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How to sew a secret zipper in a skirt

Currently, in stores besides the usuallightning can be purchased and secret. This is a very popular type of fastener, used in various models of trousers, skirts, dresses. Secret - that is invisible and inconspicuous. This quality allows you to use it for making many products.

Secret Lightning
So, how to sew a secret zipper? In order to sew such a buckle, you will need certain sewing skills and assiduity. And also we need materials and tools. First, we need a secret lightning. In appearance, it resembles the usual, only the teeth on it on the wrong side. From the wrong side it is the same as the usual lightning from the front side. The secret zipper at the castle itself has a groove, along which it should be sewn. The seam can be laid further away from the groove, but not closer. The fastener must be approximately 2 cm longer than the incision. Secondly, you will need a needle, thread and a sewing machine with a special paw for pricking the zipper (one-piece). Third, we need a product to which we will sew a zipper. In our example, this is a skirt.

Before sewing a buckle in a skirt, you must decide whereit will be located - in the side or middle seam. The technique of sewing in all the seams is the same. The secret zipper and thread must match the color of the product. After choosing the place, we start to work. We will consider how to sew a secret zipper into the middle back seam of the skirt.

How to sew a secret zipper
First on the skirt we mark with chalk or pin the lengthlock in the finished form, it is about 20 cm. Then, the middle seam from this label is stitched together. Before stitching, cut the slices on the overlock or sewing machine. If the product is sewn from a stretch fabric, then before sewing the place of sewing lightning should be glued with strips of dublerin so that the fabric does not stretch.

After the sections have been glued, swept,the seam is sewn and smoothed into a crease, we proceed to stitching the buckles. On a fabric we put it so that the top tails were free. This is required to process the top slice. Both sides of the zipper first pins the pins to the fabric, and then we take the cut to the cut, retreating from the edge of 0.5 cm. After doing this, make sure that the secret lock does not warp.

Then on the sewing machine we establish a specialfoot for stitching lightning. We put the skirt in such a way that one side of the buckle is under the foot. We begin the line from the zakrepki and lay it strictly on the groove to the place where the middle seam of the skirt begins.

Secret lock
The second side is also sewn. After sewing the lightning, you need to close it and see if there are any missteps. To do this, be careful not to damage the line, through the available free space to get first the tail, and then the very dog.

Sometimes it is required to sew a secret zipper in a skirt offabric stretch lined without a belt. Lining in skirts is used to ensure that during the socks the product does not stretch the back part and the shape is better preserved. Also, thanks to the lining, you can avoid sticking the skirt to your feet and electrifying. In addition, such a skirt will last much longer and will be less scrappy.

Now let's talk about how to sew a secret zipper in a skirt of stretch fabrics. As already mentioned above, first place the stitching of the lock with 2 cm wide double strips.

Then we do everything the same as on the skirt from the usualtissue. Only then it is necessary to sew a lining with a lining on both sides of the zipper. The obtachka and lining are sewed around in a circle until the secret lock is stuck. Paving the seam from the wrong side to the buckle, grab the free tail, which was left earlier. The lining is sewn to the allowance, where the secret zipper is already sewn. Seam finish at 0.5 cm mid-seam lining. We also do the other side.

Now everything is sewn. It remains only to turn and iron with a wet cloth. How to sew a secret zipper into a skirt with a lining, we figured out.

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