A Smart Sewing Technique for an Imperceptible Zipper - Special Release
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Threads Contributing Editor Kenneth D. King shares a smart method for installing an (almost) invisible zipper in this special release of an exclusive Threads Insider member video.
The process calls for a couple of quick rows of basting stitches to control the zipper’s position and a nifty trick with a hemostat for getting the slider out of the way so you can sew to the zipper end.
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Kenneth King was my professor for my haute couture sewing techniques class at FIT in new york! He taught us this same method - amazing teacher!
the calmness and patience with which this is explained makes it SO MUCH EASIER to understand. agh!! finally a helpful tutorial!!
Amen to that!
Yes! He is a wonderful instructor!!!
This is so far the best video I have ever seen. He jumps right in and shows you how.
No OVER explaining and talking so much it hurts your ears. ❤️
And no annoying musical soundtrack - a wonderful tutorial.
Brilliant, thanks!
Who in the world downvoted this video??? It's clear, comprehensive, and incredibly helpful. Usually I end up FF chatty obnoxious people to get to the directions I need but this video is perfection! TY! I will definitely be looking for other tips and tuts by you!
I've been sewing for nearly 50 years and have never put in a perfect zipper... until today! Your technique is amazing. Love your teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us! ❤️
As I watch more and more tutorials from experts like Kenneth I realize how fortunate I was to have an excellent sewing teacher in high school in the UK. This was back in the 70s and I took 4 years of Needlework. I don't know what my teacher's background was but she taught us so many couture techniques. This was how we were taught to do zippers. I don't do much garment sewing these days, but that attention to detail has carried over to all my sewing projects. I'm so grateful for all my teacher taught me.
I've been sewing zippers for over 60 years and this idea is the best I've ever seen for inserting an invisible one; It's brilliant! Thank you.
I'm a sewing and upholstery professional. I appreciate your attention to detail and craftsmanship. That's what keeps us going. Good work is its own reward.
I've also been sewing for 40 years & your tutorial is the first time I've successfully installed an invisible zipper ! I watch it every time I do one now ❤
Probably not the first time you have heard that you are amazing! So calm, so clear - no blah blah blah - Thank You!
I've got THREE dresses waiting for invisible zips to go in... I'm a perfectionist and like my dresses to look good inside and out, one my sewing phobias is invisible zips... not any more I think after watching this video. Thank you Kenneth.
I've been intimidated by invisible zips for years.... Never could get them right. THANK YOU for this excellent tutorial. I've put in 4 today..... All perfect.
Hello.Kenneth D King, I have just installed the perfect invisible zip. You are a wizard...... it came out perfectly in a heavyish corduroy. Thank you ever so much.
I always feel confident in using your techniques - your explanations are so calm, thorough and detailed. It is the little things that help so much - for example, "the zipper teeth should be perpendicular - not leaning in either direction". Thank you!
Thank you. I just put the zipper in my daughter's wedding dress following this tutorial. It came out perfect.
I’ve been searching all over for a slant-shank invisible zipper foot! Thank you so very much I already have the foot you use in this video. I’ve never been able to sew a zipper in perfectly. Thanks again!
Sooooo very well explained!! Steady, calm, methodical, step by step instructions and straight to what you need to know. Many, many thanks Kenneth for this
Ohhh it’s like a revelation I have struggle with the bump at the end of the zip for years used all sorts of feet and spent a fortune and I already had everything I need 😂😂THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for this video 💕💕💕🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Wow, the best procedure I've seen on invisible zipper installation. KUDOS Kenneth!
I have sewn for 40 years and I think this is absolutely the best way to install an invisible zipper--- Thanks for sharing!!
Finally a tutorial that taught me how to put one of these little monsters in! Thank you for taking the time time share yhis
The BEST way! Thank you, thank you, thank you! No more frustrating pucker! You've brought back the joy of sewing.
Kenneth D. King, the most fabulous sewing instructor ever. Thanks for this great method, you've saved my life.
Following your steps, Mr. King, I just completed successfully my first invisible zipper! This process works on knits just as easily as you showed with wovens. I’ve been sewing for 50 years but have avoided invisible and separating zippers, both of which I have now successfully completed. You are a great teacher Mr. King! Thank you!
Me too!
I could listen to Kenneth explain things all day.
OMG!! 4 years of sewing at Tafe and I just learnt the perfect method! Thankyou so much for this ..... it IS perfection!
He is by far the best sewing instructor ever!!!!! I just love him !!!
Yet another invaluable tip from Kenneth! I've been following him since he was "Just a kid with a crazy dream". He's such a doll!
Thanks SO much. I've spent three days looking at and trying tutorials for installing invisible zippers! This is by far the best and most well done that I've seen ANYWHERE! Thank you!
OMG!! Forever thankful...trying for years (I’m self taught, the bad the good and the ugly but love it all) to find a way that would work for me...and I find it, THANKS to you. It’s perfect.
This is awesome! I have had a generic zipper foot for decades, and a few years ago I also bought an invisible zipper foot. I have had a measure of success with both when installing invisible zippers( but always struggled either to get the teeth truly hidden, or to avoid sewing over them!). I will definitely try this immediately. Thank you Kenneth.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH for this video, it's the best invisible zipper installation technique I've seen. It's so perfect.
I have been sewing 40+ years and just now learned your wonderful technique! Thx Threads and Kenneth!
I really appreciate how you explain the process. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for the helpful tip. I look forward to more sewing tips!
I am minoring in clothing construction at my university and they taught us the usual way to sew an invisible zipper, but this method is so much better because it really makes the transition of the zipper to the fabric seam perfect! Your solution is great! So proffesional, thank you!
Kenneth King, you have always rocked! And you still rock! Thank you for this!
Mr. King, your technique and teaching style is perfection! Every necessary detail is covered in a crisp and understandable style. Thank you!
Very thorough demonstration about invisible zipper installation. Your step by step method with preface examples to show makes this video especially effective. Thank you. I met you when I took your course on Craftsy for the fly front coat, and you are as excellent and precise in your explanations as ever. Thank you.
BRILLIANT!!! Hi Kenneth! I have been watching you for a very long time since you and Sandra Betzina were on her HGTV series. I have purchased your books too. Your work inspires me to do my very best!! Thanks for this video. I had often been "threated" by zipper applications......but no longer. Thanks a million!!
The Sewing Bra
The Sewing Bratt q_-
I am a very new sewer at the ripe old age of 64 I purchased my first sewing machine and my friend was helping me I made a skirt with her help and was ready to try more so had 2 lots of skirt 1 blouse and dress material we purchased together on numerous adventures to fabric stores. Then my friend age 63 died 28th Dec 2017 so suddenly ( through messups a long story) she should be here now. I havent turned my sewing machine on since but zips have always made me feel terrified. However watching this video has made me think I owe it to her memory to have a go. So I will be trying this method on some very very old zips RIP Lynda I miss you so very much
I too watched Professor King when he was on HGTV with Sandra Betzina. I remember him showing us how to use and unthreaded serger to cut bias strips from a bias tube instead of using shears. Much faster to cut yards of bias.
@@janegriffith2369 o Jane, this is heartbreaking. Sometimes bad things happen to Good people. Please keep sewing and smile.
I so LOVE this tutorial. Perfect length, perfect explanation, perfect result ! Thank you so much. Like many, I have struggled to get my invisible zips in and looking good, but not now ! xxxxx
Thank you for such an informative video. Love the pace and how clear you are in the instruction. Now we can all tame those wobbly pesky zippers into place :)
Amazing. So easy to understand. Thank you. It was so helpful today on a wedding dress. I combined this method with the technique Louise Cuttings teaches to finish off top of invisible zipper. Absolutely perfect. So happy. Thank you Kenneth! I will use this method exclusively now too.
Thank you soooooo much for sharing your brilliance with us.
Well done Kenneth...
The instructors are very detailed, professional and very enthusiastic! Thanks teacher !!
I love you Prof King!! I was honored to have you as my Prof at FIT! ❤
Wow! I am so elated over this technique. Thank you very much for obviously loving sewing like I do and for sharing your knowledge. I am self-taught since I was first given my first sewing machine by my father when I was 13 years young. I strive now to learn more about everything sewing; thankfully through UA-cam and still continuing to create my own visions.
Thank you so much for your teaching of the invisible zipper installation. This is superior to all other methods I have attempted, it gives a smooth finish at the end instead of the usual "tail" I have seen many times.
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you Kenneth! God bless you for sharing your talent!!!!!!!!
When sewing for the theatre we never use invisible zippers and usually replace them with lapped. Just finished a commissioned dress that required an invisible zipper. On velvet no less. Never put one in before today. This tutorial was amazing and I got on the first shot. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. I grumbled but I didn't cuss. Once again, thanks for a great video. PS I did use a Bernina invisible zipper foot.
KDK is a magician! and a generous and kind teacher to the home sewer... this is so darn perfect. I have hemostats... now another use for them. Thank you Professor King!
We totally agree. He's the best!
Kennith King & Threads mag: A marriage made in Heaven! Thank you for yet another fabulously presented video!
The best demo I have seen in 50 years of sewing my clothes. x
Oh, my goodness. Frickin’ GENIUS. I haven’t sewn many garments with, or without, zippers so I’m glad I know this technique right off the bat, Thank you so much! :)
Where has this technique been all my life?? I love that you don't need an invisible zipper foot, and I love how smooth it is!! It never occurred to me to open the zip *past* the end. 🤦 Brilliant!!
I have wondered occasionally if the trend of exposed "decorative" zips had anything to do with other people also finding it a challenge to sew a perfect invisible zipper. 🙄
That is the best invisible zipper installation technique I've seen! Thank you.
The best invisible zipper tutorial I've seen yet. THANK YOU!!!!
You've explained this troublesome installation very well. This is pretty much what I've done since those beautiful zippers came on the market!
Genius idea. I like invisible zippers but never use them because of that little bump at the bottom and I will definitely try this. Oddly, I have had a hemostat in my sewing room for thirty years - I have no idea where it came from but now I'm glad I never got rid of it.
I was taught this method also. Glad I found this .Each time I sew I get better.My favorite hobby is sewing.
J. Stern Designs sent me here. What a wonderful tutorial and so easy to understand! I’ve had a bit of zipper phobia all my life, but this video might help me overcome it.
This was a gem thank you
Great video! Learned how to do this back in the 60's. I have since forgetton who taught me. Thanks for the refresher, as I haven't put a zipper in in about 30+ years. It's a bit more work but the piece has a more professional look.
Just saw your video and used this fantastic method. First time I have no bump on my bum. Mr. King thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. Keep up the awesome work. Thanks to Threads for releasing the video.
WOW!!! Thanks so much for this video! I have viewed many tutorials on UA-cam on how to install an invisible zipper..... yours is by far the best I have seen. This one really made the most sense to me. Tried it on a blouse that I was making and it turned out great! Thanks again for a very informative video!
I tried the technique and my zipper got perfect! It's the third zipper of my life, and I'm glad because I learned it correctly now! Thank you!
hey there ! I have a tutorial on how to make zippered cushion covers :)
easy to make if you're interested:
ua-cam.com/video/t7npHOe0zeo/v-deo.html
Great video. I haven’t installed an invisible zippers eons! I am going to be guiding a young girl in making a fancy dress for a fine arts competition and the pattern calls for an invisible zipper. This cam at the perfect time! Thank you Kenneth!!
Wow, this is wonderful - the first time ever that I have put in a concealed zip successfully.Thankyou So Very Much.xxx
This makes so much sense, it takes away the guesswork of how close to the seam should the zip be. Thank you so, Sew much.
Love your work Mr. King your jackets are stunning
KDK! This was a game-changer! Thank you so much. I've struggled with that dang pucker for so long. No more!
Loved this. First time in 40 years of sewing that I am happy with my zipper install first time. Thank you
Love you Kenneth King! Great video on invisible zipper install. ❤️
Mr Kenneth D. King, you are a saviour! I was about to give up and your indications are just incredible and useful for my projects. Thank you @threadssewing for this incredible video!
Thanks for sharing👍
Fantastic technique! Not only does it solve the pucker at the end, it also makes sure that the waistband seams and patterns match up on either side of the zipper. I have always basted the zipper in but the technique with the machine basting before hand basting ensures that everything is perfectly lined up. Thank you for sharing. I will no longer be stressing out before putting in an invisible zipper.
What a brilliant tutorial!! my first ever successful invisible zip!
You are an amazing teacher. Now that I know the
'why' I can apply your concept to other areas of sewing as well.
Look at his written work, too.
Kenneth is built for this. So brilliant! Excellent presentation, excellent explanation. Very useful.
What a Godsend this technique is! No more struggling with invisible zippers! Thank you for sharing this.
Basting is the key to sewing tricky things like this zipper, THANKS SO MUCH🙏
That has changed how I'll be doing zippers from now on... awesome
I bought the hemostat and I put invisible zip in a top and for the first time ever there was no wierd bump at bottom of zip. Thank you sooo much for the tutorial. I was so pleased 😃🤩💕🇬🇧
Wow! Glad this popped up, it's amazing. I even have a few hemostats (left over from suture removal kits). Thank you so much for sharing this technique.
Thank you for this tutorial! I hated doing invisible zips and this has been the best zip technique for me so far. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Fantastic Kenneth, took me 50 yrs to get this and now I'm happy :-)
Thank you, Mr. King! I just tried this, and it worked!! I don' t have that tool (yet), but was able to use small tweezers to move the slide. I am thrilled :)
Thank you. The trick with the continuous zipper is inspired and inspiring. (Why wasn't l taught by people like this when young? Still, sixty is the new whatever so here goes... 😳)
This has got to be the best way to insert an invisible zipper!! I just added an invisible zipper to a sequined dress using this method. OMG! It came out perfect. Thank you, thank you!!🙌🏾
Well, I guess 70 can be a new whatever also! Thank you Threads Magazine for all these invaluable techniques!!!
thank you loved your nice tone in your voice don't like people shouting at me regards jean
Thank you so much Mr King - your advice is amazing. Thank you SO much for sharing it publicly.
outstanding instuction! Love when I learn something new. Thank you, Mr. King, for your clear instructions.
Clear and easy to understand instructions. I was afraid to install an invisible zipper for years but following these instructions I did it beautifully the first time. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
Love this! I was just looking for a zipper tutorial that allowed for an already sewed seam. This is right on time!
Thank you for not waffling, but explaining the technique so clearly.
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your expertise! For years I have struggled with that pesky zipper slide. Getting it out of the way will change everything.
Ah - basting and directional sewing...the keys to smooth dressmaking! At school - where dressmaking was a full year subject for 3 years for me....basting (or tacking as we call it here in Australia) we were taught to baste everything. Period. I cant communicate enough how much basting is now part of my DNA. 40 years later I still baste everything. Well nearly...my skill can cope a lot now. But basting is the key for success for places that require precision. Great video and this is also the way I was taught to do it.
WOW! Impressed... KDK is the man for sharing so generously with us home sew-ists. Saved the video URL to keep it handy
MAHALO!!!!!!! The best and easiest technique I have ever seen.
Thanks Kenneth,I love your tutorials,bravo! 😘❤️❤️❤️