color matching

darker, and use a concealed zip if at all possible.

It depends on the project. If it's an activewear garment I'll usually go with black, sometimes using the dressed zipper technique from Nancy Cornwall's Polarfleece book. If the zipper is not a style element and is meant to be inconspicuous I'll go slightly darker rather than slightly lighter if an exact match can't be found.

Kathleen

Get an invisible zipper darker than the garment. Paint the pull with modeller's enamel or nail polish if it's obtrusive.

Sally

My mother always put in invisible zippers. I tried once and couldn't get the hang of it. Do I need a special zipper foot for an invisible zipper? I'm on a roll making carpis for the summer and an invisible zipper would work on a side seam.

Suzanne

Sally Holmes wrote:

Yes, there is an invisible zipper foot to use with them. They are easily obtained at almost any sewing retail store. Emily

Yes.

On 2005-05-18 snipped-for-privacy@att.net said: >Newsgroups: alt.sewing >Yes, there is an invisible zipper foot to use with them. But they're awfully hard to see in your sewing kit.

Oh, sorry, we did that before...

Next week they are going to board up my mouth.

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No! I never use one. They are really simple to put in. I have a scanned leaflet, if you'd like it. Just shout.

They sound great! I have a couple of bought pairs, and need to skim a pattern... :)

Well, I hate to disagree, but I just put in two concealed zippers using my normal zipper foot - all be it the Viking extra wide zipper foot - but you could just use your standard foot.

Suzanne - once I got my brain round the fact the concealed zippers sort of go on inside out to normal zippers, and that I had to uncoil the zipper teeth and hold them down flat whilst sewing, I got on OK with the

2 I put in recently.

I found that pinning in place then basting worked marvels!

HTH

Sarah

I use my regular zipper foot and just make sure I stitch so that the invisible zip rolls correctly.

penny

In article , small change of

uttered>>I use my regular zipper foot and just make sure I stitch so that the >invisible zip rolls correctly.>

Snap - if I'm feeling extra picky and/ or lacking confidence I use a bog-standard zip foot.

No, see the latest (July 05, #119) issue of Threads.

But I prefer to use the Husqvarna Viking's pintuck foot.

And they're really easy. In fact, I find them easier than "visible" zippers.

Sally Holmes Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

I usually went darker on a dark fabric and lighter on light fabrics... that is the color of fabric, not the weight....

If I cannot get an ~exact~ match, I prefer slightly darker on any color. Lighter looks faded to me.

No, I thought you should go a tiny bit darker every time, because the seams and zips are in a slight shadow and you want them to blend rather than stand out.

Well, that's how it was explained to me. It'd be different for topstitching, of course: you might want something that stands out there.

Sally