It started with the zipper on my green skirt. I wore it…um, once maybe?…and then the zipper got snickety at the point where the waistband meets the skirt. Too many layers of fabric perhaps? not. sure. don’t. care. My attempts to close the zipper were unsuccessful to say the very least. I ended up derailing the dang thing. I was not happy. A new make, one I really quite like, with a hapless, broken zipper. Lucky for me, I managed a save. I was able to cut the bottom stop off of the zipper and reattach…er…that’s not the right word…what is the word for when you manage to get the zipper pull tab back onto both teeth evenly…oh, yes, miracle would be the word I’m looking for…yes, I experienced a small, yet significant miracle in reuniting zipper pull with zipper teeth. Not surprising however, is that in this whole arduous process, I ended up ripping out some stitches, and hand stitching was essential. A re-assembled, partially hand-stitched invisible zipper..er…sounds sketchy even as I type. Will it hold? Sheesh, who knows…I sincerely hope so, but who knows. End of story? No, of course not! A few days later, this post shows up in my bloglovin’ roll…   Sunni, of A Fashionable Stitch, has re-posted her tutorial on installing invisible zippers. It is, in a word, excellent! However, right from the get-go, she admits to not being the biggest fan of the invisible zipper. Hmmm, sez me. Well, it appears that invisible zippers aren’t the strongest zips in the hood. Not really a big surprise given my recent experience, and it was at this point in time that my wild and wonderful imagination surged into action. A series of vivid mental images, each illuminating the troubling possibility of a serious wardrobe malfunction, played, and replayed, on my personal movie screen. I mean, sure, I love showing off the innards of my makes, but NOT when I’m actually wearing them. Now to be fair, Sunni’s post is not all doom and gloom. Quite the contrary. It’s a straightforward ‘how to’ with some cautionary tips. Yet…reading it so soon after my struggles was a lot like being asked to get on the ship that sailed after The Titanic. You know? Everything suddenly started to sound risky and full of danger. For example, one of Sunni’s cautions is against ironing the zipper coils, don’t. just … Continue reading THE CASE OF THE SNICKETY ZIPPER…