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Tutorial: Make zipper tabs to cover the ends of your zippers

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Tutorial: Make zipper tabs to cover the ends of your zippers

Tutorial: Make zipper tabs to cover the ends of your zippers

Rarely do I have a zipper the exact length I need when making a zipper bag.  That’s okay, though, because you can easily shorten a zipper to make it fit.  Damjana from Apple Green Cottage shows how to shorten zippers and create fabric tabs to cover the ends when you install them in bags and pouches.  The tabs are a pretty finish and will keep the ends of the zipper from getting pinched into the side seams of the bag.

Click below for her tutorial:

How to Shorten Zippers and Make Zipper Tabs, by Apple Green Cottage

[photo from Apple Green Cottage]

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.