#zipper replacement

I decided to take a bit of a shortcut and sew the new zipper to the inside of the jacket instead of embedding it in the seam as the existing zipper was. So I started by cutting off the old zipper, as close to the seam as possible.

I pinned the new zipper into place. Zippers, I’ve learned, come in increments of 2″, so I had to get a 30″ zipper to replace a 29″ zipper. So once I pinned the new zipper on (starting from the bottom, because the bottom zipper stop is the fancy important one), I cut the extra off the top.

I sewed a straight seam up on both sides ~ no need for a zipper foot, because this isn’t an invisible zipper and the fabric was rather bulky besides. (In fact, in a couple spots I had to manually crank the machine to get the needle to puncture the fabric!)

When I was a couple inches away from the top, I used a spare bit of the zipper tape to create a new zipper stop on each side. It’s not the neatest job, but it’s secure and it does the trick.

Tah-dah!