Tips & Ideas
How
to Make a Lapped Zip for a Soft Furnishing Opening on a Cushion
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- With right side to right side, machine a
2cm seam using a long stitch length. Set stitch length back to
'normal'.
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- Press seam open.
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- Open up the zip and place one
side of zip face down with teeth along seam line, and pin to a single
layer of the seam allowance. See Figure. With zip foot in place and
needle to right of the zip foot, machine in place along zip tape.
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- Close up the zip and turn under,
revealing a fold next to the teeth. Machine along this fold through
the three thicknesses with needle to right of zip foot.
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- Turn work round and place zip
tape along the other single layer of seam allowance, as shown. Machine
down with needle to right hand side of zip foot as before.
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- Turn fabric to right side and
machine about 1cm from zip using the zip foot with the needle set to
the left hand side.
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- Unpick seam along the length
of the zip.
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- Once the zip is machined in,
then complete your cushion by machining round the other three sides,
right side to right side.
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- You are now ready to proceed
to hand sew your chosen trimmings of cord, fringing, key
tassels, etc.
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Key:
R.S. = Right Side
W.S. = Wrong Side
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