FIXING - zipper replacement

The ladies seem to love their jeans from urban outfitters, but the jeans on those have some severe QC issues. I can only imagine how many gals are pinning them up/closed, or have given up and thrown them in the back of the closet.

Look at this ridiculous zipper. How many teeth is it missing?!! I found my awesome stitch ripper. It was so much easier using a stitch ripper than an x-acto knife. I like this larger stitch ripper (thanks Grandma and Grandpa). It is so nice being able to hold it with the control of a pen.

There is an earlier post that that goes over taking apart the seams and putting a new zipper in. That is exactly what I did. I paid attention to where things were. Then I put the new zipper in very carefully.

I guess someday I will make a more detailed post, with what feet I use and the order I do it.

 

It looks like new. I even had a black and brass one. Here it is done. It looks like nothing happened. That is the goal. 

FIXING - jeans - zipper replacement

My friend had a pair of jeans that needed some fixin'. The zipper broke. I maybe would have repaired the zipper, but decided to replace it, since mending this kind doesn't usually work.

As you can see, the zipper pull has detached from one side, rendering it useless.

I couldn't find my stitch ripper, so I carefully used my xacto knife.

I undid all the stitching that held the zipper in place. There are a lot of seams, this is tedious.

I attached the new zipper at the base first. Here it is.

I figured out how long it needed to be and trimmed the top, then tucked it into the open seam at the waistband.

Here it is, replaced and fully functional.

This zipper has a locking top. Very important to know, if you don't lock it, it unzips instantly.

I try to make things look a little nice when returning them. A little yarn wrapped around with a bow does the trick!

Music is important for sewing. Today I listened to my Trapp Family Singers record.

 

LAST WORDS ON THIS PROJECT

Girl/womens jeans with short 'low rise' zippers are quite a bit more annoying to fix than mens/regular length zipeprs. There is just so little space to work with/within. They turned out, but I have to say I do a better job with classic length zippers and real denim, not this stretchy thin material.