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How To Shorten A Zipper

By: Heather Paulsen from Heather Handmade

Updated May 04, 2022

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How To Shorten A Zipper

"Learn how to shorten a zipper before sewing it into a project. This is great for plastic zippers, coiled zippers, and invisible zippers. I have a good stash of zippers, but I rarely have the exact size I need for my project or pattern. The zippers are almost always too long. When I’m buying zippers without a specific project in mind, I buy them too long on purpose. You can always shorten a zipper, but you cannot make a zipper longer. Let me show you how to quickly and easily shorten a zipper! "

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