Hot take: my seam ripper saved my sanity after a total zipper fail

Was at my kitchen table last night trying to sew a zipper into a dress and somehow sewed the whole thing in upside down. Had to rip out 18 inches of stitches but honestly the dress looks better now than my first try.

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willow_martin1mo ago

Dude did you at least use a zipper foot or just wing it?

max_ramirez481mo ago

I've done it both ways and honestly hand-pressed seams with a good crease work just as well if you're careful with the fabric. The zipper foot can be a pain to set up and I've messed up more zippers by fighting with that foot than by just going slow with a regular one. You just have to pin everything right and use a shorter stitch length so it doesn't shift. Maybe it's a skill issue on my end but I'd rather take my time with a standard foot than deal with that wobbly zipper foot nonsense. What kind of fabric were you using?