EASY Centered Zipper Tutorial! Great for beginners, fitting (and re-fitting)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- This zipper method is easy to sew, easy to remove, and that makes it easy to LOVE. Sew it with me, as I test-drive one of my newest draped dresses with this super simple closure.
Before putting a ring on it, I like to wear it out--cuz wearing a garment out in the wild is never the same as in front of your sewing machine!
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I absolutely ADORE this woman and her spirit! Even though I dont really enjoy sewing...yes, I'm the weirdo who likes to design and cut patterns but sewing...not so much. Anyway...I get such enjoyment out of these wonderful videos and the awesome sass and beauty that glows throughout!! And can I just visit all of your fabric like one visits an art gallery? LOL. In a non stalker way.
I literally two minutes ago said "I need to watch a zipper tutorial before I attempt to put one in this dress" and PRESTO! This video appeared on my feed! Kismet! Thanks for the video and for your always amazing content! ❤️❤️❤️
amaaazing. I hope you have zipper liftoff by cocktail hour!
When you said Rob’s probably gonna be along when the sewing notions come out, I was fully expecting a cat to come swat bobbins around. 😂😂😂
I first found you a few months into COVID when making mask and I've been hooked every since. I love your sense of humor, hair, tongue-in-cheek moments and creativity. I generally watch your videos at least twice...once strictly for entertainment then to take notes or get to work. My daughter asked if I wanted to come watch a comedy, I told her I already was. I truly enjoy the interactions with Rob. Getting ready to watch the bodice video 👗 Sew This Dress! My Favorite Bodice, and How to Hack it 👗
Sonia, thank you! That made me smile ear to ear! We’ve got a big sewing video coming up but there’s more Rob on the horizon 😁💗
My mom taught me to sew both sides of the zipper from the same direction, because of the feed dogs “grabbing the fabric. She rarely needed to remove the stitching of the zipper. I always love your posts, you and hubby are adorable.
Aptly, Rob's cameo was "virtual insanity." So good.
He knows no other way 🤣
Had to stop at exactly 15:32 to take my puffer. This was too familiar 🤣
Thank you for not only sharing your knowledge but for spreading such joy in your videos! The zipper song had me laughing and laughing and I really needed that today!
We’re glad to oblige ☺️☺️hope your days are going brighter!
Oh Marcy, you’re here! And Rob too. I’ve been waiting patiently and now your JOY has arrived right in my little phone. Thanks for more fun and zipper instructions. Very well done. I can sure hear the Arkansan accent in the Zipper Song. Thanks Rob, you’re very talented as well😂🤣😂.
That accent sneaks out when he’s sang-in 😅glad you came back!
Love the zip song! Guys...my husband is hooked on watching you guys! I'm the sewer...he's a loving husband that enjoys watching his wife grin from ear to ear🤣
This is seriously my favorite thing. Wait till he starts talking darts and grading to you!
I’ve always been intimidated by zippers and just avoid patterns calling for them. You’ve explained this so wonderfully that I may just need to find a pattern with a zipper and attempt to see one in. Thanks!!
Oh Jennifer I hope you do, it is SO easy and comes out great!
I've been sewing for upwards of 50 years now, and I still love watching your tutorials. You remind me how fun sewing can be when you take the time to do it right!
When I can take all the time I want to sew, yeeeeehaw, that is the best time 💗glad to have you here, fellow sewist!
LOVE, LOVE, L❤️VE your fabric!!! Another fun day vicariously sewing and actually laughing out!
There MUST be laughter in sewing. 💗💗💗thank you Dina!
I have been sewing for over half my life and in the beginning I only just used the regular foot for everything. Zippers ,hems double needle work you name it. You gave a happy flashback😋😋
Yes! One of my first machines was a Gimbals branded Kenmore, it had one regular foot and that was that.
Marcy, you are the zipper queen! 👸🏽
Genius!
I love that maxi dress and fabric! ❤️
Thankya! I must’ve cut that bodice about seven times to get the print placement right 😅
I hate trying to match that type of print. I have more trouble with invisible zippers. BTW, is that Ankara/kente fabric? 🙂
Yes indeed. And I almost didn’t buy it!
Love your dresses and Thank you for the sew along . Rob reminds me of my husband Larry hilarious!
We’re lucky to have partners in laughter 💗💗💗
I am so grateful for you...moving on from mask making, I am now ready to learn some apparel basics. You are my absolute go-to!!!
YES!!!! That’s what I like to hear!
I love how you guys educate while still having fun.
Gotta have fun. I’m glad to hear we’re actually accomplishing some education in between jokes 😅!!
I’m glad I found you page! I love it! And my 4 year old son said your dress is beautiful! 💙
Well Thankya to both of you! 💗💗
Great Job!!! Thanks have a good night!!!
I saw Sandra Betzina do this 20 years ago (back when she had an actual tv show, yeah, I’m old, lol). It’s life changing! So much easier!
Claire Shaeffer does this too! Though I’m not sure where I came up with the lining fold thing 💗
@@handmadeharriells That was something I hadn’t really seen before. I can’t wait to try it. Also, when I rewatched that part, it struck me how you had used the design on the pattern so well that it because another design element unto itself, especially on the lines of the front bodice (and the lining, but no one will see that but you). You should do a video on how to work the fabric graphics into a garment during the pattern piece placement!
Thank you Marcy, you make sewing so fun and non-intimidating! You inspire me to sew again!
That is WONDERFUL to hear. I hope you’re sewing!
I adore that maxi!
Freaking awesome and I think I can do this. You guys are so lovely and smart that I think you should be co-mayors of New York City. I would write you in but I do not live anywhere near New York. “A vote for the Harriells is a vote for getting things done … with style!” Also, “If we could drive to LA with three cats, we can keep NYC great!”
These are EXCELLENT platforms. I feel like with NY’s new ranking system we could have gotten ourselves on the ballot 🤣
Love how you showed what to do with a lining! I always struggled with zippers, but I feel way better now!
Excellent! I feel like the top of the zipper is always the most finicky section.
Awesome tutorial! You’re instruction is better than any sewing class I’ve ever taken. Thanks.
Thank you so much, Maria! 🤗
Thank you for your video. It inspired me to keep sewing
OMG, Marcy - that *dress*! It's gorgeous and suits you wonderfully. ::chef's kiss::
Thank you!
Gorgeous Marcy!!! I love the music. Excellent video! I don’t even sew, but you are a great teacher. Also loved the center curl👍
💗💗💗💗💗HI CONNIE!!!!! Thank you!!
that center curl is my mom’s favorite thing.
Aawww I missed you two and your … corny. Thanks for giving us a fix.
Zippideedooda!
(Nice tutorial Marcy! Gooorrrrgeous fabric! Very happy dress!)
Corny 🤣 yep, that’s about right!
Love the dress and the fabric is beautiful and thanks for your video on the center zipper ❤
You’re welcome, Dolores!,
You guys just know how to make a happy happy joy joy video. Love you and love the dress! Oh - love the zipper tips, too! 😆🤣😃
☺️☺️☺️thank you !
Absolutely beautiful dress! Learned a new technique for the facing over the zipper! I have to watch your invisible zipper video!
I love that easy fold over. I need to add zipper head tips for the invisible zip, there’s so much to cover with those bad boys 😎
Thank you for another tutorial, I was hoping for another sewing lesson!💜
Excellent! I have a couple more coming 💗
Love this dress
Thank for this in-depth center zipper video! Wonderful instructions! Love the fabric and pattern you use! Great color for you! 😄
thank you, I realized I was missing an orange dress in my closet and it was time to fix that!
Beautiful fabric, love you guys and the sewing tutorials.
Thanks Elaine!
This was a great tutorial! I have to say it took me waaaay to long to figure out the tips you dropped in here. I also think it helps to see you fiddle with a large amount of fabric under the machine. Far too often zipper tutorials are ridiculously over simplified (It's not hard, but sometimes you just gotta see it done "Fer reals-ies"). Thanks for showing it like it should be shown.
Zipper song is now stuck in my head 😁😁😁
Seriously great tutorial and I am an experienced sewer! Love your pattern matching and placement. The ribbons as straps is a lovely touch 🧡🧡🧡
I sure thought I replied to you….that or this is deja vu….those ribbons were actually temporary for the test run, but, I think I might keep them!💗
Lord, that fabric is everything. Congratulations on the best machine-install for a zip I've come across (can you tell I've watched too many of the how-to's of ye old YT). Thank you.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
😁😁thanks Cathy! I noticed every other YT zip video shows a zip on the front image…so it might be the best machine install that never gets watched 🤣🤣🤣
@@handmadeharriells Well. I'll be watching it every time I put in a zipper.
Because if I can put in a zipper; I can put in cording on a Victorian corset from the Simington Collection (England).
{hint for a video suggestion}
You could check out a copy of "The Patterns of Fashion" from The New York Public Library. There's a dress in there. From the 1930's. Cut on the bias. Knit fabric. One Loooong zipper to open and close.
Check out Bernadette Banners approach to researching at the library.
CoSy (Costuming Symposium), The You Tube, August 19 - 22, 2021
@@handmadeharriells Right now the Cathedral across the street is turning it's _gravel_ parking lot. Into an Old Folks Home. Assuming won't be able to afford it.
Am I allowed to be miffed about the pounder drilling through focalized sea bed grannet. Whales used to swim past my window. When that really loud stone was still mud.
Even though I got married there. 25 years ago.
Oh.
And I accidently became the opening act to Margaret Atwood at a one year anniversary memorial for Canadian Icon Writer and Activist, Farely Mowet ('scuse the spelling - too much Ottawas own Ethiopian coffee roast)
Fabulous! Thank you for showing us this, and amazing dress! Lol at Rob. 🤣🤣
Thank you so much. I am mocking up a skirt right now (my first time drafting a pattern)and am going to practice this because this is the first non-elastic waist skirt I have sewn.
Excellent! Take your time and it’ll come out great. 💗
Great tutorial. It's been a long time since I sewed, so I need all the help I can get. You look beautiful.
😊😊😊thank you!
Gorgeous dress for a gorgeous lady 💖
Love the colors I think it screams Marcy
I've always wanted to know how to do a zipper and now I do. You always go a great job.
Beautiful!
Your dress is absolutely beautiful
Thank you!
@@handmadeharriells your welcome
I appreciate your careful instructions, and I’ve been sewing fir decades. There is always something new to learn about the skills of sewing no matter how experienced a sewist you may be. And that dress is fabulous. The purple straps and lavender zipper takes it up a couple of notches.
There really is always something to learn. It is the perfect passion for people who get bored easily! (ask me how I know)
The straps were for the test run, but I think I'll make them permanent!
Cute dress, such good splaining and the affection for the zipper is inspired. ❤️
he loves, loves, loves a zipper. It's like a cat toy for him.
I JUST found you and Im glad I did ! Thanks for the tutorial it and you are amazing 🏆🥇♥
I cannot remember when I last installed a zipper!! You explained it so clearly, I’m not sure why I’ve been avoiding it for so long!! ( I really like Rob’s song!😁) ❤️
I sang that little song for the rest of the day, it sticks in your head 😅 Thanks Nancy! I hope you try it, it’s SO fast & simple.
That dress is gorgeous, you're beautiful and Rob is stinkin' adorable! You inspire me to sew. I just bought 2 gate purse latches I need to make buckets for. I stole some material from my mom's quilting closet and I'm digging out my machine this week. Thanks for the inspiration. I might not be installing a zipper but I always pick up little tips & tricks from all your videos. Thank you, ✌ ❤
I hope your mom doesn't miss her fabric 😂! Luckily it's going to a good cause. Maybe you need a zipper pocket in one 😉
@@handmadeharriells LOL I think "stole" was the wrong word. More like liberated. 😄 she watched me like a hawk as I was making my choices, I could tell if I was looking at something she didn't want to part with because she'd start to growl 😆
Such talent! Thanks for sharing.
Great tutorial....thanks for sharing
Hey Marcy I've been sewing a many years and invisible zippers have always been a pain in my %%% but I'm watching this and guess what I'm going to try this way. Love the fabric. Great dress!
Excellent, and thankya! The invisible zipper has my heart, but I ALWAYS use this method for fitting and test runs. And I've been known to keep one in a garment every once in a while!
Ooo, this is super helpful. Will try it out🤞🏼😊. All my zippers have been gathering dust somewhere🙈
Get those zippers out! Maybe you and Ebube should have a “zip off” 😁
Beautifully done. The dress is gorgeous.
OMG I saw you on one Manifest episode. I was all excited.❤❤❤
😁thankya!
OMG I just found you! (Thanks be to the algorithm gawds!) You are adorable and sweet and warm and encouraging and I appreciate you already! Nice cat, too! (Rob) :)
HAHAHA I got confused for a minute 😺😺😺
Glad the YT gawds brought you here!
As always, thanks for the tips. Nice seeing you on Manifest!
Ah, thank ya! I’ve been hearing my episode is up again 💗
♥️ The Harriells ♥️ the dress and the zipper trick!! ♥️Almost named my son Jamiroquai lol
YESSSSS a fellow Jamiroquai lover! Glad to have you here 😊
FABLOUS❣❣
I just got some Ankara fabric from house of mamiwata. It’s a first! It’s so pretty! It’s magenta with teal rose buds and I have to figure out what to make.
Oooooooo I’m so excited for you. I always lay it out on the floor so I can stare at it and let it tell me what it wants to be!
I just saw you in Manifest👏🏽👏🏽😍love your videos
Ah sweet, thankya!
Um, um, Thank you, Rob?😊
🤣🤣🤣🤣he says thank you
I'm a quilter, but gotta watch, subscribe, comment, share and laugh like a crazy person just because y'all so dang cute...and you'll just become puppies some day. #zippasong4eva
I just love Marcy! You are a nut
Like me, I crack my husband up!
Hey, I can talk like Cartman too,
Lol
Sweeeeeeeeeeet
Here's an idea if you like epic music. 💡
You need to listen to Mötley Crüe! They are epic and they have the best drummer ever! HE CAN EVEN PLAY UPSIDE DOWN!!! Look up Hooligan's Holiday, Misunderstood, Kickstart My Heart, Dr. Feelgood, Home Sweet Home, Primal Scream, the albums Too Fast For Love, Shout At the Devil, Dr. Feelgood, the self-titled Mötley Crüe, and Tommy's drum solos. You won't regret it.
When you said "Rob will be in here to play with the notions" I thought you meant you had a pet cat😂
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂I mean I wouldn’t blame you for thinking I did even after seeing him batting the notions around as a human 😹
Bless you! Rob is a MESS! Lol
HE IS
Crazy I was just looking at center zipper vidèos
Please o' please do a tutorial on replacing elastic in a waistband at some point!
Ironically I’m wearing a pair of shorts with disintegrating elastic 🤣
I love this video, very easy!, what sewing machine are you using?
Thanks Michelle! It’s a bernina, it has its ups and downs. More info soon!
Two things. I so needed this tutorial a few weeks ago when I had to make a costume for my daughters school production. I struggled a lot with the zip and had no idea what the pattern was trying to tell me. And I absolutely adore your dress!!! Was that from a pattern or something you designed? Love you, love your videos!
Oh no, I wish I'd gotten to you sooner and eased your costume making!
This dress is a draped design, I'm getting into using style tape on my dress form to create dresses. I'll put a video up on that soon!
@@handmadeharriells Kim looking forward to that! I've always wanted to try draped designing, but have consistently chickened out 😄
@@handmadeharriells well that will be epic. Have a great day! ☺️
Thank you, very informative! By the way, who's the lovely model? ;)
😂😂😂
I love this dress so much! Question, do you have a video for how you made the rest of it? I'd looooooove to try my hand at it! Also, what model is that sewing machine? I'm about ready to upgrade 🥰
I’m getting ready to put up a tutorial on how to get this look 💗…and, a run down of my machines!
Another great video 😊. I may have missed it but when you do the stitches across the bottom of the zip do you just do one pass? I'm thinking that as you've gone a way beyond the zip opening itself that there's no real need for any additional reinforcement there.
Just one pass! You’re creating a box around the zip. If your zip has metal coils, you’d skip the box and stick to a line of stitching on either side of the zip 😉
Nice tutorial… love the dress pattern. Where do i find it?
thankya! This is based off of a self drafted bodice, but I recommend in the video that you start with any princess seamed bodice in your pattern stash 💗
Hold up, hold up! Did I just see Oonaballoona on Season 2 episode 6 of Manifest!!!!! You better do that acting thing and go home to sew a zipper!!! ❤️
😁😁😁indeed you did! I wore a handmade duster and jeans to set to boot 👍🏽
I absolutely love this videond I can't wait to try it...Do you have a pattern for the bodice? I can do the circle skirt:-)
Thank you! This bodice was draped, but I’m planning a video to show how I modify patterns to make this sort of look 💗
@@handmadeharriells yes please, queen. Drop that tutorial on us! 🥰
@@handmadeharriells Thank you...I love your style and your maxi dresses are amazing. I would love a sew along with you to be able to have such pretty dresses:-)
Hi do you have a video on the maxi dress?
Not yet, but soon!
That dress fabric is gorgeous 💖 you are gorgeous 💖 Rob is gorgeous too 💖 heck even the saw is gorgeous 💖 😄😂
Zip along with the zipper song 🤐🎤
🤣🤣🤣that damn saw! It’s been going every day for a week! Of course, they rev it up *only* when we’re shooting 🙃
Marcy, I am in love with both of you, Yyou are a great instructor and Rob, because he is crazy. Wish I could meet the both of you in person.
I read Rob your comment, and he just raised his arms in the arm like he’d won a race 🤣 thank you!
It’s curious as to what brand of sewing machine that is?
This one is a bernina, I have a love/hate relationship with it. I’ll do a little intro to my menagerie video soon!
Mad, but hapoy. It's all good.
Birdy
Even when he makes me mad he makes me happy 🙃
Cute dress which pattern is this?
This one’s my own design💗
@@handmadeharriells adorable
I am watching Manifest and I just saw you 😱 😱 😱 😁 I know you had mentioned once upon a time you made an appearance but I don't remember what show it was.
☺️yep that’s me! You’ll catch me other places too 💗
😱 That's cool. I started watching you and Love how easily you explain sewing 🥰 you and your hubby are too funny 😄
what brand of sewing machine are you using?
I use several, going to talk about them soon! They all have their pros and cons, so I’m hesitant to tout just one machine 💗
Can this method be used for invisible zippers?
Sadly no, you’ll end up with a very visible invisible zipper! But I have a video on invisible zippers here (plus, they’re my favorite): ruclips.net/video/fCqUX2dj4LE/видео.html
@@handmadeharriells zomg that video was so awesome and helpful 😍 Thank you for oonaversity!
Marcy I saw you in a MIB and I was t home acting like I know you. Lol. What pattern is this dress. Please. It looks like a mccalls
Thank you 😎 that was a fun shoot!
This dress is my own design, but I have seen some similar bodices in McCalls. The skirt however is hella full, most commercial patterns won’t have a skirt this full as it take a lot of pattern paper!
I think I know why the zipper on your other dress broke! Hahaha
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣GOOD POINT
OMG....sewing and Jamiroquai?!? Stick a fork in me....