2
Slider
5 cm
Sew the zipper tape on the seam allowance from
bottom to top.
Fitting the edge of the zipper presser foot along the edge
of the zipper teeth, sew the zipper tape on the seam allow-
ance. At the slider part of the zipper, stop the machine at
5 cm (2 inches) before the slider. Move the slider to the far
side of the presser foot and sew the zipper until its top end
is reached.
3
Fabric
(wrong side)
Put the fabric over the zipper.
Baste the zipper and set it on the fabric.
* Baste the zipper tape with the fabric with hand basting
stitches. Move the slider to the top of the zipper. Put the
fabric over the zipper and perform basting.
4
Basting
Reverse
stitches
0.7 to 1 cm
Sew reverse stitches and sew the right-hand
side.
After sewing reverse stitches, set the left hand side of the
zipper presser foot to the zipper teeth. Sew until 5 cm (2
inches) of the zipper end. Undo the basting stitches and
move the slider to the far end of the presser foot.
Then sew the rest of the way.
36
0.3 cm
Set on right
Move up the slider
Basting
stitches
Fabric
(right side)
Set on left
5 cm
Centered insertion
1
Baste zipper and garment body.
Open the seam allowance. Fit the teeth of the zipper at the
end of the seam line and perform basting by hand. Pull the
slider tab to the up side.
2
0.7 to 1 cm
Fabric
(right side)
Zipper
Sew the left part of the zipper on the seam allowance
from the bottom of the opening to the top.
Sew 0.7 to 1 cm from the seam line.
3
Reverse
stitches
Sew the right part of the zipper.
Sew reverse stitches a few times.
Sew the other side 0.7 to 1 cm from the seam line.
4
Undo only the basting stitches.
Slider
Seam line
Basting
Zipper (back)
Teeth
Fabric
(wrong side)
Zipper tape
0.7 to 1 cm
Set on right
Set on left