We are used to this clasp, which even a baby can easily handle. But sometimes the lightning stroke is broken, the clasp becomes unusable. For example, if you encounter a breakage of the cloves, this will lead to the impossibility of connecting its parts.
Will have to deal with the replacement of accessories. You can embroider it in women's and men's trousers yourself, applying a bit of cutting and sewing skills. You don’t have to spend a lot of time. The acquired skill will come in handy when sewing a new thing with such a fastener.
Materials and Tools
Sewing a fastener in trousers is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. You can cope with it yourself, without resorting to professionals in the studio. This will not require special skills.
The main thing is to choose the right supplies and the right tools.
How to choose a zipper in pants
The selection of fittings must be approached with particular care.
- The average length suitable for this wardrobe item is about 9 cm.
- For products with high waists, a size of about 8–9 cm is used.
You can buy any of them in specialized stores.
What will be needed for work
Next, we move on to preparing the tools. To do this, you will need:
- safety pins;
- scissors;
- chalk or pin pencil;
- ruler;
- iron;
- sewing machine.
When the required tools and materials have been prepared, you can begin to work.
Easy way
We’ll figure out how to replace a zipper or add it to pants sewn without a fastener.
Step-by-step instruction
- If you are working with a product that did not have a zipper, you will have to complete this preliminary step. Replacing a damaged fastener with a new one will do without this step. To begin with, gently unfasten the front central seam on the trousers from the wrong side in the place where the slider will be sewn.
- Then we spread the trousers on a solid and even surface. For this, a wide table is suitable, not cluttered with foreign objects.
- We place the zipper on the surface of the trousers and use a pin-pencil to mark the measurements of its location.
- Since the lightning will be located without casing, on the right side you can back off about 2 cm from the measurement and carefully trim the excess fabric.
- Again we place the zipper with the front side on the inside of the trousers .
- For greater convenience, when sewing, you can gently pin the material to the product using safety pins.
- We fix the interval 3 on the sewing machine and sew one side.
- After that, you can button and unzip several times, making sure that nothing interferes with the slider.
- We fasten the second half back and fold the trousers. If the location is even, you can start sewing the second part.
Important : when processing the second part and neatly designing the bottom of the clasp, experts recommend scrolling the wheel of the sewing machine on their own.
This is done so that the needle does not pop into the area of the fastening teeth.
The product is almost ready. To finish the work, it remains to sew the pants in the groin area again.
We remove the remaining threads, on a sewing machine we skip the seam.
We check whether the fastener is correctly processed, fasten the lock several times to make sure the slider is moving comfortably.
After completing the work, it is recommended that you process the seams several times with an iron for precise fastening and reliable fixation.
Thus, with a few simple steps, you can carefully sew the zipper to the trousers.
Help : when buying a longer lock, you can shorten it yourself.
To do this, you need to measure the desired length and gently cut off the extra centimeters from above. When sewing, protrude the protruding teeth.
Cod Lightning
Pants and jeans with a codpiece always look more neat and restrained. Most modern products are available with this part.
Codpiece Basic Information
The finishing part, which is called the codpiece, is a kind of valve or strip that covers the area of lightning.
In the male version, it is located from left to right. In the female - on the contrary.
In the absence or with independent sewing of trousers, such an overlay can be done independently. The process does not have a high level of complexity and takes a minimal amount of time.
Codpiece pattern and technological process
To get started, you need to prepare supplies and all tools.
Required fixtures:
- safety pins;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- chalk or pin pencil;
- iron;
- sewing machine.
For pattern lining, you can use the fabric remaining when sewing the zipper to the pants.
Operating procedure
- First you need to decide on the dimensions of the part itself and its location.
- The front seam of the product is carefully unzipped from the wrong side.
- With chalk or a pin pencil, mark the location of the slider.
- At the edges we retreat 1.5–2 cm and carefully cut, rounding to the end of the arrangement.
- Now you can sew the zipper itself, and after that measure the necessary parameters for the lining.
Help : the zipper can be attached to trousers with safety pins for precise fixation when sewing.
- Carefully seam. After that, it is recommended to check the slider several times for comfortable and free movement on the surface of the mount.
- Now measure the pad itself. Usually it is no more than 3 cm. On the wrong side, mark the top mark with chalk or a pin-pencil. Further, using a ruler, we note the codpiece itself along the lightning. We draw a parallel line, rounding it to the end of the lightning.
Important : when sewing a zipper on a female product, the codpiece is located on the right side of the product. On men's trousers - on the left side.
- After preparing the necessary contours, the codice that has not yet taken place can be bent and ironed . This will help to lay a better and even seam.
- Then we start the first seam on the far side. To do this, it is better to use an overlock stitch: a stitch of 4 widths, and leave the stitch interval at half a centimeter.
- After processing the far seam, you can make the middle one.
- Gently bend about half a centimeter and flash it in the same way.
- After preparing the codpiece, you can sew the mount itself . We retreat about half a centimeter and attach the zipper to the leg with safety pins.
- On the sewing machine, you must install the usual straight stitch. For this, the 3rd interval is suitable. Then we perform the usual lowercase seam. Now the mount with the codpiece is ready.
- Next, you need to carefully sew both parts of the trousers, stitching the leg in the groin and rounding the location of the zipper.
It is recommended that the runner himself be checked several times, as well as immediately try on the product to take into account the final result.
Tip : in case of breakage of the old fastener, you can replace it according to old models. Such work is done 2 times faster.
Conclusion
Zipper on the trousers helps in a more reliable fixation on the wearer's body. In the absence or breakdown, zipper stitching can be done independently. You can also make a codpiece yourself, hiding the slider from prying eyes. This process does not require serious skills in the field of cutting and sewing, it is carried out step by step and takes a minimum amount of time.
