I think invisible zippers were invented when I first started sewing. At least that's when I heard about them. Unfortunately, I never could get the hang of how to put them in.
In my humble opinion if you can put in a zipper and it looks nice, why try to hide it. The manufacturing world seems to think it's the only zipper to use but still I shied away from them. I even put a statement on my website--I don't do invisible zippers. It was something I tried several times to no avail.
Then I signed up as a student of Sandra Betzina's Power Sewing. Wouldn't you know it she gave a tutorial on zippers. I practiced on my granddaughter's Halloween costume. Voila! It worked.
I can now add these once bothersome notions to my list of accomplishments and I don't have to shudder when someone brings a garment with that dreaded zipper staring me in the face.
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