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Separating zipper Zipper doesn't separate
BillieJean   Advanced TX USA Member since 9/13/04 Posts: 18	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/15/10 9:33 AM I'm trying to put a separating zipper in a jacket I'm making for my husband. The zipper I bought is a Coats and Clark "dual separating parka zipper". My problem is I can't figure out how to separate it. It has two pulls on it but does not separate at the top or the bottom. The teeth separate, but not the stops and either end. What am I missing? What good is a separating zipper that doesn't completely separate? -- Edited on 1/15/10 9:35 AM -- ------ Billie
Sewliz   CO USA Member since 6/22/04 Posts: 4126	Login to reply to this post In reply to BillieJean Like this post Date: 1/15/10 9:39 AM Both stops need to be at the same end (bottom) to separate a parka zipper. Is that the problem? ------ Liz thefittinglife.blogspot.com
becca a   Intermediate VT USA Member since 11/6/04 Posts: 793	Login to reply to this post In reply to BillieJean Like this post Date: 1/15/10 10:29 AM This sounds like a purse zipper which will open in either direction but not separate completely. Was it labeled when you got it? Unfortunately, it sounds like you need a different zipper for your jacket.
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 7/26/07 Posts: 3782 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/15/10 10:59 AM Sound more like a luggage/purse zipper than a true jacket separating zipper. Do you still have the packaging? ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
diane s Intermediate OR USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 3919	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/15/10 11:40 PM I sounds like a seperating zipper that has a dual slider. You need to slide the top pull down to the bottom pull, push them together so they act like 1 slider and see if they seperate. seperate ------ My grandmother taught me to sew when I was 10, and I've been sewing ever since.
Country Lady Member since 6/2/08 Posts: 41	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/15/10 11:58 PM This is such a coincidence. I was going through the exact same thing last night. Yes, you have to have both pulls at the bottom and they will slide right out. I had convinced myself that it wouldn't unzip and the bottom, but it will.
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7474	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 1:47 AM Since this thread is already called separating zippers, I had a problem tonight maybe someone could help me with. I decided to add one to a top I'm making. I could find directions all day long on how to add the zipper if I wanted it to show. However, I couldn't find directions or a tutorial anywhere on-line or even in any of the large selection of books I already own on how to put in a separating zipper if I didn't want it to show. I tried to think, think, think this one through on my own, but I was at a complete loss. I did imagine that the facing would have to be a bit narrower so as not to cover the back of the zipper the way I want the front of the zipper covered. Does any of this make sense? ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL
BillieJean   Advanced TX USA Member since 9/13/04 Posts: 18	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 5:20 AM Yes, when I put both pulls at the bottom it separates. Thank you all so much. I just knew I'd get help here. ------ Billie

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