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Published: 2008-01-02 01:11:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 70960; Favourites: 1279; Downloads: 0
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Oh yeah. Startin' off the new year with tutorial submissions!Well, I had my camera downstairs in my sewing room with me while I was working on my latest, spontaneous Wai-Loli outfit, and I figured, what the hell. More pictures are good by me. I was working on putting a zipper into the pleated skirt, and figured that this was something I've struggled with for longer than you can imagine, until just recently.
I must emphasize, this is just following the instructions that are on the little inset thinger that comes with zippers - that sheet that I used to just throw away! *sigh* I just wanted to do a photo, "step-by-step" in the hopes that it doesn't seem so frightening to do. This is the most basic form of putting in a zipper, and shows the topstitching.
I'll try to do the other types eventually, too. Like, whenever I wind up putting one in next.
And I'm so sorry - it seems like I am always working on red projects when I decide to take pictures for a tutorial - I hope this one is pretty easy to see, though!
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2008 Sam Lemieux/Taeliac Studio Cosplay/`taeliac [link]
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Great tutorial, made alot more sense than some i've seen;
I've just made a dress using this and the circle skirt tutorial and its come out beuatifully.
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Really?! Awesome 
If you put a picture or three up on dA, I'll 
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Hmmm...
This one is confusing and very hard to understand. The pictures don't really explain a lot either.
Do remember I'm extremely inexperienced though.
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Anyway, I'll probably have to read this a few times. The zipper does look nice, and I really wanted a zipper for my cosplay of Matt from Death Note. ^^ So, I'll go over this and experiment.
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Your tutorials are so very good, I'm going to use them all for a single dress! Thank you so much >< The pictures are a wonderful thing.
Also, you're making reading them very fun 8D
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Thanks so much for this! I alwayyyssss have trouble with zippers....>_<
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This was so incredibly helpful! [link]
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Thanks so much for making this tutorial, it really got me through the zipper process!
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Thank you for this! It'll come in so handy! <3
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Not a problem! I'm glad it will help
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Oh awesome! I'm glad to hear it - I know zippers are a pain in the butt, no matter how experienced you are
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I'm glad you posted this, I can use it for my dress.
Perhaps I'll put it up when I'm done ^-^
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Definitely do! I'd love to see it
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Whee this is really helpful 8D The instructions on the back of my zippers are in Chinese and the pretty pictures don't help at all xD
Thanks!
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Your wonderful tutorial has been featured here.[link]
Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.
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y'know, for such a simple procedure this sure has escaped me a number of times, thank you!
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LOL don't I know it, give me a small picture and I can recreate the whole outfit...ask me to put in a zipper or successfully render a button hole and I'll end up curled in the corner! Thanks again
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I'm glad to hear that!! 
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LOL Yeah
It's funny cuz no one is perfect
*defenatly(sp?(SEE?!) isn't perfect*
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I once tried to do zippers myself sans instruction.
That is why I'm favorting this now.
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Yeah - before I had to do a ton of them for school, I was in the same boat 
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Yeah! I have confidence in my zipper abilities now!
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lol did you know in manufacturing for the fashion industry this is called a kissing zipper? I was disturbed by that for awhile. If you say centered zipper to a manufacturer they ask you where its centered... O_o
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man I hate zippers. They are the enemy.
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Why yes, yes they are.
I'm glad we're on the same side!
Now, how do you feel about pants?
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Last summer I bought my first pair of non elastic waistband pants in many years....
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thanks for the tutorial. i probably won't make anything soon, but i'll keep this in mind
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No problem - if you do decide to sew, hopefully the zipper won't be quite as scary (I still avoid them, tho XP)
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Highly useful! Oh, and a quick question: how/when do you oil a sewing machine?
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Thank you!~
Hrm... I'm not sure - it's different on how for each machine, but I usually oil mine every 2 weeks or so (1 week if it's being used a lot).
Check your manual for information on where to oil it- usually, you ahve to disassemble it somewhat to get to the places to oil it... *reminds me to oil machines*
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I don't know where I put the book, haha.. I guess I'll have to dig it out. I've had it for a couple of years and have never oiled it..
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Do you have a drop in bobbin, or a front-loading bobbin? That kind of determines where you oil it, as far as I know.
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Hrm... then it should be pretty easy to clean. What I ususally do is take off the top plate (usually, it needs to be unscrewed - this is usually the part with the stitching guide on it) and pick out all the lint and stuff that gathers under there. Where to oil, however, I'm unsure of 
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It's a Huskystar219. I hardly ever use it, so I don't see any lint.. and it hasn't burned up or caught fire yet.
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