That was actually going to be my comment that we could tell that you were working on your dying pieces from this video. I'm excited to see some of those 😁
I'm trying to get certain things done as I have a set time frame. While in a hurry, I kept forgetting to use my washing up gloves doing dishes. My hands and nails look like I have mixed concrete with them! Yikes! So, now I have to make time to get my nails and skin looking better so I don't frighten little dogs and small children.
I watched this video while my bf was sleeping next to me. In the dark, with my screen brightness turned low. I was focused on what you were saying and what you were doing. I didn't even notice the dye. Normally I notice ALL THE THINGS! But tonight, I was laser focused on your demo. Thank you for all that you do. You patterns, demonstrations, and finished product all have clear information and easy to replicate. Many thanks to you.
I was born in 1951 and grew up learning how to sew on same type of machine you are using. You are such a gifted Artist. I appreciate everything you do on this channel. I look forward to all your videos. Thank you
Thank you so much for doing this! One of my goals this year is to overcome my fear of zippers, and the way you presented this, particularly for the lapped zipper, totally makes sense to me for the first time. You should be a teacher of couture sewing. More micro-tutorials like this would be so helpful for your followers. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into this and thank you for helping me make my goal less daunting in 2023.
thank you so much for this actual tutorial!!!!! It is so easy to understand and you included everything - backstitch on machine to start and end, pull the zipper down out of the way - you did such a great job!!!! I’m gonna do zippers this way now.
Thank you for this video! I've been doing zippers in a similar way BUT always forgetting how, and needing to return to the over-one-hour tutorial from which I first learned... this is much faster to view 💕😆
OMG so here I'm watching and thinking this is such a good and different way to approach a lapped zipper, I definitely have to try this! ... and then you were talking about me and my zippers. 🥲😭Ahhh thank you, I'm absolutely tickled. ❤ And god do I love lapped zippers! 😂
Pretty sure I learned how to do lapped zippers in the first place from you a few years ago 😂❤ Then I started using brocades that couldn't handle being machine basted shut first and had to do a work around! Lapped all the wayyy ✨
Thank you for this, I've actually taken a class and still wouldn't use zippers. This is the easiest I've seen in done and I love that you actually considered the garment versus just two pieces of clothe
I cannot stress this enough, thank you for this video. I have been procrastinating some of my wardrobe making because I realized despite loving pencil skirts, I hate sewing zippers because of past mess ups. I feel a lot less nervous about it now.
Depending on the fabric I pin, tack and then exactly as you. I love a hand picked zip ❤. You mentioned you don't like the bulky zip pull? I read in a couture book that they sew by hand through both layers on the lapped side up until just under the pull and then only catch the bottom layer of fabric leaving the top layer to float over the zip pull. Pretty sure it was Claire Schaeffer's Chanel style skirt book.
Omg thank you for this!! I am really comfortable with putting in lapped zippers but I always have a teeny tiny pucker at the bottom that I have wondered how to get rid of and assumed you couldn’t! I think it’s because I haven’t been stitching close enough on the underlay side-definitely gonna give it a shot❤
Thank you! I'm going to have to give this a try. Weirdly, I find invisible zippers the easiest to put in because I've made peace with exactly how the foot has to be set to play nicely with my machine, but I'd love to use this method instead of railroading when I need something more durable than an invisible zip
I too am apprehensive about zips... Recently I have been hand sewing them completely, and I like the finish better, it gives more control and doesn't take all that long. In fact I find hand sewing quite therapeutic, with a good podcast or video in the background 😊 Thanks as always for being such an inspiration 🙏
Oh thank you so much for this. Zippers are my nemesis but this method looks like something I could actually manage to pull off without completely messing it up!
Doing my nightly TH-cam video mini binge and I’m glad I saw a good explication on zippers! Next time I’ll tackle a zipper with confidence. On a side note, I have the same iron as you and I love it!
Thank you for demonstrating your version of installing a layered zipper. I much prefer your method to how I was taught. Good Job !!! 😻 I much prefer metal zippers to plastic.
I got one of those zipper feet for my modern machine! (The 1980 Elna I used for years came with that sort of foot, much prefer it to a standard modern zipper foot that comes as part of the machine kit).
Very good tutorial. I've made a lot of purses and handbags that require zippers so I've become accustomed to putting them in. They are very intimidating to anyone who sews, but once you've done you hundredth zip one begins to say, "yeah? And?" whenever someone gets nervous about them. I have a fairly recent (within the last 10 years) Brother machine that some with one of those pop-on zipper foot, but I always have trouble getting past the stopper on the end of zippers. That foot would get caught and the next thing I know my project is turning under the presser foot as the feed dogs keep pushing the fabric along. The last sewing classes I took had Janome machines that apparently came with the same kind of foot. But the instructor went out and bought ones that are like the one on your 99K and they worked a treat. So I went and bought one for myself and now that's the only zipper foot I use. The sewing machine companies think the newer zipper foot is the greatest thing ever, but I think we, the people who own these newer machines with the newer zipper foot should just send them back to the company and get the adjustable foot. It makes sewing in a zipper so much easier.
Relatable, when I first put in a zipper fly and invisible zippers I told myself it'll eventually be like riding a bike. Yeah that day has never come, they're still terrifying.
That brown blouse/dress is stunning on you. Zippers have been the bane of my existence since 1982, when I took sewing class in high school. I can DO them; I just hate them with the white heat of a thousand suns. 😡
This way of making zippers seems very easy and practical. Zero frustrations and I'm not struggling with doing it 3 times. I'll also be practicing on two pieces of fabric to get the hang of it. Thanks for the tutorial dear Bianca.
I always use lap zippers these days unless it is a featured zipper. Some tips Hand baste Roll the seam about a scant 16th of an inch to "tuck" the zip a little further under I use a cardboard template cut out of a cereal box as a guide for stitching the top. I also tend to use hand prick stitched zippers in dresses where I sort of build in a body curve A little like pad stitching a roll line but on as extreme
Perfect timing for this needed tutorial. Zippers have always been the one part of a garment that I've struggled with. I find hand stitch button holes easier to do than a zipper! Weirdly I'd never even thought of hand sewing them in. So thanks so much!
I too have had a love-hate relationship with zippers. I have been known to put a project on hold, because I just did not want to go down that rabbit hole, lol. As you know, Couturiers have some fascinating ways of constructing garments underneath, making one think the process is complicated when it is very simple. You did a great job at simplifying a terrifying experience for some.
Love this. The basics are so important to get right. ❤❤ PS agree with you on the pressure feet of vintage machines. I love mine. I somehow feel more precise.
Oh thank you! I have yet to make a project which needs a zip, but it's only a matter of time 😬 Saving this for that day, it's pragmatic, succinct, and absolutely good enough for my standards 👍
Thank you! This is similar to how I do ir but takes the extra step out. I baste stitch the zipper area, and once I get to the seam, back tack and swith to my regular stitching. That way i can press, position and pin the zipper perfectly at the seam, pull the basting. I am going to try it this way instead because lapped zippers scare me lol
That style of zipper foot is still being manufactured for both low shank (domestic) and high shank (industrial) sewing machines. Maybe slant shank (weird domestic) and Bernina machines too, I dunno. You can even get a 3-way foot where it's like a regular straight stitch foot, but with a notch on either side so you can slide it to the left or right to use it as a zipper foot. Just in case you're really allergic to switching out your presser feet.
Thank you! I do it exactly the same way, and only put the zipper into the outer layer of fabric, then I just fold the lining in on itself and hand slip stitch the lining to the zipper tape. I show this a bit in my brocade dress video th-cam.com/video/7kNcjzVevco/w-d-xo.html
Hi, A bonus video on a Monday. What a lovely treat, thank you. Have you seen By Ilona by any chance. She always start by saying the same words that you used. Verbatim. ..."there is no right or wrong way. This is just my way".... She is a milliner, based in London by the way. She goes more for 60's inspired hats and she is good at what she does, but very undervalued by TH-cam in that she needs more viewers. At least that's my opinion. I'm looking forward to Thursday. Yours, Ann
I usually hand-pick zippers as I'm rarely satisfied with the appearance of the topstitching on most garments for both lapped and centred applications. My sense of symmetry has always been unhappy with a lapped application for a centre back zipper, so this quirk causes me to use a centred application here, which of course is double the picking. Quite often for me, the perfect is definitely the enemy of done. Friends of mine have never hand-picked their zippers, citing washability as the reason. I've actually tested this on a few summer dresses I've made for my sister, who is someone who will sort laundry and use the delicate cycle when warranted. It seems that properly made pick stitches are quite durable: they've frequently outlasted the zippers and sometimes the garment fabric.
Thank you! This was just a rusty brown matte for the crease paired with Clionadh Lucidum clionadhcosmetics.com/collections/series-2-iridescent-multichromes/products/lucidum?variant=43048405074167
Thank you. Zippers were always my nemesis. But I persevere. How do you keep the bumps out of the dress zippers . I always end up uneven. Not so much if there is a waist seam, I fudge a little there. You are fab for all the content you give us. Hows the house hunting coming?
The couturier you want is Susan Khalje she has a TH-cam channel but she also has a design business where she does classes as well. She takes people to France. I think once or twice a year and she shows them the depth of the French way. She is a couturier she began I think and wedding gown, couture and she will. She has a class on unclassy that is the couture skirt out of the coop PLS, and she goes through the whole process of a good tour skirt and the pattern and the pattern is available through her class. You might enjoy that just makes that French jacket the French couture. No like jacket she did it for the class is quite expensive. I think it’s like $12-$1500 to do her class on that front jacket but you come up with a Chanel jacket face. Hope you
Sometimes, I wonder how much of my desire to get into historical sewing was motivated by avoiding zippers at all costs 😅 But seriously, thank you so much for this. I don't know if it's your expertise or the way you explain it, but you make it seem way less daunting.
I suspect had my first attempts at zippers been on a from-scratch garment, as opposed to trying to refit a premade garment I might have had a much better time. The methods that makes sense when sewing commercially in batches, and often with jigs, are not the same methods that work the best for home sewing. So looking at how they did, it can be incredibly confusing.
I am a novice reaching myaelf to sew yet I do zippers the same. I also find vintage machines do better at zippers because of the way the feed dogs are designed. On my modern machine things keep getting caught by those feed dogs.
I'm surprised you feel that way about zips. After 45yrs sewing I feel the same way. With the exception of invisible zips, I just tack zips in first - saves a lot of grief & frustration accompanied with bad words😖🤬
The problem I have is when I sew an invisible zipper I end up hitting a bit of the zip so I think I’ve done a great job and the bloody zip won’t do up.
Just so you know - the correct (Australian) term for "a tiny tiny little bit" is "poofteenth". You overlapped your zipper a poofteenth of an inch. The "oo" is pronounced like "book", not "floof". You're welcome.
Forgive my manicure...I skip gloves while washing out tie dye and it shows, or stains, rather 😬😅
The eyeshadow look made up for it, it's lovely.
That was actually going to be my comment that we could tell that you were working on your dying pieces from this video. I'm excited to see some of those 😁
I'm trying to get certain things done as I have a set time frame. While in a hurry, I kept forgetting to use my washing up gloves doing dishes. My hands and nails look like I have mixed concrete with them! Yikes! So, now I have to make time to get my nails and skin looking better so I don't frighten little dogs and small children.
I watched this video while my bf was sleeping next to me. In the dark, with my screen brightness turned low. I was focused on what you were saying and what you were doing. I didn't even notice the dye. Normally I notice ALL THE THINGS! But tonight, I was laser focused on your demo. Thank you for all that you do. You patterns, demonstrations, and finished product all have clear information and easy to replicate. Many thanks to you.
I admire your working hands!
You deserve a medal, Bianca, sewing 3 zippers just for us, what a nightmare 😅 thank you so much for this, super helpful!!
Thank you Laura! ❤
I was born in 1951 and grew up learning how to sew on same type of machine you are using. You are such a gifted Artist. I appreciate everything you do on this channel. I look forward to all your videos.
Thank you
Thank you so much Heidi! ❤
Thank you so much for doing this! One of my goals this year is to overcome my fear of zippers, and the way you presented this, particularly for the lapped zipper, totally makes sense to me for the first time. You should be a teacher of couture sewing. More micro-tutorials like this would be so helpful for your followers. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into this and thank you for helping me make my goal less daunting in 2023.
Thank you! You've got this!! 🧵✨
just at the step of sewing in a zipper on some trousers! never even sewed a zipper before: thank you!
Super helpful! Thank you! I like seeing you demonstrate techniques, because your way is often both practical, and realistic to achieve.
Agree. The practical way and comfort knowing everyone struggles with similar points in their stitching.
Hands down the best lapped zipper tutorial on the internet 💜💜
This is so helpful! Thank you! Zippers and button holes oh my. Yeah definitely a moment. Much love from the UK. xx
Thank you!
thank you so much for this actual tutorial!!!!! It is so easy to understand and you included everything - backstitch on machine to start and end, pull the zipper down out of the way - you did such a great job!!!! I’m gonna do zippers this way now.
Thank you for this video! I've been doing zippers in a similar way BUT always forgetting how, and needing to return to the over-one-hour tutorial from which I first learned... this is much faster to view 💕😆
this video has made me feel safe with partial handsewing my zippers. I was worried about stitch size, but no more. Thank you.
Good demo! Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good.
OMG so here I'm watching and thinking this is such a good and different way to approach a lapped zipper, I definitely have to try this! ... and then you were talking about me and my zippers. 🥲😭Ahhh thank you, I'm absolutely tickled. ❤ And god do I love lapped zippers! 😂
Pretty sure I learned how to do lapped zippers in the first place from you a few years ago 😂❤ Then I started using brocades that couldn't handle being machine basted shut first and had to do a work around! Lapped all the wayyy ✨
Thank you for this, I've actually taken a class and still wouldn't use zippers. This is the easiest I've seen in done and I love that you actually considered the garment versus just two pieces of clothe
QI!!!!!! My partner and I watch it all the time! Sandy is hilarious:D and perfect gets in the way of done. I love that.
I cannot stress this enough, thank you for this video. I have been procrastinating some of my wardrobe making because I realized despite loving pencil skirts, I hate sewing zippers because of past mess ups. I feel a lot less nervous about it now.
Least terrifying Zipper install I've ever seen. THANK YOU!
Lapped is my go-to! Watching this closely to improve my technique, I could use it ☺️
Thanks for showing this. I'm still afraid of zippers too. I like this method.
Interesting, I kinda like the hand stitched one. I always thought that you needed to stitch across the bottom of my zipper. Very neat.🙂
Thanks for this quick and easy to understand zip insertion tutorial
Zippers are more scary than buttonholes. Thanks for the tutorial. Hugs
Depending on the fabric I pin, tack and then exactly as you. I love a hand picked zip ❤. You mentioned you don't like the bulky zip pull? I read in a couture book that they sew by hand through both layers on the lapped side up until just under the pull and then only catch the bottom layer of fabric leaving the top layer to float over the zip pull. Pretty sure it was Claire Schaeffer's Chanel style skirt book.
Omg thank you for this!! I am really comfortable with putting in lapped zippers but I always have a teeny tiny pucker at the bottom that I have wondered how to get rid of and assumed you couldn’t! I think it’s because I haven’t been stitching close enough on the underlay side-definitely gonna give it a shot❤
Oops forgot to say thank you. This was a timely reminder if how straightforward zippers can be...which is the next step in my current project
I learned how to put zippers in by watching you and I so appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your time and talents!
Thank you Sara!
Perfection is the enemy of done, so true!😁👍
Thank you! I'm going to have to give this a try. Weirdly, I find invisible zippers the easiest to put in because I've made peace with exactly how the foot has to be set to play nicely with my machine, but I'd love to use this method instead of railroading when I need something more durable than an invisible zip
the way that I come back to this video every time I sew a zipper! :)
Lovely handwork. I love the pick stitching.
Thank you Pauline!
I too am apprehensive about zips... Recently I have been hand sewing them completely, and I like the finish better, it gives more control and doesn't take all that long. In fact I find hand sewing quite therapeutic, with a good podcast or video in the background 😊 Thanks as always for being such an inspiration 🙏
Thank you Mara! ❤
👍 Zippers, thank God they are not buttonholes 😂 long live the hook and bar!
Oh thank you so much for this. Zippers are my nemesis but this method looks like something I could actually manage to pull off without completely messing it up!
I can't believe you did this for us! You're a hero, thank you xx ❤️
Happy if I can help in any way with evil zips basically 😂❤
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial!
Thank you Naomi!
Doing my nightly TH-cam video mini binge and I’m glad I saw a good explication on zippers! Next time I’ll tackle a zipper with confidence. On a side note, I have the same iron as you and I love it!
Thank you! I too like this iron quite a lot so far!
Thank you for demonstrating your version of installing a layered zipper. I much prefer your method to how I was taught. Good Job !!! 😻 I much prefer metal zippers to plastic.
Thank you Dolores!
Thank you very helpful. I’m going to be making some summer dresses soon I think this tutorial will help
I love all your videos so much Bianca! You inspire me and take me to my happy place. Thank you! 💗
Thank you Raini!
I got one of those zipper feet for my modern machine! (The 1980 Elna I used for years came with that sort of foot, much prefer it to a standard modern zipper foot that comes as part of the machine kit).
I LIKE THIS! I PUT THIS VIDEO IN MY FAVORITES! THANKS BIANCA!!
Thank you! Needed this video!
Thank you Bianca, you explained that so well that I think I should be able to easily insert a zip next time I need to.
Thanks for this, very clear and easy to follow. Will refer back to this for my next zipper (which are moderately terrifying). 😻
Very good tutorial. I've made a lot of purses and handbags that require zippers so I've become accustomed to putting them in. They are very intimidating to anyone who sews, but once you've done you hundredth zip one begins to say, "yeah? And?" whenever someone gets nervous about them. I have a fairly recent (within the last 10 years) Brother machine that some with one of those pop-on zipper foot, but I always have trouble getting past the stopper on the end of zippers. That foot would get caught and the next thing I know my project is turning under the presser foot as the feed dogs keep pushing the fabric along. The last sewing classes I took had Janome machines that apparently came with the same kind of foot. But the instructor went out and bought ones that are like the one on your 99K and they worked a treat. So I went and bought one for myself and now that's the only zipper foot I use. The sewing machine companies think the newer zipper foot is the greatest thing ever, but I think we, the people who own these newer machines with the newer zipper foot should just send them back to the company and get the adjustable foot. It makes sewing in a zipper so much easier.
Relatable, when I first put in a zipper fly and invisible zippers I told myself it'll eventually be like riding a bike. Yeah that day has never come, they're still terrifying.
Yeah still waiting what's the deal 😂✨🧵
That brown blouse/dress is stunning on you. Zippers have been the bane of my existence since 1982, when I took sewing class in high school. I can DO them; I just hate them with the white heat of a thousand suns. 😡
Ha! Fair 🔥🔥🔥 And thank you! I'll have a tutorial for this top style coming soon ✨
This is really really helpful! I find zippers confusing a lot of the time so thank you for this!
Thank you! Zippers are often confounding indeed
This way of making zippers seems very easy and practical. Zero frustrations and I'm not struggling with doing it 3 times. I'll also be practicing on two pieces of fabric to get the hang of it. Thanks for the tutorial dear Bianca.
Thank you Artemisa! ❤
Great tutorial 🤩I just started sewing in hand finished lapsed zips it's my favourite way to put in a zip
Thank you Christine!
I always use lap zippers these days unless it is a featured zipper.
Some tips
Hand baste
Roll the seam about a scant 16th of an inch to "tuck" the zip a little further under
I use a cardboard template cut out of a cereal box as a guide for stitching the top.
I also tend to use hand prick stitched zippers in dresses where I sort of build in a body curve
A little like pad stitching a roll line but on as extreme
Perfect timing for this needed tutorial. Zippers have always been the one part of a garment that I've struggled with. I find hand stitch button holes easier to do than a zipper! Weirdly I'd never even thought of hand sewing them in. So thanks so much!
When all else fails, remember this line that we use when building finicky costumes, "it's a design choice!"
I too have had a love-hate relationship with zippers. I have been known to put a project on hold, because I just did not want to go down that rabbit hole, lol. As you know, Couturiers have some fascinating ways of constructing garments underneath, making one think the process is complicated when it is very simple. You did a great job at simplifying a terrifying experience for some.
Thank you!
@@TheClosetHistorian, You're welcome, dear!
Love this! Over time you have changed my mind about lapped zippers. Now it's my go to for projects!
Ah, the one we've all been waiting for 💗
Thank you for this informational video. Your tutorials are the best! Sending endless positive vibes xo
Thank you Dawn!
Love this. The basics are so important to get right. ❤❤ PS agree with you on the pressure feet of vintage machines. I love mine. I somehow feel more precise.
Sewing is just overall surprisingly more pleasant on this vintage machine, I'm never going back 😅❤
Thank you for a great tutorial!
Very cool tutorial very informative n teaching 👍👏🏼Thank you I hate zippers 😲🙄🤣
Thank you Mirta! Don't we all 😂
Oh thank you! I have yet to make a project which needs a zip, but it's only a matter of time 😬 Saving this for that day, it's pragmatic, succinct, and absolutely good enough for my standards 👍
Thank you!
I love your top! ❤
Thank you! This is similar to how I do ir but takes the extra step out. I baste stitch the zipper area, and once I get to the seam, back tack and swith to my regular stitching. That way i can press, position and pin the zipper perfectly at the seam, pull the basting. I am going to try it this way instead because lapped zippers scare me lol
I used to do mine that way too, but now I use too many fabrics that cant' handle machine basting very well 😅 Darn sensitive brocades!
This was so helpful, thank you!
That style of zipper foot is still being manufactured for both low shank (domestic) and high shank (industrial) sewing machines. Maybe slant shank (weird domestic) and Bernina machines too, I dunno. You can even get a 3-way foot where it's like a regular straight stitch foot, but with a notch on either side so you can slide it to the left or right to use it as a zipper foot. Just in case you're really allergic to switching out your presser feet.
Great tutorial!
Thank for the tutorial!
Great tutorial! So helpful
Thank you!
Very helpful I enjoyed seeing your way.❤
Thank you Carol!
This was great! So helpful. I'd love to see how you do this zipper when you add a lining, too.
Thank you! I do it exactly the same way, and only put the zipper into the outer layer of fabric, then I just fold the lining in on itself and hand slip stitch the lining to the zipper tape. I show this a bit in my brocade dress video th-cam.com/video/7kNcjzVevco/w-d-xo.html
Hi, A bonus video on a Monday. What a lovely treat, thank you. Have you seen By Ilona by any chance. She always start by saying the same words that you used. Verbatim. ..."there is no right or wrong way. This is just my way".... She is a milliner, based in London by the way. She goes more for 60's inspired hats and she is good at what she does, but very undervalued by TH-cam in that she needs more viewers. At least that's my opinion. I'm looking forward to Thursday. Yours, Ann
Thank you Ann! I'll have to check her out!
I often insert zipper like you half by hand. In fact by hand is my friend in many finicky places, I feel I have more control.
That was my incredibly helpful😊 thank you!
Thank you!
I usually hand-pick zippers as I'm rarely satisfied with the appearance of the topstitching on most garments for both lapped and centred applications. My sense of symmetry has always been unhappy with a lapped application for a centre back zipper, so this quirk causes me to use a centred application here, which of course is double the picking. Quite often for me, the perfect is definitely the enemy of done.
Friends of mine have never hand-picked their zippers, citing washability as the reason. I've actually tested this on a few summer dresses I've made for my sister, who is someone who will sort laundry and use the delicate cycle when warranted. It seems that properly made pick stitches are quite durable: they've frequently outlasted the zippers and sometimes the garment fabric.
Thank you
thank you so much.
bonus video👍👍👍
Nice! Thanks!
wooow love the top Bianca! i would love to try to make one in stretchy mesh if you have a video about how to pattern draft that top😍
Thank you! Video for the top here th-cam.com/video/kjAs0cDEs9g/w-d-xo.html
@@TheClosetHistorian you are so sweet🥲 thanks heaps!!!!!!!👩❤️💋👩
Bianca, your eye makeup in the intro is gorgeous....can you share your colors and process?
Thank you! This was just a rusty brown matte for the crease paired with Clionadh Lucidum clionadhcosmetics.com/collections/series-2-iridescent-multichromes/products/lucidum?variant=43048405074167
Thank you. Zippers were always my nemesis. But I persevere. How do you keep the bumps out of the dress zippers . I always end up uneven. Not so much if there is a waist seam, I fudge a little there. You are fab for all the content you give us. Hows the house hunting coming?
Thank you Linda! Not sure what you mean about dress zips I'm afraid! Alas I'm not house hunting properly until Summer really 😅
The couturier you want is Susan Khalje she has a TH-cam channel but she also has a design business where she does classes as well. She takes people to France. I think once or twice a year and she shows them the depth of the French way. She is a couturier she began I think and wedding gown, couture and she will. She has a class on unclassy that is the couture skirt out of the coop PLS, and she goes through the whole process of a good tour skirt and the pattern and the pattern is available through her class. You might enjoy that just makes that French jacket the French couture. No like jacket she did it for the class is quite expensive. I think it’s like $12-$1500 to do her class on that front jacket but you come up with a Chanel jacket face. Hope you
Sounds intense! Maybe one day I'll have time, though I don't actually like Chanel jackets, I'm a Dior gal 😂❤
my daughter and I are obsessed with the blouse you are wearing.... We NEED to make that blouse! Did you make it? Where do we find the pattern?
Thank you Becky! Video coming soon!
Sometimes, I wonder how much of my desire to get into historical sewing was motivated by avoiding zippers at all costs 😅
But seriously, thank you so much for this. I don't know if it's your expertise or the way you explain it, but you make it seem way less daunting.
Thank you Danielle!
I suspect had my first attempts at zippers been on a from-scratch garment, as opposed to trying to refit a premade garment I might have had a much better time.
The methods that makes sense when sewing commercially in batches, and often with jigs, are not the same methods that work the best for home sewing.
So looking at how they did, it can be incredibly confusing.
Would the procedure be different when sewing with in invisible zipper?🤔😊
Yes I'm afraid! Invisible zips are easiest with a special presser foot, and I never use them personally because I find they break easily 😅
Hi Bianca, I would like to know how you made the top you have on. A tutorial would be great..just sayin'.
Thanks for your explanations!!!!
Tutorial for the top style coming soon ✨
how to you sew under the zipper when you are making a miniskirt?
🤐🤐🤐🤐
zipper gang
I am a novice reaching myaelf to sew yet I do zippers the same. I also find vintage machines do better at zippers because of the way the feed dogs are designed. On my modern machine things keep getting caught by those feed dogs.
I'm surprised you feel that way about zips. After 45yrs sewing I feel the same way. With the exception of invisible zips, I just tack zips in first - saves a lot of grief & frustration accompanied with bad words😖🤬
Zips are just a /thing/, I'm convinced 😂 Basting and patience are virtues I have yet to acquire but probably should ✨
🙋♀️ being a lil afraid of zippers
I think I need to find me a zipper foot for my machine... that would totally make me hate zippers less..... right? >.>
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The problem I have is when I sew an invisible zipper I end up hitting a bit of the zip so I think I’ve done a great job and the bloody zip won’t do up.
Add it to the list of why I don't believe in invisible zippers 😅
Just so you know - the correct (Australian) term for "a tiny tiny little bit" is "poofteenth". You overlapped your zipper a poofteenth of an inch. The "oo" is pronounced like "book", not "floof". You're welcome.
Zippers (especially "invisible" ones) are the worst and I will deliberately redraft patterns to use buttons or snaps or anything else instead.
Oh yeah I neeever use invisible zippers, I just find they tend to break and so I don't trust them!
Thank you for the tutorial!