zipper

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Use a zipper foot and stitch pretty close to the zipper (takes a little feeling around since the zipper is inside.) 3.

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  1. noun A fastening device consisting of parallel rows of metal, plastic, or nylon teeth on adjacent edges of an opening that are interlocked by a sliding tab.
  2. transitive and intransitive verb To fasten or unfasten or become fastened or unfastened with a zipper; zip.
  3. Word History
    Trademark laws exist to prevent the appropriation of words like zipper. Registered in 1925, zipper was originally a B.F. Goodrich trademark for overshoes with fasteners. A Goodrich executive is said to have slid the fastener up and down on the boot and exclaimed, "Zip 'er up,” echoing the sound made by this clever device. Zip already existed as both a noun and verb referring to a light sharp sound or to motion accompanied by that kind of sound (zip was first recorded as a noun in 1875; as a verb, in 1852). Both words were imitations of the sound made by a rapidly moving object. As the fastener that "zipped” came to be used in other articles, its name was used as well. B.F. Goodrich sued to protect its trademark but was allowed to retain proprietary rights only over Zipper Boots. Zipper itself had moved into the world of common nouns.

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  • The zipper is a bit nicer on this version: I hadn't sewn up the hem yet when I took these photos so you can see it in the pictures -- it's gray bias tape and hem tape.
  • Aesthetically, this zipper is quite striking, but it is the metrics of the scale that are truly amazing.
  • This time a grey one that worked okay but needed to be covered to hide the grey tape.I used 2 strips of leather to cover the tape.I stretched the leather a bit while sewing the leather at the zipper tape so the zipper has the same shallow shape, to match the bag's shape.So the zipper is sewn in on a different way.
  • I use a longer zipper for example the zipper opening is 12 inch my zipper is at least 13 inch.
  • A too long zipper can be cut of with a pinking shear from the bottom after the zipper is sewn.
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