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hump at bottom of invisible zipper Doug&Michelle 02-17-2006
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 17, 2006, 3:05 pm
The last time I used an invisible zipper it came out with a fabric "hump" at
the bottom. It was a (poly) wool, lightweight, bias cut skirt with lining
(bias cut too). I thought I did everything right, but no matter how many
times I tried it didn't work out just right. The only thing I didn't do was
hand baste the zipper in while the skirt was on my body, because I can't and
don't trust my mother or husband.

Could it be because of the curve of my waist to hips, which is pretty curvy,
or could it be something that I did wrong? Every other time I used an
invisible zip was down the side of the bodice or the back, never the side
hip.

The skirt is gorgeous otherwise, I just wore a fancy belt slung over my hips
to hid the hump. I made the skirt for my company christmas party.

I can put it on and take a pic if you don't understand what the problem is.

TIA!

Michelle Giordano



Posted by Sharon Hays on February 17, 2006, 4:53 pm

> The last time I used an invisible zipper it came out with a fabric "hump"
at
> the bottom. It was a (poly) wool, lightweight, bias cut skirt with lining
> (bias cut too). I thought I did everything right, but no matter how many
> times I tried it didn't work out just right. The only thing I didn't do
was
> hand baste the zipper in while the skirt was on my body, because I can't
and
> don't trust my mother or husband.
>


Michelle, Did you sew the seam below the zipper before you started putting
it in? I used to do mine that way, until I read Beverly's page where she
shows how she does them. See if you can pull up Beverly's page, or wait a
bit and she will post it for you because she is wonderful.

What she does is leave the seam open until after the invisible zipper is in.
Then handsews the seam a little below the zipper then sews the rest of the
seam. I was AMAZED the first time I did that. No hump. And I know just
what hump you are talking about. No amount of fiddling or cussing will get
rid of it. And you can't really predict when it will crop up either.
Danged thing. Look at Beverly's page and even though it may mean ripping
out that seam, give her way a try.

Sharon
---oozing with empathy!! I've seen that hump way too many times in the
past!


--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



Posted by BEI Design on February 17, 2006, 8:47 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> > The last time I used an invisible zipper it came out with a
> > fabric "hump" at the bottom. <snippety>
>
> Michelle, Did you sew the seam below the zipper before you
> started putting it in? I used to do mine that way, until I
> read Beverly's page where she shows how she does them. See if
> you can pull up Beverly's page, or wait a bit and she will post
> it for you because she is wonderful.

Aaawwww, Sharon, you make me blush! ;-)

> What she does is leave the seam open until after the invisible
> zipper is in. Then handsews the seam a little below the zipper
> then sews the rest of the seam. I was AMAZED the first time I
> did that. No hump. And I know just what hump you are talking
> about. No amount of fiddling or cussing will get rid of it.
> And you can't really predict when it will crop up either.
> Danged thing. Look at Beverly's page and even though it may
> mean ripping out that seam, give her way a try.

Here's where I show my technique:
http://home.comcast.net/~beidesign/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
click on "photos" or just go straight to page 5:
http://home.comcast.net/~beidesign/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-MerchantID-468072-Publish-t-makestatic-true-skip-20.html
then click on the thumb-nail for a better view.

HTH,

--
Beverly
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 17, 2006, 9:59 pm

> Michelle, Did you sew the seam below the zipper before you started
> putting
> it in? I used to do mine that way, until I read Beverly's page where she
> shows how she does them. See if you can pull up Beverly's page, or wait a
> bit and she will post it for you because she is wonderful.
>
> What she does is leave the seam open until after the invisible zipper is
> in.
> Then handsews the seam a little below the zipper then sews the rest of the
> seam. I was AMAZED the first time I did that. No hump. And I know just
> what hump you are talking about. No amount of fiddling or cussing will
> get
> rid of it. And you can't really predict when it will crop up either.
> Danged thing. Look at Beverly's page and even though it may mean ripping
> out that seam, give her way a try.
>
> Sharon
> ---oozing with empathy!! I've seen that hump way too many times in the
> past!
>
>
> --
Yep, I always do it that way, since I never tried until after I saw her
page! I think if I really want to salvage it I could shorten the zipper, I
just realized that maybe its too long, its about 7". Hopefully that will
work.......in two years or so when I finally do it I will post the results!

Thanks Sharon!

Michelle Giordano

>



Posted by BEI Design on February 17, 2006, 10:54 pm
Doug&Michelle wrote:

> Yep, I always do it that way, since I never tried until after I
> saw her page! I think if I really want to salvage it I could
> shorten the zipper, I just realized that maybe its too long,
> its about 7". Hopefully that will work.......in two years or
> so when I finally do it I will post the results!
> Thanks Sharon!

Michelle, I just re-read your original post. It sounds like you're
getting some distortion caused by the bias, and maybe also the curve.
Since bias fabric "shortens up" when under tension (up cane test that
by sewing a bias seam a defined length, then pulling gently on both
sides and see how much shorter it gets), it's possible you needed to
lengthen the zipper *opening* or shorten the zipper or both. Just be
sure you can still get the skirt on over your hips, though, if you
decide to shorten the zipper. My first inclination would be to make
the zipper opening longer...

HTH,

Beverly



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