How to attach an invisible zipper to a garment with facing | Professional result

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How to attach an invisible zipper to a garment with facing | Professional result

Learn how to perfectly insert an invisible zipper into a garment that includes a facing. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through each stage – from aligning the zipper to finishing with a neat facing – ensuring a flawless, professional result for your handmade garments.

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🪡 Materials Needed:

• Invisible zipper
• Matching thread
• Iron and pins or clips
• Chalk or fabric marker
• Invisible zipper foot and regular zipper foot
• Garment with facing

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🧵 Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Mark the Zipper Stop Points

Using chalk on the wrong side of your fabric, mark the stopping points for your zipper on both sides.

2. Pin and Align the Zipper

• Place the left side of the zipper right side down on the front of the garment.
• Pin in place and mark the position with chalk on both sides of the zipper.
• Repeat with the right side of the zipper on the back of the garment, ensuring seam alignment.

3. Sew the Invisible Zipper

• Attach your invisible zipper foot.
• Sew close to the zipper teeth on both sides.
• Check that the zipper opens and closes smoothly.

4. Close the Seam Below the Zipper

• Turn the garment to the wrong side and align the front and back pieces.
• Trim excess zipper with pinking shears (zigzag scissors) if needed.
• Finish the edges as shown in this tutorial.
• Use a regular zipper foot to stitch from the last stitch of the zipper to the bottom, overlapping slightly for reinforcement.

5. Attach the Facing

• Place the facing and garment right sides together, pin, and sew.
• Clip the curves to remove excess bulk and understitch a few millimeters from the seam on the facing.

6. Finish the Zipper Area with Facing

• With right sides together, stitch the facing near the zipper teeth using the zipper foot.
• Repeat for the other side and trim the corners.
• You can tuck the seam allowance between garment and facing, or leave it flat, depending on your preferred finish.

7. Turn and Secure the Facing

• Turn the facing to the right side of the garment and tuck in the seam allowance.
• Pin or baste in place, then sew along the seam from the right side of the garment.
• Remove basting stitches afterward.
• Alternatively, hand-stitch the facing from the wrong side using an invisible stitch.

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💡 Pro Tip:

To make sewing easier and more precise, gently press the zipper teeth open with a warm iron before stitching. This helps you get closer to the teeth and achieve a cleaner, more invisible finish.

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🔗 Related Tutorials

• Perfecting the zipper edge: A step-by-step guide for a flawless finish

• How to Sew an Invisible Zipper on a Garment

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