Sewing in an endless zipper - how do you do it? And how do you thread an endless zipper? Don't panic: I'll show you how even beginners can easily sew with an endless zipper!
Sewing a bag with an endless zipper
Since I discovered them, I've been in zipper heaven: metallic zippers in beautiful shades and with equally beautiful zippers!
I sewed a little bag with an endless zipper out of them and will show you in this tutorial how to sew and thread an endless zipper.
I'm really excited about these zippers.
You can order the zippers* from Etsy.
Read my product review of the beautiful metallic zippers!
The zippers are available in two different colors to match the metallic look of the zipper, but they are made of real metal. The great thing about these metallic zippers is that they look much higher quality than regular plastic zippers.
And unlike metal zippers, you can simply sew over them with the sewing machine without breaking the needle. The hybrid among zippers, so to speak. And really affordable.
Oh, by the way: they are endless zippers. I used to avoid them because I assumed they were more for experienced sewists. Once I realized my mistake, I continued to use the expensive and rarely perfectly fitting ready-made zippers.
By the way: you can find out everything about bag closures in our sewing knowledge post: Finding the right bag closure.
Threading an endless zipper - here's how!
The only trick with endless zippers is to open the teeth a little, and on one side cut off the teeth by about a centimeter (only the plastic teeth, leave the fabric as is).
Then thread the zipper on the side with more teeth first - and then the side with the gap in the teeth.
It is important that the teeth are only opened as far as you can comfortably thread the zipper. Afterwards, you should definitely check whether the zipper is straight or bending.
This is best done by placing it against a ruler or on the scale of the cutting mat.
If the zipper has dents, simply pull the zipper off again and thread it in anew.
Sounds complicated. But it's child's play, take a look:
If the zipper is now lying nice and flat, everything is great!
Congratulations, you did it!
I used the navy-colored zipper for an equally navy-blue bag:
And this is how I sewed the cosmetic bag with the metallic zipper:
- To a 25 cm long and 15 cm wide strip of dark blue decorative fabric, I sewed a 25 cm long and 5 cm wide strip of cork fabric.
- Folded the seam allowance up and topstitched with a straight stitch.
- I sewed the bag without a pattern and then topstitched the bottom corners at a 4 cm angle.
- For the lining, I chose a medium blue Alcantara fabric that is slightly reinforced on the back.
- For this reason, I could skip reinforcing the bag with interfacing.
You can also watch the individual steps in our cosmetic bag video:
This is what the finished cosmetic bag with the metallic zipper looks like:
Because I liked the fly so much, I added it as extra decoration with a tight zigzag stitch on one side of the bag.
Happy simple sewing,
your Sabine
P. S.: Do you already know my tutorial for the stunning Rheingold cosmetic bag?
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