Well, I am just about where I want to be with the dress. And here is my beautiful hand picked zipper.
Isn't it lovely? I used Susan Khalje's tutorial from Threads. Really it was not hard to do and seems very secure. In fact, I may have saved time by hand sewing, since I normally end up wrestling with a zipper before getting it right. One really great tip that I picked up from Kenneth King was to use masking or painters tape to help you make your stitches even - cut the tape however wide you want the stitches away from CB and then mark every 1/4" to 3/8" on the tape so you know where to make each stitch. My stitches are 1/4" apart, and 1/4" away from CB. I used painters tape after carefully testing that it would not leave any mark or residue on the fabric.
And now for the Re-Give Away!
Since the lovely Dr Kiang is in town visiting me, I let her pull a name from my new purple aligator clutch.
Allie Mae, Threads #135 is yours. Congrats! Just let me know where to send it and I'll get it in the mail asap. Email me at Clio[dot]Phineas[at]gmail[dot]com.
Have a great weekend everyone! On Sunday, I'll be sewing my up the dress. More then!
Isn't it lovely? I used Susan Khalje's tutorial from Threads. Really it was not hard to do and seems very secure. In fact, I may have saved time by hand sewing, since I normally end up wrestling with a zipper before getting it right. One really great tip that I picked up from Kenneth King was to use masking or painters tape to help you make your stitches even - cut the tape however wide you want the stitches away from CB and then mark every 1/4" to 3/8" on the tape so you know where to make each stitch. My stitches are 1/4" apart, and 1/4" away from CB. I used painters tape after carefully testing that it would not leave any mark or residue on the fabric.
And now for the Re-Give Away!
Since the lovely Dr Kiang is in town visiting me, I let her pull a name from my new purple aligator clutch.
Allie Mae, Threads #135 is yours. Congrats! Just let me know where to send it and I'll get it in the mail asap. Email me at Clio[dot]Phineas[at]gmail[dot]com.
Have a great weekend everyone! On Sunday, I'll be sewing my up the dress. More then!
