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 馃槺
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! 馃槺 馃槻 馃槼
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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 馃榿
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My Actifit Today: May 20 2019
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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