Who in the world downvoted this video??? It's clear, comprehensive, and incredibly helpful. Usually I end up FF chatty obnoxious people to get to the directions I need but this video is perfection! TY! I will definitely be looking for other tips and tuts by you!
Instead of the hemostats to pull the zipper down, since i didn't have anything of the sort, i tied a thread to the zipper pull, and attached that to a bobby pin. Drop the bobby pin through and gently pull the zipper. Worked like a charm.
I've also been sewing for 40 years & your tutorial is the first time I've successfully installed an invisible zipper ! I watch it every time I do one now ❤
I've been sewing for nearly 50 years and have never put in a perfect zipper... until today! Your technique is amazing. Love your teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us! ❤️
I’ve been searching all over for a slant-shank invisible zipper foot! Thank you so very much I already have the foot you use in this video. I’ve never been able to sew a zipper in perfectly. Thanks again!
I always feel confident in using your techniques - your explanations are so calm, thorough and detailed. It is the little things that help so much - for example, "the zipper teeth should be perpendicular - not leaning in either direction". Thank you!
I'm a sewing and upholstery professional. I appreciate your attention to detail and craftsmanship. That's what keeps us going. Good work is its own reward.
Hello.Kenneth D King, I have just installed the perfect invisible zip. You are a wizard...... it came out perfectly in a heavyish corduroy. Thank you ever so much.
Sooooo very well explained!! Steady, calm, methodical, step by step instructions and straight to what you need to know. Many, many thanks Kenneth for this
I could listen to him read the phone book. His voice is so soothing and happy. Thanks for this great tutorial. This is my favorite way to sew invisible and centered zippers. Lately, my motto has been, "Never underestimate the power of a good hand basting!"
Thank you so much for your teaching of the invisible zipper installation. This is superior to all other methods I have attempted, it gives a smooth finish at the end instead of the usual "tail" I have seen many times.
When sewing for the theatre we never use invisible zippers and usually replace them with lapped. Just finished a commissioned dress that required an invisible zipper. On velvet no less. Never put one in before today. This tutorial was amazing and I got on the first shot. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. I grumbled but I didn't cuss. Once again, thanks for a great video. PS I did use a Bernina invisible zipper foot.
I've been intimidated by invisible zips for years.... Never could get them right. THANK YOU for this excellent tutorial. I've put in 4 today..... All perfect.
I so LOVE this tutorial. Perfect length, perfect explanation, perfect result ! Thank you so much. Like many, I have struggled to get my invisible zips in and looking good, but not now ! xxxxx
Clear and easy to understand instructions. I was afraid to install an invisible zipper for years but following these instructions I did it beautifully the first time. Thank you!
Oh wow! I have searched many videos on invisible zippers and found them so confusing. This is so much more intuitive. You have revolutionized installing the invisible zipper! Brilliant.
Following your steps, Mr. King, I just completed successfully my first invisible zipper! This process works on knits just as easily as you showed with wovens. I’ve been sewing for 50 years but have avoided invisible and separating zippers, both of which I have now successfully completed. You are a great teacher Mr. King! Thank you!
Like some commenters here, I am a fairly advanced sewer. I have put in invisible zippers with no bumpity bump issues.....until....the dreaded bias cut dress and there was no way this dress could get on and off (easy) with out a zipper. I installed the zipper so many times (it's only the muslin silk, not the actual fabric) and each time ugh! I was becoming discouraged and then I remembered stumbling on your video a few years ago. Followed the method and it is incredible how beautiful this works. Thanks 5 years later and I am grateful for this tutorial. Thanks PS I have been holding off getting a Hemostat for a long time, but I really need to go ahead and get one for my toolbox.
I am minoring in clothing construction at my university and they taught us the usual way to sew an invisible zipper, but this method is so much better because it really makes the transition of the zipper to the fabric seam perfect! Your solution is great! So proffesional, thank you!
I wanted to watch a video on invisible zippers install. This video is above and beyond my expectations. Great job of teaching and being very clear on steps.
Thank you so much, I learnt sewing by trial and error and i hated installing invisible zippers because i just could not understand this one aspect of dress making, but yesterday I followed this technique and the zip was installed like a pro!!!!!! Thank you so much🥰🥰🥰
Genius idea. I like invisible zippers but never use them because of that little bump at the bottom and I will definitely try this. Oddly, I have had a hemostat in my sewing room for thirty years - I have no idea where it came from but now I'm glad I never got rid of it.
OMG!! Forever thankful...trying for years (I’m self taught, the bad the good and the ugly but love it all) to find a way that would work for me...and I find it, THANKS to you. It’s perfect.
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your expertise! For years I have struggled with that pesky zipper slide. Getting it out of the way will change everything.
KDK is a magician! and a generous and kind teacher to the home sewer... this is so darn perfect. I have hemostats... now another use for them. Thank you Professor King!
Ohhh it’s like a revelation I have struggle with the bump at the end of the zip for years used all sorts of feet and spent a fortune and I already had everything I need 😂😂THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for this video 💕💕💕🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Fantastic technique! Not only does it solve the pucker at the end, it also makes sure that the waistband seams and patterns match up on either side of the zipper. I have always basted the zipper in but the technique with the machine basting before hand basting ensures that everything is perfectly lined up. Thank you for sharing. I will no longer be stressing out before putting in an invisible zipper.
I've got THREE dresses waiting for invisible zips to go in... I'm a perfectionist and like my dresses to look good inside and out, one my sewing phobias is invisible zips... not any more I think after watching this video. Thank you Kenneth.
I bought the hemostat and I put invisible zip in a top and for the first time ever there was no wierd bump at bottom of zip. Thank you sooo much for the tutorial. I was so pleased 😃🤩💕🇬🇧
My Aunt made beautiful formal gowns for she and my Grandma late 30’s -1983. She taught me at 9 how to make thread Taylor lacs and do a zipper like this. Didn’t get my first try on my own right. I was making Barbie doll dresses to learn. Took me a long time to rip out that zipper. See we always had to cut the short zippers off to about 4”. I recall the beautiful materials she kept from the 40’s- 50’s. Velvet w/ hand done flowers. Sheer fabric with fuzzy tiny velvet dots, many blouses and bust line dresses had taffeta bodice or crepe underneath, then sheer overlay collars, pretty trimmings, pleats or lace partitions between fabric. Top of the line items, fragile dainty and wool blends for short lined capes had to be dry cleaned. A sweater top was made decorated with felt leaf designs, baby doll clothes buttons scattered and embroidery top stitching for leaf edges. Gorgeous. Accidentally got washed not by had, then dryer- not placed flat. The wool shrunk, all puckered up to a kids size. Scratchy, not soft. Things then went to polyester to avoid ironing. Yes Grandma even ironed sheets and pillowcases.
Just saw your video and used this fantastic method. First time I have no bump on my bum. Mr. King thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. Keep up the awesome work. Thanks to Threads for releasing the video.
not sure why would anyone DISlike this video!? Awesome instructions and it helped me figure out my zipper problem. I just quickly pinned it to check out if it's going to fix my problem, and it did. Thank you!
That is the most brilliant way of sewing an invisible zipper. As you said, the end is never smooth with the way every other person shows how to insert the zipper. Thanks heaps.
Mr Kenneth D. King, you are a saviour! I was about to give up and your indications are just incredible and useful for my projects. Thank you @threadssewing for this incredible video!
I love this technique! I often mention to my subscribers, it’s always better to put time into getting the job right the first time, than to have to rip it out and start over.
Where has this technique been all my life?? I love that you don't need an invisible zipper foot, and I love how smooth it is!! It never occurred to me to open the zip *past* the end. 🤦 Brilliant!! I have wondered occasionally if the trend of exposed "decorative" zips had anything to do with other people also finding it a challenge to sew a perfect invisible zipper. 🙄
Amazing. So easy to understand. Thank you. It was so helpful today on a wedding dress. I combined this method with the technique Louise Cuttings teaches to finish off top of invisible zipper. Absolutely perfect. So happy. Thank you Kenneth! I will use this method exclusively now too.
Ah - basting and directional sewing...the keys to smooth dressmaking! At school - where dressmaking was a full year subject for 3 years for me....basting (or tacking as we call it here in Australia) we were taught to baste everything. Period. I cant communicate enough how much basting is now part of my DNA. 40 years later I still baste everything. Well nearly...my skill can cope a lot now. But basting is the key for success for places that require precision. Great video and this is also the way I was taught to do it.
Oh, my goodness. Frickin’ GENIUS. I haven’t sewn many garments with, or without, zippers so I’m glad I know this technique right off the bat, Thank you so much! :)
I have never heard of a hemostat before. I thought you were just making up the word. I'm going to order one now. I always prefer to use invisible zips. Most times I get them right but I think now I will get them every time with this technique. Thank you for showing us🇬🇧 😄🙂
Thanks SO much. I've spent three days looking at and trying tutorials for installing invisible zippers! This is by far the best and most well done that I've seen ANYWHERE! Thank you!
J. Stern Designs sent me here. What a wonderful tutorial and so easy to understand! I’ve had a bit of zipper phobia all my life, but this video might help me overcome it.
Thank you so much! I put 1 zipper in a test garment it came out fine. The next one I had to do it 3 times before it was in correctly. Now, I will not have to pull my hair out while putting in the invisible zipper anymore! Easy-Peezy!
Hello Kenneth, what a fabulous method! I just installed a zipper on a dress I'm sewing for my mom. It worked soooo great - I was smiling afterwards, which never happended so far 'cause of those puckers below the zip (which ALWAYS occured til today)! From now on, its invisible zippers only ;)) Grazie mille!
Kenneth King was my professor for my haute couture sewing techniques class at FIT in new york! He taught us this same method - amazing teacher!
the calmness and patience with which this is explained makes it SO MUCH EASIER to understand. agh!! finally a helpful tutorial!!
Amen to that!
Yes! He is a wonderful instructor!!!
This is so far the best video I have ever seen. He jumps right in and shows you how.
No OVER explaining and talking so much it hurts your ears. ❤️
And no annoying musical soundtrack - a wonderful tutorial.
Brilliant, thanks!
Who in the world downvoted this video??? It's clear, comprehensive, and incredibly helpful. Usually I end up FF chatty obnoxious people to get to the directions I need but this video is perfection! TY! I will definitely be looking for other tips and tuts by you!
Instead of the hemostats to pull the zipper down, since i didn't have anything of the sort, i tied a thread to the zipper pull, and attached that to a bobby pin. Drop the bobby pin through and gently pull the zipper. Worked like a charm.
I've also been sewing for 40 years & your tutorial is the first time I've successfully installed an invisible zipper ! I watch it every time I do one now ❤
Thank you. I just put the zipper in my daughter's wedding dress following this tutorial. It came out perfect.
I've been sewing for nearly 50 years and have never put in a perfect zipper... until today! Your technique is amazing. Love your teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us! ❤️
Wow, the best procedure I've seen on invisible zipper installation. KUDOS Kenneth!
I’ve been searching all over for a slant-shank invisible zipper foot! Thank you so very much I already have the foot you use in this video. I’ve never been able to sew a zipper in perfectly. Thanks again!
I've been sewing zippers for over 60 years and this idea is the best I've ever seen for inserting an invisible one; It's brilliant! Thank you.
I could listen to Kenneth explain things all day.
Me, too!
Probably not the first time you have heard that you are amazing! So calm, so clear - no blah blah blah - Thank You!
I always feel confident in using your techniques - your explanations are so calm, thorough and detailed. It is the little things that help so much - for example, "the zipper teeth should be perpendicular - not leaning in either direction". Thank you!
I'm a sewing and upholstery professional. I appreciate your attention to detail and craftsmanship. That's what keeps us going. Good work is its own reward.
I have sewn for 40 years and I think this is absolutely the best way to install an invisible zipper--- Thanks for sharing!!
Hello.Kenneth D King, I have just installed the perfect invisible zip. You are a wizard...... it came out perfectly in a heavyish corduroy. Thank you ever so much.
Sooooo very well explained!! Steady, calm, methodical, step by step instructions and straight to what you need to know. Many, many thanks Kenneth for this
Kennith King & Threads mag: A marriage made in Heaven! Thank you for yet another fabulously presented video!
I could listen to him read the phone book. His voice is so soothing and happy. Thanks for this great tutorial. This is my favorite way to sew invisible and centered zippers. Lately, my motto has been, "Never underestimate the power of a good hand basting!"
Thank you so much for your teaching of the invisible zipper installation. This is superior to all other methods I have attempted, it gives a smooth finish at the end instead of the usual "tail" I have seen many times.
When sewing for the theatre we never use invisible zippers and usually replace them with lapped. Just finished a commissioned dress that required an invisible zipper. On velvet no less. Never put one in before today. This tutorial was amazing and I got on the first shot. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. I grumbled but I didn't cuss. Once again, thanks for a great video. PS I did use a Bernina invisible zipper foot.
What a brilliant tutorial!! my first ever successful invisible zip!
I've been intimidated by invisible zips for years.... Never could get them right. THANK YOU for this excellent tutorial. I've put in 4 today..... All perfect.
I like your technique, I am a sewist from the 1960s and always hand-baste my zippers in but now you have shown me a new way. Thanks.
I so LOVE this tutorial. Perfect length, perfect explanation, perfect result ! Thank you so much. Like many, I have struggled to get my invisible zips in and looking good, but not now ! xxxxx
Kenneth King, you have always rocked! And you still rock! Thank you for this!
Clear and easy to understand instructions. I was afraid to install an invisible zipper for years but following these instructions I did it beautifully the first time. Thank you!
Kenneth D. King, the most fabulous sewing instructor ever. Thanks for this great method, you've saved my life.
Oh wow! I have searched many videos on invisible zippers and found them so confusing. This is so much more intuitive. You have revolutionized installing the invisible zipper! Brilliant.
What a Godsend this technique is! No more struggling with invisible zippers! Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you Kenneth you have just made an elderly lady very happy about doing the invisible zipper.
Following your steps, Mr. King, I just completed successfully my first invisible zipper! This process works on knits just as easily as you showed with wovens. I’ve been sewing for 50 years but have avoided invisible and separating zippers, both of which I have now successfully completed. You are a great teacher Mr. King! Thank you!
Me too!
I have watched many zipper tutorials on TH-cam and this is my favorite. Thank you for taking the time to be thorough. So much useful information here.
You are so welcome!
Like some commenters here, I am a fairly advanced sewer. I have put in invisible zippers with no bumpity bump issues.....until....the dreaded bias cut dress and there was no way this dress could get on and off (easy) with out a zipper. I installed the zipper so many times (it's only the muslin silk, not the actual fabric) and each time ugh! I was becoming discouraged and then I remembered stumbling on your video a few years ago. Followed the method and it is incredible how beautiful this works. Thanks 5 years later and I am grateful for this tutorial. Thanks
PS I have been holding off getting a Hemostat for a long time, but I really need to go ahead and get one for my toolbox.
I have been sewing 40+ years and just now learned your wonderful technique! Thx Threads and Kenneth!
Mr. King, your technique and teaching style is perfection! Every necessary detail is covered in a crisp and understandable style. Thank you!
I am minoring in clothing construction at my university and they taught us the usual way to sew an invisible zipper, but this method is so much better because it really makes the transition of the zipper to the fabric seam perfect! Your solution is great! So proffesional, thank you!
I wanted to watch a video on invisible zippers install. This video is above and beyond my expectations. Great job of teaching and being very clear on steps.
Thank you so much, I learnt sewing by trial and error and i hated installing invisible zippers because i just could not understand this one aspect of dress making, but yesterday I followed this technique and the zip was installed like a pro!!!!!! Thank you so much🥰🥰🥰
Genius idea. I like invisible zippers but never use them because of that little bump at the bottom and I will definitely try this. Oddly, I have had a hemostat in my sewing room for thirty years - I have no idea where it came from but now I'm glad I never got rid of it.
OMG!! Forever thankful...trying for years (I’m self taught, the bad the good and the ugly but love it all) to find a way that would work for me...and I find it, THANKS to you. It’s perfect.
Kenneth, you have done the best tutorial in the same criteria.
By far, this has been the most helpful video on how to sew a zipper. Thank you.
I love you Prof King!! I was honored to have you as my Prof at FIT! ❤
The best demo I have seen in 50 years of sewing my clothes. x
He is by far the best sewing instructor ever!!!!! I just love him !!!
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your expertise! For years I have struggled with that pesky zipper slide. Getting it out of the way will change everything.
WOW! Impressed... KDK is the man for sharing so generously with us home sew-ists. Saved the video URL to keep it handy
Thank you so much Mr King - your advice is amazing. Thank you SO much for sharing it publicly.
KDK is a magician! and a generous and kind teacher to the home sewer... this is so darn perfect. I have hemostats... now another use for them. Thank you Professor King!
We totally agree. He's the best!
I wish I saw your video 10 years ago.
You have solved my longtime zipper struggle. Thank you 🙏😊
Ohhh it’s like a revelation I have struggle with the bump at the end of the zip for years used all sorts of feet and spent a fortune and I already had everything I need 😂😂THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for this video 💕💕💕🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Finally put in an invisible zipper that worked for me today!! Other explanations never worked for me. This was excellent! Thank you so much.
Thank you Mr. King, I like your work very much and it is really nice of you to be sharing your special tricks with us. We are very fortunate.
Fantastic technique! Not only does it solve the pucker at the end, it also makes sure that the waistband seams and patterns match up on either side of the zipper. I have always basted the zipper in but the technique with the machine basting before hand basting ensures that everything is perfectly lined up. Thank you for sharing. I will no longer be stressing out before putting in an invisible zipper.
Now that is what i call the perfect teaching, he makes it look like there is nothing easier in the world to do than this, love his way of teaching.
Just sewed my first zipper. Thank you. Instructions were amazing.
I've got THREE dresses waiting for invisible zips to go in... I'm a perfectionist and like my dresses to look good inside and out, one my sewing phobias is invisible zips... not any more I think after watching this video. Thank you Kenneth.
I bought the hemostat and I put invisible zip in a top and for the first time ever there was no wierd bump at bottom of zip. Thank you sooo much for the tutorial. I was so pleased 😃🤩💕🇬🇧
My Aunt made beautiful formal gowns for she and my Grandma late 30’s -1983. She taught me at 9 how to make thread Taylor lacs and do a zipper like this. Didn’t get my first try on my own right. I was making Barbie doll dresses to learn. Took me a long time to rip out that zipper. See we always had to cut the short zippers off to about 4”.
I recall the beautiful materials she kept from the 40’s- 50’s. Velvet w/ hand done flowers. Sheer fabric with fuzzy tiny velvet dots, many blouses and bust line dresses had taffeta bodice or crepe underneath, then sheer overlay collars, pretty trimmings, pleats or lace partitions between fabric. Top of the line items, fragile dainty and wool blends for short lined capes had to be dry cleaned. A sweater top was made decorated with felt leaf designs, baby doll clothes buttons scattered and embroidery top stitching for leaf edges. Gorgeous. Accidentally got washed not by had, then dryer- not placed flat. The wool shrunk, all puckered up to a kids size. Scratchy, not soft. Things then went to polyester to avoid ironing.
Yes Grandma even ironed sheets and pillowcases.
What a terrific tutorial, just born to teach techniques. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Just saw your video and used this fantastic method. First time I have no bump on my bum. Mr. King thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. Keep up the awesome work. Thanks to Threads for releasing the video.
not sure why would anyone DISlike this video!? Awesome instructions and it helped me figure out my zipper problem. I just quickly pinned it to check out if it's going to fix my problem, and it did. Thank you!
That is the most brilliant way of sewing an invisible zipper. As you said, the end is never smooth with the way every other person shows how to insert the zipper. Thanks heaps.
Mr Kenneth D. King, you are a saviour! I was about to give up and your indications are just incredible and useful for my projects. Thank you @threadssewing for this incredible video!
New to sewing and so happy to have learned this method early! Thank you Kenneth D King
Finally a tutorial that taught me how to put one of these little monsters in! Thank you for taking the time time share yhis
Thank you for not waffling, but explaining the technique so clearly.
I love this technique! I often mention to my subscribers, it’s always better to put time into getting the job right the first time, than to have to rip it out and start over.
Thank you for this fabulous tutorial. This is the most comprehensive explanation of how to insert an invisible zip, so well explained 👏
Where has this technique been all my life?? I love that you don't need an invisible zipper foot, and I love how smooth it is!! It never occurred to me to open the zip *past* the end. 🤦 Brilliant!!
I have wondered occasionally if the trend of exposed "decorative" zips had anything to do with other people also finding it a challenge to sew a perfect invisible zipper. 🙄
Yet another invaluable tip from Kenneth! I've been following him since he was "Just a kid with a crazy dream". He's such a doll!
omg kenneth d king bless your beautiful soul. youve saved me from a world of pain
Amazing. So easy to understand. Thank you. It was so helpful today on a wedding dress. I combined this method with the technique Louise Cuttings teaches to finish off top of invisible zipper. Absolutely perfect. So happy. Thank you Kenneth! I will use this method exclusively now too.
I did this and it worked perfectly! Battl s for years with these darn zips ! Thank you so much 😊
Very clear instructions-step-by-step with visuals & also with cautions. Thanks!
This is the best way of sewing in an invisible zip, THANK YOU 😗
Ah - basting and directional sewing...the keys to smooth dressmaking! At school - where dressmaking was a full year subject for 3 years for me....basting (or tacking as we call it here in Australia) we were taught to baste everything. Period. I cant communicate enough how much basting is now part of my DNA. 40 years later I still baste everything. Well nearly...my skill can cope a lot now. But basting is the key for success for places that require precision. Great video and this is also the way I was taught to do it.
Oh, my goodness. Frickin’ GENIUS. I haven’t sewn many garments with, or without, zippers so I’m glad I know this technique right off the bat, Thank you so much! :)
I was taught this method also. Glad I found this .Each time I sew I get better.My favorite hobby is sewing.
This is exactly how I do it but I didn't think to use the hemostat! Thank you!!!
The BEST way! Thank you, thank you, thank you! No more frustrating pucker! You've brought back the joy of sewing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Also appreciate you step by step tutorial utilizing a separate sample for each stage of the process.
Can’t believe how beautifully this works!!
I have never heard of a hemostat before. I thought you were just making up the word. I'm going to order one now.
I always prefer to use invisible zips. Most times I get them right but I think now I will get them every time with this technique. Thank you for showing us🇬🇧 😄🙂
Loved this. First time in 40 years of sewing that I am happy with my zipper install first time. Thank you
Thanks SO much. I've spent three days looking at and trying tutorials for installing invisible zippers! This is by far the best and most well done that I've seen ANYWHERE! Thank you!
OMG!! 4 years of sewing at Tafe and I just learnt the perfect method! Thankyou so much for this ..... it IS perfection!
J. Stern Designs sent me here. What a wonderful tutorial and so easy to understand! I’ve had a bit of zipper phobia all my life, but this video might help me overcome it.
Thank you so much! I put 1 zipper in a test garment it came out fine. The next one I had to do it 3 times before it was in correctly. Now, I will not have to pull my hair out while putting in the invisible zipper anymore! Easy-Peezy!
Hello Kenneth, what a fabulous method! I just installed a zipper on a dress I'm sewing for my mom. It worked soooo great - I was smiling afterwards, which never happended so far 'cause of those puckers below the zip (which ALWAYS occured til today)! From now on, its invisible zippers only ;)) Grazie mille!
Kenneth, thank you and Lynda Maynard so much for this fast and easy technique. I'm hooked!
You've explained this troublesome installation very well. This is pretty much what I've done since those beautiful zippers came on the market!
This is my first time watching your video. I hope you will have many more. You are so easy to understand and have great info.
I watched your video stopping as I reached each step. Perfect invisible zipper! Thank you.
Thank you for showing step by step, contrasting thread and material!! Gonna try it this week for a skirt I made 4 mos ago.
This makes so much sense, it takes away the guesswork of how close to the seam should the zip be. Thank you so, Sew much.
This was so helpful you're a life saver thank u!
Fantastic Kenneth, took me 50 yrs to get this and now I'm happy :-)