How to Use Zippers by the Yard Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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What’s unique about Sallie Tomato Zippers by the Yard is they appear to look like metal, but they actually aren’t! These zippers have a nylon coil with a metallic finish, which makes them easy to cut and sew. Watch the video to learn more about these zippers and download the FREE tip sheet for using Zippers by the Yard!
My favorite thing about these zippers is that you can coordinate the zipper tape color with your fabric and match the nylon coil color with your purse hardware! The coil is size #5, which is ideal for handbags, backpacks, totes, laptop carriers, or they’re even fun for exposed zippers on garments!
I hope you enjoy sewing with Sallie Tomato Zippers by the Yard. Also, I encourage you to try my easy-to-follow patterns and quality purse hardware! Thanks for watching!
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I add all of my zipper pulls at once🙂........so nice having them all ready to go just slide them in place and cut your length.
Great tip! It would also keep the pulls from getting lost! 😊
Very clever- thanks for sharing xx
Great idea!!
So smart! I have 4 rolls of zipper tape and maybe 30 pulls... I might just sit down one day and do the whole batch ❤
That's a great trick!! It would make it easier to be ready to go with the zippers! Happy Sewing!!
I am always so amazed that you can find anything on youtube that you want to learn how to do. So many people willing to share and teach people. Thank you! Spending the "off season" making a Santa costume for my husband, as he wishes to do charity work and bring smiles. Much pressure on me LOL. Now, I must search your videos or others to find out how to sew very thick fabrics. Trying to be prepared as i can before I start this massive task LOL.
There's nothing we'd rather be doing! You are so welcome, thank you for watching!
Thanks, I was really nervous about learning this, as a beginner.
Your welcome. We strive to have tutorials that will be useful for all levels of sewers. Our team is also available by email info@sallietomato.com Happy Sewing!!
Thank you! Your video was a lot easier to understand than the others I watched.
Your welcome! Glad it helped you. Please share your finished projects at #sallietomato.
Happy Sewing!!
Hi. From down under. You've just taught An old dog a new trick. A perfect and delightful video. I'll be watching more. Thank you!
Thank you for watching, Maureen!
i love this video! i must get me a zipper set! i am just getting into working with zippers in my pouches. i was using velcro but i want to start using zippers in my pouches now. I design canvas totebags and accessories.
So glad you enjoyed this video! Make sure to share your completed bags with us. Check out our wonderful zipper collection on our website. sallietomato.com Happy Sewing!!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
Welcome!
terrific guidance. it actually works. and, that tip about keeping the first edge available and clipping from the end!! brilliant and a game changer. now, I don't have to toss my roll of zipper tape!
Hi Sally, That is wonderful! We are so glad this worked well for you. Thank you for letting us know! :)
very beautiful and very smart what a combination thank you for the information I just bought a new machine I'm a man and I know absolutely nothing about sewing but I'm learning because of your information thank you very much
Very clear instructions thank you
You are welcome! We are so glad you enjoyed this video and found it helpful. Thank you for watching! :)
Amazing! I was making this so much harder in my head!
Yay! That is wonderful to hear! Thank you for commenting and watching this tutorial!
Easy to follow, thank you. I'm trying to make an extra long storage bin, and using zipper by the roll is the best option for me.
Thank you Sallie. I thought I was going banana’s. 😂Your directions were great!
You are most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment and letting us know this worked well for you! Happy Stitching!
Excellent tutorial!
We are so glad you liked this tutorial! Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you for this video. I put a 36" zipper in my cushion project and it worked perfectly.
You are just the cutest!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial, very professional and easy to understand. 💛
You are "sew" welcome! ❤
Great video Jess. I’ve never had success fitting zips but will definitely order some from your website and have a go with your zippers by the yard. ❤😊
Glad you like the video. Take advantage of the great colors of zippers by the yard! Share your finish bag also!! #sallietomato. Happy Sewing!!
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you, I trawled through 4 before finding this.
Thank you for watching!
Really appreciate your tutorials and I am very happy with your products and am a regualar customer
Hi Sharon, Thank you for taking the time to comment and being a Sallie Tomato customer! We truly appreciate you! :)
I sure hope I hit the like button because I think this video is very informative. I have the zipper package waiting for my next project, as soon as my basement isn't like a icebox with the air conditioner on. Thank you for the video
You are most welcome
simply & beautifully explained, thank you!
Thank you... easy to follow info, got it now... I was trying to put the pull on backwards...
Glad it helped!
Thank you! I just bought a long roll of zipper tape for use in outdoor bench cushions and I had no idea how to attach the zipper pull. Your video was concise and easy to understand. I’m ready to sew and ready to go.
That is wonderful to hear! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! :)
This was super helpful! How do you do this with a metal teeth zipper?
Are you asking how to put the pull on metal zipper? This would be the same way.
@@SallieTomato sorry, I meant to ask how do you sew over the zipper teeth if they are metal before you cut it? You mentioned in the video that those teeth are nylon and are okay to sew over carefully, but I wasn't sure if the case was the same for metal ones.
Thank you for replying!
@@chelseacardy9747 I would sew very slowly over a zipper that has metal teeth. You may have to "shimmy" the zipper a bit so you do not hit the needle.
Amazing! Thank you for your advice! This is so helpful as a new sew-ist!
Thank you for the tutorial. It is really clear.
Thank you for watching and we are so glad you found this tutorial helpful!
You made this so easy! Thank you!
You are welcome! We are delighted you found this tutorial helpful. Thank you for watching! :)
Thank you!!!!
You are most welcome! Thank you so much for commenting. Happy Sewing! :)
So helpful, and to the point. Thanks so much, been looking everywhere for a video showing this!
We're "sew" glad it was helpful!
you always make it look so easy . I can get the zipper on but when I do the second side it's always a little off......any suggestions...?
Yes! We have several helpful suggestions as sometimes it takes a little practice, getting both sides of the zipper tape to feed evenly into the zipper pull.
Here are a couple tips, that we hope are helpful:
--The size #5 zippers (larger coil and zipper pulls) can be a little easier than the size #3 zippers (smaller coil and zipper pulls).
--Don't be discouraged! There are times when it takes us a few tries to get the opposite sides of the zipper tape even too! Before you add a zipper pull and the zipper coil is zipped together and straight, take a look at the end you're going to add the pull on to. Observe which half of the little coils is closest to you (or "first in line"); that would be the side of the zipper tape that we would feed into the zipper pull just slightly ahead of the remaining zipper tape.
--Also, sometimes the first 'loop(s)' in the zipper coil doesn't feed into the zipper pull right away--a little nudge of your fingernail along the outer edge of the coil can direct it into the zipper pull. This helps start the coil halves going into the zipper pull simultaneously.
--You can always try adding the zipper pull on the opposite end of the zipper tape. One of the advantages of Sallie Tomato Zippers by the Yard is the pulls can be added from either end.
Thank you very much. I think I can do it now.
Some zippers by the yard are easy to get those pulls on others not always as easy. However I seem to manage. Today I was making custom sized zippers for my RV reupholstery work. I had to arm bolsters precut and made. I was making one out of 4 zippers for four dinette cushions when WHAT? For the first time in all my years of using zipper by the yard. Get this folks over 40 years. Forty yeas ago the choices were no where near this amazing. But that's another story. I love zippers by the yard. And so on with my tale. See how Sallie demonstrates the back side of the zipper tape has a double row of stitching down each side towards the middle as she tells you that's the stitching that holds the zipper coil to the tape by the manufacturing process. Well I discovered today more than half my zipper by the yard had one sometimes no stitching on one side of the back while the other side of the coil had the double row. I consider myself lucky that I hadn't sewn any actual projects or cushions but was about to. I now have enough tape for one large seat cushion and the two arm cushions. Even though I have added the pulls to the arm cushions I am not going to use them because both are missing at least one stitch down one side that holds the coil in place. I inspected the tape that has the double twin rows of stitching and have just enough to cut the arm pieces again and make one successful seat cushion. I am convinced this is good tape and won't at some time later come apart. The arm bolster zippers I made one looks like the zipper holds but finding about every few inches there's places on the other and a long run of the other tape I haven't cut where the coil isn't caught at all makes me too nervous to go ahead with it. My husbands like so use some of your other zipper tape. As in YOU HAVE ENOUGH you must have something that would work. Will yes and NO. I am doing a slight design variation for the cushions. Making what's called a foating side over lap to a zipper meet in middle side. And that means part of the zipper will be exposed on the side of the seats. I am doing this for two reasons. One it allows me to work in the foam and poly seats which are quite firm without having to use a vacuum as the zipper goes around part of the sides not just down the back of the seat. Since I like this style I thought I'd take advantage and add some embellishment and whimsy too. I'm nodding a little towards Harry Potter. It's subdued nothing over the top mind you but I've got some adorable dragon charms that I will attach to silver zipper pulls and they will hang along the sides of the seat cushions exposed. Because it's a floating side I have the option to tuck them totally out of view too and just leave the silver teeth exposed. The fabric is a marine light grey. My zippers chosen were perfectly matched with the fabric. So it's been almost a year since I ordered. Not from Sallie but elsewhere. I can't return. I did return and correct my 5 star review previously to 1 star. Again this is a fluke but tells me I need to spend time on every order going forth to check the zipper and look for those twin double rows of stitching on the back side of the zipper. Thank you sally for your video. There's others people for when your tape no longer has the lovely no coil to get a pull started. Also how to bring two zippers together as Sallie discussed like luggage. I am doing that with my seat cushions. That means I can opt to show the charms or not. I love options when they are presented. Some people have a knack for zipper by the yard. They make teeth zippers too by the yard and other sizes of coil and teeth like #3 , #5 my favorite, bt there's 7 and all the way to into the teens. My husband's size 12 grey tooth plastic YKK zipper he made his customized back pack out of 50 years ago is still like new on it. The pack is still hanging in well too. He likes tooth and I like coil but the job often dictates which we choose and what size too. I think there's also 3.5 size. So I find most times a #5 works across the board for me where as the #3 is a little too delicate for my heavy duty style projects and purses and bags. This works well if you like me want to collect mixes of coil colors and tape colors and pull colors. I do and so staying primarily with one size and one style means my rainbow teddy bear pulls are going to mate with any of my rainbow coil tapes no matter the color of the tape. And the same with silver gold, gunmetal, black, rose gold, and so on. Happy sewing everyone. Check those tapes when they arrive to insure if there is a problem you can return within the return period.
Thanks for watching this tutorial and sharing your experience with zippers by the yard!
Great video, easy to understand.
Glad you think so!
Wow thank you so much for sharing this
You are welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting! :)
How can I tell what size slider my zipper roll takes? I have the roll: nylon, but no sliders. Wish to buy the correct ones. Thank you.
Great question! The size of the zipper is determined by the width of the coil in millimeters. For example, size #5 is a 5mm wide coil. :) Happy sewing!
Thank you so much for your reply. I require 6mm width sliders thank you!
At last, I see what I have been doing wrong!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I have a question I hope Sallie (or someone here) can answer. What is the purpose for sewing two lines at the end of the zipper? Once you cut in between the stitching lines, don't you have to cut off the stitching from what is left on your roll in order to start a new zipper?
that then becomes the ending of your next zip, as Sallie put on the pull and took it to the end she will also do that for the next zip she makes takinging it instead to the stitched line which is her new ending xx
The video is extremely helpful. Thank you!
I’m having trouble finding the downloadable, printable tutorial. In looking at both the given link and the freebie section on your website I find only the beginning of the tutorial.
Our tutorials are not available in print. I will provide this to our team as feedback and it may be available in the future. We do have many tutorials on our page regarding zippers. Make sure to check them out.
I would have liked it if you made the second one so we can see how you make the lead or finish the zipper at the top so zippers head doesn't come off.
Thank you for commenting and letting us know for the next tutorial demo.
How do you make a separating zipper from zipper by the yard?
I think I may have missed it but did you show how to insert a pull into a zipper that doesn't have the extra fabric strips at the beginning to the zipper?
Nope
Thanks for the tutorial 😊. Any chance of getting a tutorial on on how to make the Townsend travel bag 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yes! Working on the tutorial for the Townsend travel bag! Hoping to have it ready by mid to end of summer.
Yay!! 😊
If I wanted to put a zip into a skirt how would I stop the pull from coming off at the open end?
Yes, I am wondering the same thing, only for a zipper in a coat. What stops the pull from coming off at the top when zippered up?
Your seam would stop it at the top
You would need to sew over the edge of one side to "lock it" as you are inserting it into the skirt. We have seen our zippers used this way.
This is great! Just what I was looking for!! Thanks!
Hi. Just to clarify: A zipper made from zippers by the yard doesn't need a stopper like fixed-length zippers?
Thanks for commenting! You would create your own "stopper" for the zipper when you reach the desired length of zipper you would need. Let us know if this helps!
@@SallieTomato is a zipper stopper something I have to buy or is it alright to sew a fabric tab to stop the zipper?
@@barefacedquestions This will depend upon your project and how the zipper is inserted or if part of the zipper is left out. If you can see the end of the zipper then a zipper tab is great (an example of this, you can see in our new free pattern called Ruth (link below) otherwise you can simply sew over our zippers and create your "stopper" like you see at 4:21 of this video. I hope this helps and happy sewing!
ua-cam.com/video/QVkFqdg-ROA/v-deo.html
thanks for the video, i just bought a pack of these but haven't had a chance to use them yet! question: when you slide the zipper pull down to the opposite end (3:28), the zipper is separated behind the pull and closed in front of the pull (the pull is opening the zipper tape). but when you get to the other end at 3:32, the area behind the zipper pull is closed, and so is the small area in front of it. maybe i'm just missing something obvious but... how do you do this? i'd love to know because the zips are easier to sew in when they are closed on both ends
Hi Hayden - You caught my oops! I tried to cut that part out of the video. When you put the pull on, the zipper will be closed. When you zip it all the way to the opposite end, it will still be closed. (In the video, I forgot that I already zipped it down to the opposite end.) But don't worry, your zipper will be closed. Yes, it is much easier to sew in when both ends are closed. I hope this helps!
Help! I purchased zipper tape from a store that the owner passed away. No one knew anything and p bought it anyway. I cannot get the zipper head to slide on. It’s been cut both ends. I didn’t think it would be a big deal. Can you tell me how to get it to work? Thanks!
We have a very helpful tool called the Zipper Jig available for purchase on our site: it makes it so easy to slide a pull on. Here's the link for it: sallietomato.com/blogs/blog/attach-your-zipper-pulls-like-a-pro
Great video!
This is wonderful!! Thanks.
Thankyou for your video, well done! Im making a sleep sack for my daughter and it will be my first experience with zippers. Are zipper stops a more sure alternative than a stitch line or does it matter? If so, how do you affix them?
How can I use zipper tape, for a jacket, to make a zipper that completely opens from the top down, but also opens from the bottom up?
Submit your question you info@sallietomato.com and someone will reach back out to you with a detailed response!
Interesting video. Can zippers by the yard be used as both separating or invisible zippers? Also, one common problem of sewing in zippers into garments is sewing past the pull. When using zippers by the yard, can the pull be inserted in the zipper after the required length of zipper tape has been sewn onto the garment?
You would need to add metal stops to the end of zipper by the yard to make it separating. The pull needs to be put on before sewing both ends.
Can you show putting the pull onto the zipper without the fabric on the end? This I find very hard to do.
Yes! We have a video here: ua-cam.com/video/I_Wd6Bq4Vf0/v-deo.html
Thank you!
You're welcome!
My zipper bulk doesn't have the fabric lead....how do you make that??
Thank you for commenting! Not all bulk zippers have the fabric lead and that's ok. You're still able to add zipper pulls without the fabric lead, it just takes a little practice. Sometimes the teeth don't feed into the pull right away, try gently coaxing the coils to the center a little; they sometimes get hung up on the outer edges of the zipper pull channels. And there's the Gypsy Zipper Jig that helps. You can find this great product here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
Is there a tutorial on making separating zippers by the yard?
If you head to our channel then search for "zipper", that may bring up the results that you need!
Sally how about the pin that zipper slide onto teeth..as in a jacket zipper that opens at bottom...and where do you buy these pins; and how do you install pins??
I'm sorry but I don't have a tutorial for this! You'd need to purchase a metal zipper stop kit.
It looks like there is only one “non-coil” area, because that’s the way you instructed. How do you add zipper heads after the first end ?
We recommend putting all the pulls on the 3 yard segment first, then sliding down the ones you need and cutting off the strip.
so what do we do if we don't have a fabric end? dang, it's hard to put on the pull!
Thank you for commenting and asking your question! The Gypsy Zipper Jig is really helpful when there's no fabric extension. You can find it here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
can bulk zipper be used a s a separating zipper? thx
Thank you for commenting and asking your question! Right now we don't have the appropriate hardware to convert the bulk zipper tape into separating zippers.
Dang that machine is quiet! Thanks for the tutorial!
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
I got an error message when i clicked on the link for the tutorial! Where can I find it?
It has been updated!
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The zipper by the yard that I am using does not have the cloth beginning. How do I put the zipper pull directly on to the zipper nylon teeth?
Thank you for commenting and asking your question! The Gypsy Zipper Jig is really helpful when there's no fabric extension. You can find it here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
There is a missing step... how it is that the zip is totally closed after you pulled it till the end?
I think that's why you need to sew the back stitch on the marked line. This keeps the zipper shut. If you look at pouches or bags with zippers, there is no stopper because the fabrics you sew the zipper to will prevent it from open unintentionally.
Thank you for your question. When you apply the zipper pull you need to separate the zipper. Then you feed it through the zipper pull which causes the zipper to close. If you have any more concerns, please email us at info@sallietomato.com. Happy Sewing!!
Your top is so cute! Where's it from?
Thank you! I got it from TJ Maxx
Im curious do you think a staple could de used to end the zipper?
Might not be heavy enough if a regular office stapler. And you can buy zipper stops, both top and bottom.
Thanx!
You're welcome!
When putting the pull on the tape I cannot get it slid down to the other end. It seems the coils do not match up correctly. How do I correct this?
A zipper jig is very helpful that we sell.
At 3:36 you slide the zipper pull to the opposite end of the zipper, and it opens as it goes. However, once you get down to the other end, the zipper is closed. How is that?
Just do it again from the same side that you just entered, and the teeth will be together this time through. :)
@@SallieTomato Thank you.
How do i do the next zipper then?
When you are ready to start a new zipper, you will just the follow the same steps. If you have problems with attaching the zipper pull, we've got you covered. Watch our tutorial "Add Zipper Pull on Raw End of Tape. ua-cam.com/video/I_Wd6Bq4Vf0/v-deo.html
Can you put a zipper pull on back first?
Yes, to make a double slide zipper you can do that. Here's a video to show you that technique: ua-cam.com/video/di4PegpugjE/v-deo.html
my pulls NEVER go on that easy
A zipper jig is very helpful that we sell.
Great video. I got a 404 error message using the link to written instructions.
It has been updated!
How do you add a zipper pull when you do not have a tail of fabric....just zipper feet. In this video, you stated that you would show how to do that as well, yet did not.
Never mind. I found your other video with raw edge.
Thank you for commenting and asking your question! The Gypsy Zipper Jig is really helpful when there's no fabric extension. You can find it here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
I wish you would have shown how to do it without the sewn end, because it takes me 30 minutes to do one & there is always a gap.
Thank you for commenting! You could try using the Gypsy Zipper Jig which is really helpful when there's no fabric extension. You can find it here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
How to put starters on? Like if it where a 2way jacket zipper?
Hi there! Unfortunately, with zippers by the yard, both ends need to be sewn into a seam. It's very difficult to put the metal stops on. I do not sell a kit to make separating zippers.
First, I don't have extra fabric at either end of my zipper. Second, I don't understand what POLE means.
So what the hell you trying to do?😅
It is a zipper Pull
This was a mysterious black hole UNTIL NOW!!!
ugh the second tape just wont go in
Thank you for commenting. You can try using the Gypsy Zipper Jig, which is really helpful as well. You can find it here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
Why is your “Butler Method” called that? Amy Butler does not sew down the zipper ends, she pulls the tape out with forceps instead. Too many people are naming different techniques the Butler Method. Check with Amy on this.
Unless, Sally went and changed this video, she never mentioned the "Butler's Method". She didn't talk about sewing a zipper on by using the Butler Method. Instead, this tutorial was a fantastic job at explaining how to set up zippers that are sold by the yardage.
Thank you-we will check that out.
3:36
Thank you!
Porque nada en Español ??
We are working on traslating our patterns to Spanish
I broke my needle doing this
So a bit slower over the nylon coils. We do that and have not broken a needle. Are you using metal coil zippers?
You are not saving time trying to get the pull on the zipper
A zipper jig that we sell is very helpful. Try that.
you are so beautiful , i kept looking at you instead of the demo
Not useful. There isn't always going to be guiding fabric.
Thank you for commenting! Most of the zipper lengths we use for samples have no extra guiding fabric, so we use the Gypsy Zipper Jig often. You can find this great product here: sallietomato.com/products/gypsy-quilter-zipper-jig
That sewing machine looks huge. You must be tiny.
You will be able to determine I am new to sewing...Question...what is the purpose of the second stitch line that is left on the rest of the roll? I have a few guesses but not for sure. Thanks for a great tutorial!
Thank you for commenting and asking your question. On the back of the zipper tape you see two lines of stitching because that is part of the chain stitch that is formed when the teeth of the zipper are attached to the fabric tape. It is there to secure the teeth in place. If this does not answer you question correctly, please let us know or you can email: info@sallietomato.com
Thanks for watching!
@@SallieTomatoI think the original poster meant the two stitch lines that were sewn onto the zipper by the machine in the demonstration. After she cut between the two stitch lines, one was the end of the zipper and what happens to the other stitch line that remains on the zipper? Is that the bottom of the next zipper you make?
@@Fattiapples Thanks for asking your question. The stitch lines are there to secure the zipper in place on the tape when you sew it into your project. The second line of stitching that remains on the end of the longer piece of tape will be used for the next pull to be placed on the opposite end (and pulled through) so that it does not slide off the end and can be easily put into your project and then the process is repeated. :) Happy Sewing!