One of the hardest aspects of sewing is fiddling about with zips – they’re often the wrong length, tricky to work with and there are a number of pitfalls that you need to avoid if you’re really going to enhance your sewing experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n Fear not! We’ve had a trawl around internet land in an effort to help you take the stress out of sewing – and concentrate on the fun.<\/p>\n And this time, we unearthed one of the best tutorials we’ve seen in a while…<\/p>\n Enjoy!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The perfect place to tackle any potential zipophobia with not one, but two beginner-friendly how-tos, courtesy of Pam from Clever Little Mouse<\/a>, which can be enjoyed on the Kim Six Fix blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI promise, if you can sew a straight line, you can make these pouches!\u201d<\/em> claims Pam, with every justification.<\/p>\n The pencil pouch is a super starting project and it\u2019s followed by the marginally more challenging makeup pouch tutorial.<\/p>\n Watch out for:<\/strong> \u201cMake sure the zipper is unzipped at least halfway before you proceed, or you won’t be able to turn the finished bags right side out!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If video lessons are more your sort of thing, you could do very much worse than having a look at this excellent example from Stitchless TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dealing with how to sew a centred lapped zip (in this case on an A line skirt) is great fun.<\/p>\n We love:<\/strong> \u201cIt’s a little unconventional but really works.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Two for the price of one here! A really good tutorial on the Made To Sew website<\/a> with the option of a really brilliant video on the Made To Sew YouTube account<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no exaggeration to state that these two top lessons combined form one of the most enjoyable and informative how-tos we\u2019ve seen in a while! Highly recommended!<\/p>\n Invisible zips have such a huge number of uses from clothes such as dresses skirts and trousers, to all sorts of home furnishing projects.<\/p>\n Top tip:<\/strong> \u201cIf you plan to sew a lot of invisible zippers purchase\u00a0an invisible zipper foot. The invisible zipper foot will make the process of sewing an invisible zipper MUCH easier.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n And finally, here\u2019s something that you will need to do on a zip sewing project at some stage – learn how to shorten a zip. 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\nDon’t fear the zips! Two easy zipper pouch tutorials<\/h3>\n
\nVideo – How to sew an easy zipper sewing tutorial<\/h3>\n
\nHow to: sew invisible zipper<\/h3>\n
\nHow to shorten zippers and make zipper tabs<\/h3>\n
\nSend us YOUR sewing tips<\/h3>\n
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