Tutorial: Add ankle zips to a pair of jeans, no sewing required

Besides looking cool, why would you want to though (add ankle zips)?

Customization: Adding ankle zips can give your jeans a unique and personalized look. You can choose the color and style of the zippers to match your personal taste.

Functionality: Ankle zips can make it easier to put on and take off your jeans, especially if they are tight-fitting or have a narrow ankle. You can also adjust the zips to create different looks, such as unzipping them halfway to show off your shoes.

Skill-building: Adding ankle zips requires some basic sewing skills, such as measuring, marking, cutting, and sewing in a straight line. This project can be a good way to practice these skills and build your confidence as a sewer.

But hey, why stop there?

It’s a great excuse to go shopping for new zippers and other craft supplies.

You can give an old pair of jeans a fresh new look by adding ankle zips.

You can impress your friends and family with your new-found sewing skills.

It’s a great feeling of accomplishment when you finish the project and can proudly show off your new ankle zip jeans.

It can be a fun way to unwind and pass the time while listening to music or watching a movie.

It can help you practice patience, as zippers can be fiddly little things, but the end result is worth it!

It can inspire you to take on more sewing projects in the future and develop your creativity and sewing skills.

Enough reasons?

Stephanie from Henry Happened shows how you can add ankle zips to a pair of jeans.

And there’s no sewing required!

She uses fusible webbing tape to attach the zippers, though you could also stitch them down if you wanted to be sure they stay put. Go to her tute.

[photo from Henry Happened]

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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