#needleworkmonday :: A not-so-successful zipper fix

Hello!! It is Monday again! Happy #NeedleWorkMonday lovely NeedleWork Artists!

The problem was that the zipper head came off. I tried to insert it back into the zipper but to my horror, it broke apart 😱

I thought, oh well, let the pants continue to be zipper-less until my smart self decided to take a look at the stitches. I probably should have tried to insert another zipper head but my fingers and eyes couldn't coordinate well enough to insert it properly.

The stitches looked fairly straightforward and so I drafted a plan, take out the stitches and sew a new one! I rummaged through my zipper stash and dang, I do not have a black one. The closest I could find was a brown zipper which I salvaged from a rotting PVC bag:

Okay, brown is pretty close to black right, shouldn't be that bad. I started picking out the stitches with my faithful stitch picker or seam ripper:

Then, as carefully as I could, pinned the brown zipper to the pants:

And, off to the sewing machine. I changed the foot to a zipper foot and confidently started sewing, just like how I watched some of the Youtubers did:

When I reached the bottom of the pants, I cut the excess and tucked the zipper in carefully and sewed it on:

Once I was done, I was so excited to zip it on:

Until I realized, one side was longer than the other! 😱 😲 😳

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There wasn't any time left to re-fix it and so I had to pass the pants back to my hubby.

He was really sweet and didn't mind the brown and uneven zipper. He was happy that there is a functional zipper now and that the pants won't be flapping around his ankles.
Maybe I will re-fix it later if my mood to fix zippers comes back 😁

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Today I brought my phone with me in my pocket from the morning until the night and I proved to myself that I can get about 5k steps just by doing house chores. Just need to remember to bring my phone with me at all times.

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