How To Shorten Zippers

Stan from Stan's Sewing Supplies (stanssewingsupplies.com) shows you how to shorten four types of zippers: metal, coil, plastic, and rhinestone.

If you don't have any of the tools shown in this video (end nipper, needle-nosed plyers, pinking shears), you can go online and order them from Stan's Sewing Supplies

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• zippers
• zipper
• zipper shortening
• rhinestone zipper
• metal zipper
• coil zipper
• plastic zipper
• tailoring
• sewing supplies
• sewing

[Cakes512]

QUESTION: how can you replace the separating mechanism on a separating plastic zipper?

[StopDropAriel]

Thank you! very helpful! Now i can finish my wonder woman costume!! :)

[qochemist]

This is so helpful... I want to shorten a zipper that is already sewn into a garment... it is a halter top jumper that I want to make strapless and it zips all the way up so this technique will be very helpful!

[wzrdreams]

Zoom out!

[marthmaster79]

cool! very helpful! ^^ now I know what I need. I've come to the end of my rope because I'm in need of a 12" silver bottom separating zipper, which I've deduced is just about impossible to find after exhaustive searching, so I've finally decided I'll need to shorten a longer zipper to the proper length. I just need the teeth-pulling plier...thingies...in this video and I'll be ready to try this out!