Learn Five Essential Zip Techniques for Professional Finishes
From dresses to trousers to jackets, a beautifully inserted zip can transform your garment. In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to sew the five most useful zip applications — and how to choose the right seam allowance and finishing method for each one.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll create a set of labelled samples covering every key technique:
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Concealed (Invisible) Zip with Facing – smooth, invisible finish with perfectly aligned seams
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Trouser Fly Zip – Two Methods – understand the construction sequence and when to use each approach
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Exposed Zip – a feature detail perfect for dresses, tops, and sporty or modern garments
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Traditional Lapped Zip – the classic finish often used in skirts and trousers
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How to Finish a Zip with a Lining – clean, professional inside finishes for dresses, skirts, and jackets
You’ll also learn how to allow the correct seam allowance for each type of zip, which is often where confusion happens.
Ideal For
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Beginners ready to feel more confident inserting zips
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Intermediate sewists wanting reliable, repeatable techniques
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Anyone who struggles with fly zips or invisible zips
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Students building technical samples
You’ll Leave With
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A set of clearly labelled zip samples to refer back to
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Knowledge of different zip types and where to use them
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Confidence in choosing the right technique and seam allowance
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Tips for accuracy, alignment, pressing, and neat finishing
What’s Included
All fabrics, zips, and materials for your samples
Step-by-step demonstrations and individual guidance
Tea, coffee, and sweet treats (of course!)
A wonderfully practical workshop that will help you sew zips neatly, confidently, and professionally - every single time.
Lunch is not included so please feel free to bring your own, or make use of the lovely Cafe we have onsite.
Learn Five Essential Zip Techniques for Professional Finishes
From dresses to trousers to jackets, a beautifully inserted zip can transform your garment. In this practical, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to sew the five most useful zip applications — and how to choose the right seam allowance and finishing method for each one.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll create a set of labelled samples covering every key technique:
-
Concealed (Invisible) Zip with Facing – smooth, invisible finish with perfectly aligned seams
-
Trouser Fly Zip – Two Methods – understand the construction sequence and when to use each approach
-
Exposed Zip – a feature detail perfect for dresses, tops, and sporty or modern garments
-
Traditional Lapped Zip – the classic finish often used in skirts and trousers
-
How to Finish a Zip with a Lining – clean, professional inside finishes for dresses, skirts, and jackets
You’ll also learn how to allow the correct seam allowance for each type of zip, which is often where confusion happens.
Ideal For
-
Beginners ready to feel more confident inserting zips
-
Intermediate sewists wanting reliable, repeatable techniques
-
Anyone who struggles with fly zips or invisible zips
-
Students building technical samples
You’ll Leave With
-
A set of clearly labelled zip samples to refer back to
-
Knowledge of different zip types and where to use them
-
Confidence in choosing the right technique and seam allowance
-
Tips for accuracy, alignment, pressing, and neat finishing
What’s Included
All fabrics, zips, and materials for your samples
Step-by-step demonstrations and individual guidance
Tea, coffee, and sweet treats (of course!)
A wonderfully practical workshop that will help you sew zips neatly, confidently, and professionally - every single time.
Lunch is not included so please feel free to bring your own, or make use of the lovely Cafe we have onsite.
Workshop Info
Included in all workshops
Free parking all day at Blackminster Business Park.
10% off bookings for future workshops *
Plenty of tea, coffee and cakes to keep you sewing and making. **
* Discount applies to purchases and bookings made whilst attending a workshop.
** We will try to accommodate dietary requirements wherever possible provided we are supplied with information before the workshop.
Please remember to bring your own lunch with you. Alternatively there are two cafes on site at the Blackminster Business Park.
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