So happy to help!

I’m so glad you hear that! My primary goal is to give tips that can carry over to other parts of your sewing!

I do have baggy linings on my list! Thank you for the suggestion!

It is such a pretty print! Thank you for being here! ☺️

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much! I always appreciate your comments and feedback. :)

Me too!

The outermost tooth, the teeth alternate left, right, left, right; whichever side the first tooth is at the end of the zipper. If you check out this video there is a lot more detailed explanation you may find helpful: Get Your Pulls On! - Mastering zipper by the yard (without any aids!) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9CcnJNzrNOYpqM.html

You are most welcome!

You are very welcome Michelle! You may find this video helpful if you do prefer to have your lining topstitched, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r66ad62Iva_SY5s.htmlsi=rsImQL_0bho356dm, and if you haven’t seen my Perfect Corners, Perfect Curves video a lot of people have found that to be useful also. Good luck and let me know if there is anything else I can help with!

You are very welcome!

Thank you Terri! I do the topstitching in the side seam to keep the backstitching entirely within the seam allowance. I started doing it this way a few months ago and I really like it; it is personal preference but I find I can get a good 3/8” of backstitching to secure my topstitching at either end so there is very little chance of it unraveling, whereas when I backstitch at the end of the topstitching seam in the same line I only do a stitch or two so that it can’t be seen past the side seam, which in my experience is not as secure. I hope that helps!!

It is certainly faster once you master it!! I have never successfully used a tool to get a zipper pull on 🤣

@@OKSew474 me either by the time I figured out how the zipper went on I could of been sewing lol

Thank you Susan! There are a couple of things that may help, bear with me and I will see what I can come up with for you.

Hope this helps! Reduce Slipping When Using A Grid Ruler & Rotary Cutter - Unlikely Sewing Tools kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bK51bM1-09TdhqM.html

I think I bought it in 2020 so it has been a while but yours beats it! Certainly not my oldest fabric though. 😉 I bet it made a gorgeous quilt!

Where can I find that fabric? My daughter just saw the video over my shoulder and fell in love with the fabric. Lol. Great tutorial. TY!

Probably will not find it now. Once a fabric is gone they almost never bring it back again. However I wish they would as there are many retired beautiful fabrics that would sell again easily. Alot of what is coming out now just does not do much for my taste at all. Plus the price of fabric is also insane nowadays.

It was very hard for me to cut it up it was so pretty so I did not. I used it as a solid piece then bordered it with a faux suede that was a dusty rose color. Which I also used for the backing then did 1" cross hatch quilting. I bound it with the print fabric. It was very soft and lovely. I never used it because it was so nice. I ended up selling it last year, almost wish I had not. 😊

@@jennsoper5772 it is this one, you may have luck with a google shopping search! www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/filigree-flutter.html

Thanks! I am not top stitching the lining, thank you for pointing out that it is a bit tricky to tell! When I topstitch I move the lining to beneath the side I am not working on so that I am just topstitching the exterior and the layers in the seam allowance below. In “More Tips for Top Zips” I demonstrate topstitching that does include the lining, starting and stopping the topstitching at the tabs, if you prefer that look.

I have not tried blocking a zipper but I do think that would work quite well!

Thank you! I use 1/8”.

Yes my needle is all the way to the left; I am using a narrow zipper foot that is just a little wider than 1/4”, and the needle has to go to the right or left of center because of how the foot is designed but if you are using a different style of presser foot for your zippers you can still move your needle to the left to get a wider seam allowance. I do find a zipper foot to be helpful but it is not necessary, I find being consistent with the seam allowance and using some part of the zipper foot as a guide to be key to getting that seam nice and straight and even. I hope that helps!

I think you were able to find what you were looking for but in case you didn’t or others see this, I cover this in detail in More Tips for Top Zips and also in Perfect Corners, Perfect Curves. Thanks for watching! 😊

Hi! I actually just posted a quick video about it today since it gets asked often, the brand is Kesote, I get it from Amazon (a.co/d/eQJlGXy). More detail here if you need it: Double Sided Tape - OKSew Favourite Things kzfaq.info/get/bejne/juCUfcSqy9DKinU.html.

It’s hard to identify what might be going wrong without being about to see but if you send a pic through my Facebook page I’ll do my best to troubleshoot with you!

Oops Sorry to bother, found in comments. Thank you for all your tutorials/explanations. So helpful to this beginner.

Never a bother! Glad you found the info you needed and glad to be able to help!

Thank you! They are 2” to start then double folded, with the raw edges toward the center then again in half to finish at 1/2”. Then anywhere from 1.25-2” in the other dimension to go across the end of the zipper.

Hi Janet! Any of my own patterns are available as free downloads, if you click the video description of the particular video tutorial (Logi, Betty, Pythagorean pouch etc) there is a google drive link that will take you directly to the downloadable template.

Any of my full tutorials that need a pattern template rather than using measurements will have a download link in the video description. Let me know if you need further help, I linked a playlist with all my patterns in a reply to another of your comments. 💕