Hi everyone, Miriam has asked about sewing the zippers on my quick-and-easy bobbincases, and it's a very good question. I thought you all might be interested. Please note, I'm leaving out the details about turning the raw edge under and place the zipper teeth along wherever, etc. If my explanation doesn't have enough detail, let me know and I'll try again.
I use zippers that are longer then the width of the bobbincase. I start at the top of one side of the open zipper and sew to within 3/8 inch of the end of the bobbincase rectangle. Then, leaving the zipper still open and the little zip with its handle dangling at the bottom of the zipper, I start at the top of the other side of the zipper and the other side of the tube and sew to within 3/8 inch of the end. If the rectangle making up the tube has been cut accurately and the sewing of the two zipper seams has been done at the same tension, then closing the zipper should give you a well behaved tube without any twist in it. If the tube looks great, then I give each end of the zipper seams a little back and forth sewing, I carefully pull the zip by its handle up to the top of the zipper, check again to be sure the tube is zipped closed, and then I cut off the excess zipper teeth at the other end. After that I sew each end of the inside-out bobbincase tube with the zipper mostly closed and finish those seams. That really puts the zipper ends to rest. The only tricky part is getting the zipper open again when the tube is inside out. Hope your daily walk, Miriam, to the post office is at least a pleasant one! I have a nice walk to my mailbox but area around the box now is horribly muddy. My shoes are always a couple of pounds heavier for the trip back. Sally - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
