help me please

[Brenjn]

Can someone tell me how to sew a zipper into a crochet bag or purse? Haven't been able to find a tutorial on this. Thank you :-)

[RoseRed]

I always hand sew mine.

[Brenjn]

Thanks Michele. I'm one of your blog followers :-)

 

[marpan79]

I also do mine by hand

[RoseRed]

I've found that the fuzz in the yarn get's hung up in the sewing machine.  Some people sew with tissue paper so it doesn't get caught but I can't see what I'm doing that way.  If there's a trick to it - I don't know what it is.

 

It's not as hard as it looks at first.  The zipper fabric is really easy to sew through and it goes quick enough.  It's just working up the intestinal fortitude to get started on it - kinda like weaving in ends.  lol

[Brenjn]

Thanks for the advice :-). I've always wanted to make a crochet bag with a liner and zipper. I've found a tutorial on how to line it with fabric, but not how to put in the zipper. I don't really sew unless I need to fix a hole or something & its by hand. So I wasn't sure if I had to sew a zipper onto the lining itself, or if I sew directly to the yarn

[RoseRed]

The one I did didn't have a lining so I just sewed it to the fabric made from the yarn.

 

If you go into advanced editing you can change the title of the thread to something like 'help with lining and zipper'.  You'll probably find someone who has more experience with it that can help you with it better than I can.

[Brenjn]

Thanks so much! I truly appreciate your advice :-) Have a great day!

[wheat]

While Web Wandering, I came across this Tiplet and shared it on FaceBook.

 

http://www.facebook.com/ItsAllJustString

 

Sometimes one picture really is worth one thousand words <G>

 

The free project in the blog link is rather cute

 

Enjoy The Making

 

Wheat

[Brenjn]

Oh that's exactly what I needed! Thank you very very much! With all the advice I've received I think I can do this now! Have a great day! :-)

[curlysue]

I recently hand sewed my first zipper into an unlined bag.   I sewed it in before sewing up the sides.  Wheat's link looks really great. 

[Brenjn]

Thanks so much :-) I have several bags that need finishing so I'm going to try that. Have a great day!