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Zipper conundrum Can't find a color match
JennaF Advanced Beginner WA USA Member since 5/10/10 Posts: 364	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/25/13 11:15 AM I ordered this awesome coral stretch denim to make a Hollyburn skirt but I'm having trouble finding a zipper that even comes close to matching. I could probably do an invisible zipper, but they never seem quite as sturdy. How about installing a lapped zipper?? Is that something you can substitute? I haven't cut out the pattern or anything so if I need to make any pattern adjustments I can. ------ http://www.seamstressintraining.blogspot.com
Speech girl   Intermediate GA USA Member since 5/11/03 Posts: 1666	Login to reply to this post In reply to JennaF << 1 member likes this. Date: 1/25/13 11:19 AM I think the invisible zipper would work fine. I use them all the time on skirts, including denim and have had no issues. ------ Kim formerly mikkim http://girlwithatimemachine.wordpress.com/
Nancy K Advanced NY USA Member since 12/28/04 Posts: 7630	Login to reply to this post In reply to JennaF << Like this post Date: 1/25/13 1:33 PM You can make a lapped zipper, it doesn't have to be cut differently if I remember correctly. It's been awhile since I put one in. The invisible zipper would certainly work, and you can sew a tab at the top to hide the non matching color. ------ www.nancyksews.blogspot.com
DonnaH Intermediate TX Member since 10/1/03 Posts: 491	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/25/13 2:06 PM You could also go in the opposite direction - an exposed zipper in a contrasting color! I think a darkish periwinkle (ie, not pale pastel) or turquoise would be amazing, or even cream or black if you wanted to be more conservative. It depends on what tops you plan to wear with it. -- Edited on 1/25/13 2:07 PM --
clothingengineer   Intermediate CT USA Member since 5/7/10 Posts: 395	Login to reply to this post In reply to JennaF << 1 member likes this. Date: 1/25/13 2:07 PM If you're worried about the sturdiness of an invisible zipper you could also extend the waistband only so it has a 1" underlap, then use a metal hook and bar to secure it in place. Install the invisible zipper so it is attached to the skirt only. That way the stress will mostly be on the waistband closure and not the zipper. ------ -- Anne http://clothingengineer.com
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 12/3/06 Posts: 5214	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/25/13 2:45 PM I have never tried an invisible zipper application on denim. If it works with the fabric (test) you could always paint the pull. ------ “I don’t give them Hell, I just tell the truth about them and they think it’s Hell.” — Harry Truman
nancy2001   Advanced AL USA Member since 12/3/05 Posts: 6144	Login to reply to this post In reply to JennaF << Like this post Date: 1/25/13 3:01 PM Try zipperstop.com. They carry all kinds of zippers in dozens and dozens of colors. ------ The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins
RoseFromThule Advanced Beginner FRANCE Member since 3/3/10 Posts: 392	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 1/25/13 3:23 PM I once had the same problem with a bright green fabric, and found out that, no matter how "invisibly" the invisible zipper is inserted, some of it shows when you move. I cut my fabric with 3/8" SA so there wasn't enough SA to do a lapped zipper - maybe yours a wide enough ? I chose the option of making it contrasting, but it changed the output completely, of course, and you may not like the result : ------ Meet me at rosemiracles.wordpress.com
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 12/13/08 Posts: 2527	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/25/13 9:12 PM Jenna--gasp! You're sewing a WOVEN?! LOL That coral denim is so completely fabulous, and Rose's turquoise green skirt looks AMAZING with the white topstitching! (Rose, didn't you post about not being able to find a zipper to match? It turned out great!) ------ ~Gem in the prairie
RoseFromThule Advanced Beginner FRANCE Member since 3/3/10 Posts: 392	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/26/13 2:09 AM Yes, it was this fabric (although I had another pattern in mind at the time). Turned out I couldn't find a matching topstitching thread either ... Thank you PR for the suggestion to make a statement and use a completely different color ! ------ Meet me at rosemiracles.wordpress.com

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