Blind zips
Apr. 27th, 2013 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzThis week was all about blind zippers. I've been working on a coral-coloured prom dress, which needed gathers down the waist. The dress is from a stretch satin (for new and interesting ways to tear your hair out!) and I very much feared putting in the zipper. But all worked out in the end:
Coral-coloured blind zips are hard to come by,
so we'll touch it up with nailpolish and a rhinestone later.
It was just a case of taking it easy, gathering either side first before putting the blind zip in. A blind zipper foot is a definite must, of course, because I can't do it without one. I am very pleased with the results, despite the teeth sometimes still being very slightly visible.
I also made a training shirt from stretch fabric that needed a blind zip down the neckline, and the practice on the stretch satin was worth it. I only had to redo the zipper once, because the collar didn't line up left and right.
Coral-coloured blind zips are hard to come by,
so we'll touch it up with nailpolish and a rhinestone later.
It was just a case of taking it easy, gathering either side first before putting the blind zip in. A blind zipper foot is a definite must, of course, because I can't do it without one. I am very pleased with the results, despite the teeth sometimes still being very slightly visible.
I also made a training shirt from stretch fabric that needed a blind zip down the neckline, and the practice on the stretch satin was worth it. I only had to redo the zipper once, because the collar didn't line up left and right.
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Date: 2013-04-29 11:26 pm (UTC)Het scheelt ook dat we het geheel op de pop kunnen zetten en naar hartelust alles op de juiste plek kunnen zetten. Dat gaat een stuk lastiger als je het zelf aanhebt.
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