Avoid the printed area.
Now, wind a bobbin with “Fusible Thread” and put it in your sewing machine.
Set your sewing machine stitch length to a large basting stitch.
With the zipper face down at the sewing machine, use your regular presser foot and sew from the bottom of the zipper tape to the top on both sides of the zipper. The edge of the presser foot will be along the zipper teeth on the wrong side of the zipper.
The “Fusible Thread” basting will show up on the right side of the zipper tape.
Place your garment with the zipper seam allowance side up on your pressing board.
With the zipper face down, place the bottom metal stop of the zipper at the bottom of the zipper opening and roll the teeth down along the stitching line up to the top. Press both sides of the tape fusing the tape to the seam allowances.
Note: If you don’t have “Fusible Thread”, try using a double sided transparent basting tape or a strip of fusible that you press and adhere to the zipper tape. Then “glue or fuse” the zipper to the seam allowances.
Now the zipper is temporarily held in place.
Cut a strip of 1/2 inch wide paper medical tape or scotch tape the length of the zipper opening.
Draw a fine line exactly down the center of the tape.
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