Well pattern cutting Thursday, the day we get down to business. This is my groups day for pattern cutting, I could say my favorite day of college, although if you saw how stressed i got in that lesson you wouldn't believe that for one minute. I must say things look easier than they really are to make, like the zip's we had to create.
Here is a step to step guide on how to create a zip :
Step 1- First things first you need to get 2 strips of material, when you have these strips you need to over-lock one side of each piece.
Step 2- secondly you have to change the stitch on the sewing machine from 3 to 4.
Step 3- Thirdly you will need to change the foot of the sewing machine to a single foot. To do this you need to get a screw driver, losen up the screw until the foot that is in already drops out, then get your single foot and screw that in its place pushing it up and to the right till it's tight.
Step 4- Now you will need to sew a 1.5 cm line from the edge of the material.
Step 5- Then you need to open both sides of the over-locked peices so that its all folded out and place the edge of the zip exactly in the middle between the over-locking and the material.
Step 6- Then you close the zip up and do exactly the same on the other side.
Step 7- Now you have gotten this far you need to iron it all out so that it keeps it shape.
Step 8- You then change your stitch size back to number 3 on the dial.
Step 9- You now sew a straight line between the zip edge and the right hand space, without being to close to the zip. Then when you get to the end you pivot and do 3 stitches to the middle and then do exactly the same on the other side.
Step 10- Finally you unpick the stitches where the zip will unzip and zip up, and you will have a complete zip which you can put on to anything you like.
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