. The zipper goes around the edges so I'm having trouble making it go around well. I snipped the tape so it can bend better but it's still difficult to sew it around. I hope you can give me a tip, and maybe a future video for a book cover or a makeup bag with a zipper that goes all the way around. Thank you for your videos they are awesome! Keep up the good work.
The docorative or Lacy Zipper is great for change purses or dresses. You have sew them on to a finished edge. They get sewn only once on the top. Not sewn twice like a regular zipper. This would be good to show sometime. I use them a lot. I buy them in bulk. Thank you for the series. I have been sewing for over 40 years. I have also used invisible zippers. I did buy the metal invisible zipper foot. It can be sewn in with a zipper foot.
I never knew there were zippers with stops on both ends. You could use those for purses, like you said, but also for the little bag you made too. I used to think zippers were hard, but have gotten more comfortable with them. I always enjoy a refresher though. Thank you very much.
These lessons are really helpful, however I didn't understand the part about sewing on and off the fabric ? If you have the needle going off the fabric isn't the stitch properly closed ? You couldn't see what was happening and we haven't covered that in the previous lessons. So it just stops it fraying and that's all ? :-)
When you stitch the small oieces of white fabric to the zipper, you do double back over the stitches to stop them coming undone or just one straight line ? No reversing ? :-)
love this video. Quick question i love that fabric on each end of the zipper. Is that the same as a zipper tab? Other videos i see the zipper tabs at the end but find it kind of bulky because you usually have two little pieces of fabric and you have to fold each side about a 1/4 inch and and fold it then sew the 1/4 inch around the 4 corners if you understand what I am saying? I am just looking for less bulk because sometimes my machine doesnt like the thicker material in that small place. Thanks in advance if you know what i meant and if you have any tips.
I love your instruction! I'm new and have subscribed to receive all your videos. (Did you know that subscribers now have to choose receive all? Or they will only get occasional updates) thanks again for your great instruction!
