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23: Zipper pull work-around (part 1)

A simple A-line skirt from a self-drafted pattern as learned from the book Sew What! Skirts. The coolest trick here is the glue-set zipper. The zipper tutorial is featured on the Sew, Mama, Sew blog. I'm new to sewing clothes, so if you have any suggestions please leave a comment. I know that I've left out at least one step, which is to top stitch the zipper side seam. The top stitching is closer to the seam than the zipper top stitching, which is an aesthetic decision I was OK with. I'll try to get a photo of it in here soon.

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items are from 09 May 2007.

1: Cut out skirt by Green Kitchen
2: Stay stitch waist by Green Kitchen
2.1: Detail of stay stitching by Green Kitchen
3: Mark dart centers by Green Kitchen
4: Mark dart bottoms by Green Kitchen
4: Mark dart sewing lines by Green Kitchen
5: Sew darts by Green Kitchen
6: Tie off darts by Green Kitchen
7: Iron darts towards center by Green Kitchen
8: Cut out facing by Green Kitchen
9: Stay stitch facing by Green Kitchen
10: Sew facing side seam by Green Kitchen
10.1: Make friends with seam ripper by Green Kitchen
11: Sew non-zipper side seam by Green Kitchen
Foot for finishing side seam by Green Kitchen
12: Top stitch non-zipper side seam by Green Kitchen
13: Pink side seam by Green Kitchen
The Zipper by Green Kitchen
14: Rough zipper layout by Green Kitchen
15: Mark zipper bottom by Green Kitchen
16: Sew & baste zipper side seam by Green Kitchen
17: Glue zipper by Green Kitchen
18: Rough zipper placement by Green Kitchen
19: Final zipper placement by Green Kitchen
20: Set glue by Green Kitchen
21: Top stitching zipper (part 1) by Green Kitchen
22: Top stitching zipper (part 2) by Green Kitchen
23: Zipper pull work-around (part 1) by Green Kitchen
24: Zipper pull work-around (part 2) by Green Kitchen
25: Move zipper foot by Green Kitchen
26: Top stitch other side by Green Kitchen
27: Check zipper by Green Kitchen
28: Rip out basting by Green Kitchen
29: Pull out threads by Green Kitchen
30: Sew in ends by Green Kitchen
Zipper underside by Green Kitchen
31: Facing installation by Green Kitchen
32: Sew facing by Green Kitchen
33: Understitch facing by Green Kitchen
34: Hand stitch facing edges by Green Kitchen
35: The Hem by Green Kitchen
36: Mark hem by Green Kitchen
37: Iron hem and trim by Green Kitchen
38: Finishing hem (part 1) by Green Kitchen
39: Finishing hem (part 2) by Green Kitchen
40: Seam binding finished by Green Kitchen
Finished skirt by Green Kitchen

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