You will need :
2 pieces of cloth
1 invisible zipper
zig zag foot
zipper foot
For the ease of description, with the correct side of fabric and zipper facing up, let's label the left cloth as A, right cloth as B, left side of zipper as C and right side of zipper as D.
1) Turn the zipper over so that the correct side of zipper (C) is facing the correct side of cloth (A).
2) Pin them in place.
3) Flip over the zipper a little so that the pully is showing and the right side of the zipper (D) is facing up
4) Flip over the the right cloth (B) so that the wrong side of cloth is facing up.
5) Align B to the zipper (D), so that correct side of cloth (B) is touching the correct side of zipper (D). Pin in place.
6) Your assembly should now look like this
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| Top : Wrong side of cloth Bottom : Right side of cloth |
7) Hand sew the zipper to the cloth. There is no need for a nice, neat sewing as the aim is just to hold them in place.
8) Attach the zipper foot to your sewing machine. Note that there are 2 sides of the zipper foot. Attach it to the left side of the foot to sew the left side of zipper.
9) Attached correctly, the raised part of the zipper should fit in the groove of the zipper foot. The entire zipper foot should be flat.
10) Start sewing with a few back stitches. Then continue sewing forward. You won't be able to sew beyond the pully of the zipper. It is ok. Just sew as far as you can go.
11) Remove the zipper foot and reattach it at the right side to sew the right side of the zipper. Repeat sewing as in step 9 and 10. You may remove the hand stitches once done.
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| Top left : Attaching the left side of zipper foot to the sewing machine Top right : Sewing the left side of zipper Bottom : Sewing towards the pully of the zipper |
12) Fold the cloth so that the correct sides are facing each other.
13) Attach the zig zag foot to the sewing machine. Sew along the part where the zipper just ended towards the end of the cloth. You may need to pull the open end of zipper away to avoid it getting in the way. The open end of the zipper is the part where you were not open to sew beyond the pully in step 10.
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| Top : Fabrics folded with correct sides facing each other Bottom : Pulling the end of zipper away to sew the remaining open end of cloth |
14) Reattach the zipper foot to the sewing machine.
15) With the cloth still folded, open one side of the seam and sew the remaining open end of the zipper. Repeat at the other side.
Your invisible zipper is now done. Opening up bothe sides of the cloth, it should look like this :
Good luck!
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