Zipper Shirt Refashion
What drew me to the zipper shirt was the unexpected detail that the zipper brings to the back. The front of the shirt just looks like a normal shirt and then BAM! I took it one step further and added a pop of red color to elevate my BAM to a KAZAAM!
I took in a shirt of my husbands. If you want to know how to take in a shirt, check out this tutorial. The zipper I purchased was really long. I had originally planned to go all the way down the shirt similar to the inspiration shirt. I tried two different times and it just wasn’t happening. The zipper was too wavy and bumpy. I resigned myself to just cut the zipper off. I am so glad I did. I love the look of the shorter zipper.
I used a pair of pinking shears to cut the zipper. I hand stitched a new stopper on the zipper by stitching across the teeth a few times. Follow this tutorial if you need more help shortening a zipper.
Mark the center of the back of your shirt. Pin the zipper on the shirt matching up the center line you marked with the teeth of the zipper. My zipper is a faux zipper meaning that I didn’t cut my shirt, I just sewed the zipper right on. I could cut it if I wanted to but I don’t feel there is a need.
To sew the zipper on, I used my zipper foot and simply sewed down one side, across and up the other side like a U. To get past the actual zipper pull, unzip the zipper a little bit when you start to sew. When you get to the zipper pull, put you needle down and lift your foot up so that you can zip the zipper pull back past to where you already sewed.
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