Posts

Showing posts with the label zipper leaders

Zipper Leader Tutorial - Part 4

Image
Next you'll make the zipper leader for your "Lining Roller" canvas. Follow the same steps with one exception. Position your closed zipper face up with the tab to the right as before, but you will be positioning the canvas above the zipper instead of below it. Hopefully you can see the difference in the photo below where I have already attached the new zipper canvas to the Lining Roller Canvas. If you chose to make zipper leaders for your quilt top roller also, you will use the same steps as the "Lining Roller" canvas above. To make extra sets of zipper leaders, position the closed zipper face up with the tab to the right. Stitch a new canvas to both sides of the zipper along the 1/2" folded edge of the canvas. Stitch them on your domestic machine as before using a zipper foot starting at the center and stitching to the ends. Label the top canvas "Lining Roller" or "Quilt Top Roller" and the bottom canvas as "Pick Up Roller". Th...

Zipper Leader Tutorial - Part 2

Image
You are now ready to attach the zipper to your leader using your domestic sewing machine. You have to decide which way you want your zipper to lay - with the closed tab to the right of your machine or to the left. I chose to have the tab to the right side of my machine as I'm standing on the free-hand size. This first zipper leader is for the "Take Up Roller" leader on your machine. The directions are for the closed pull tab to be on the right side. Step 1. Start with the closed zipper facing right side up and the tab to the right. The canvas is also right side up. Match the center mark of your closed zipper to the center mark on the leader with the 1/2" fold. The fold of the canvas is positioned right up against the zipper teeth. The closed tab is positioned on the right side. Pin in place. . Step 2. Start stitching the canvas at the center mark. Use a zipper foot and a straight stitch on your domestic sewing machine. I used a 3.0 stitch width. Stitch to the end of ...