Step-by-step MK for sewing in a zipper for women's trousers

Sewing trousers is much easier than it seems. At the final stage, a zipper is sewn into the trousers, and this requires certain knowledge and skills. This article will tell you how to sew a zipper into trousers and what tools you will need for this.

Materials and tools

Before you start working, you need to carefully select the tools and materials. For this you will need:

• sewing machine;
• trousers;
• a rectangular piece of fabric for the slope;
• lightning;
• tailor's chalk;
• scissors and ruler;
• threads and pins.

How to choose a zipper for trousers

Before starting work, you need to choose a high-quality fastener that is ideal for the chosen style of trousers and type of fabric. Also, when choosing a zipper, you should also select a runner that is the right size.

What is a codpiece?

A fly is a piece of fabric that is used to process a fastener on the outside of a pair of trousers. Typically, this strip of fabric covers the zipper on men's trousers from left to right.

How to sew a zipper into fly pants

Even beginners can master the technique of sewing a zipper into trousers with a fly almost immediately. How to sew a zipper into trousers step by step by hand:

1. The first step is to cut out the slope. You should take the fabric, preferably the same one from which the trousers are made. Use chalk to draw a rectangular strip of 10 by 10 centimeters on the fabric and round off the lower corners. After that, you need to cut out the figure, fold it in half and overcast its edges. Next, you will need to mark the line of the middle seam in the front of the trousers. To do this, step back 1 cm to the left and draw a parallel line, placing it closer to the outer edge of the fly. Then fold it inside out and baste;
2. Under the resulting allowance, you need to place the zipper so that the edges of the teeth are visible and secure everything with pins. At the distance between the lock and the top point of the allowance, you need to skip a few millimeters so that when closing the zipper, unnecessary folds are not created;
3. In order to put the slope, it should be taken into account that its outer sides in length should coincide with the edge of the zipper. It should be swept with a thread, and then stitched with a sewing machine;

4. Next, you need to fold both legs together so that their seam lines match each other. After that, you need to sew the right side of the zipper tape to the fly on the same side;
5. Then you should turn the trousers inside out and overcast the hem along the edge, and also mark with chalk a line on the front side along which the hem will be stitched;
6. Make a decorative stitch along the drawn line using a sewing machine, secure the bottom with a seam and iron the finished result;

In the case of men's trousers, the fly will be located on the left side, unlike the fly in women's trousers. To do this, follow these steps:

1. First, you need to iron the fold, folding the allowance inside out. Then attach the fastener with the right side to the allowance of the valance. It is important that the edges of the halves of the trousers match. Next, place the fastener stop at a distance of one centimeter from the side and lower edge of the fly, and then stitch the fastener on the right side, retreating from the teeth about three millimeters near the edge of the valance. Then turn it right side out and fold the already sewn part to the wrong side;

2. Next, fold the outer sides of both halves of the pants and bend back the ironed fly, and also pin the distance from the fastener stop to the groin area and stitch this area using a sewing machine. After this, you can turn the product inside out and check the fastener;
3. Then sew the second half of the zipper to the left side of the pants;
4. At the final stage, you should turn the product inside out and stitch a decorative line to it.

Working with a cropped codpiece

There are cases when there is not enough material to cut out the entire codpiece or you just want to save on material, then a cut codpiece or, as it is also called, an undercodpiece is used. Below we will show how to sew it on.

Sewing algorithm

There are pants that are initially cut without fasteners. In this case, sewing a zipper to them will not be particularly difficult.

To do this, it is necessary to comply with certain points, namely:

1. Rip open the seam where you plan to sew in the zipper;
2. Place the zipper on the pants and mark with chalk the places where it will be sewn in;
3. In this case, the fastener will be without a lining, and therefore you should step back two centimeters from the mark and cut off the remaining fabric.
4. Then turn the trousers inside out and attach the fastener, hot-pressed with tailor's pins;
5. Next, you need to sew on the left side of the fastener to check the zipper for proper operation.
6. After closing the zipper, you need to stitch the other side;
7. Stitch the pants along the seams in the groin area and iron the zipper.

Thus, it became clear how to sew a fly on women's trousers. The technology is not much different from men's trousers or shorts: you can just change the direction, but this is not so important. If something is not completely clear, you can find many master classes. Even a seamstress who has never done anything like this can do the job of sewing in a hidden zipper on the side correctly.