Saint Salvage

Here's how to replace a broken zipper for your favorite warm and cozy parka.  This is my husband's jacket's, and he really likes it, But, he broke the zipper. See the missing teeth? I went to my local JoAnn Fabrics, and I bought a Coats & Clark Parka Zipper that it is 32" long. It has heavy duty plastic teeth, and cost about $3.50. I also used a seam ripper and black heavy duty thread and a heavy duty hand sewing needle. Take that seam ripper and carefully slide it up along the zipper. This will leave each front seam side open to attach the zipper.  Pin the zipper in between the layers to ensure that everything lines up. Give the zipper a test zip to make sure it's straight with no puckering along the seam. Hand sew twice on each side of the zipper, to ensure the seams are just as strong as the zipper. After you sew each zipper side into the jacket, remove all the straight pins. Clip the seams to ensure no loose strings will...

I had a zipper necklace from my youth (ahem, the 80s) languishing in my jewelry box.    So I was very happy when I went to my local Michaels. They were having an additional 70 - 90% off clearance items sale.   During my lunch break today, I took this 18k plated tassel and fabricated a loop to attach it to the ALFA zipper. Took all of 5 minutes!