How to sew a zipper into a lined bag

A woman's handbag with a zipper looks neater. And it’s more convenient to have it on your accessory. Its edges will not move apart, and the contents will not fall out at the most inopportune moment. There are a lot of advantages for such a detail on a bag, so needlewomen often have to add it to the created product themselves.

We will tell you how to properly sew a zipper into a lined handbag.

Materials and tools

To add a zipper to a bag you need to prepare the clasp itself. It should be chosen slightly longer than the neckline size. This way, it will be easier to adjust the fastener later than to reduce the product itself.

Sewing machine will help make even stitches. Will be useful in work accordingly and scissors. Before working on a sewing machine, you will need to make a couple of stitches by hand, so you need to prepare threads and needles. You will also need small pieces of fabric for good fastening of the zipper itself, so that after adjusting the length it does not come apart when unfastened.

How to sew a zipper correctly

In a lined bag

Sewing locks into a lined bag is not that difficult. But it is necessary to take the connection of the parties very responsibly.
You can do the job in one of two ways, but they will differ in just one action.

First option

First of all, you need to prepare the lock in length. Cut the required length and use a small piece of fabric to immediately secure the end of the product so that it does not unfasten.

Important! The fabric should be sewn on with the clasp closed.

Second option

The second method does not require cutting the zipper, it should be a few centimeters longer than the cutout for the handbag. Consequently, in the future there will be a little peeking out of the accessory you created with your own hands. That's why an important condition for such a product will be the use of a decorative zipper, which you won’t be ashamed to show along with your bag.

• First you need to unfasten the clasp and place it between the fabric of the base of the bag and the lining. To make the product look neat, the edges of the lining and the edges of the base must be processed. If there was no processing, then you should tuck them inward. Keep in mind: you will have to sew 5 layers further.
• First fasten the zipper and both types of fabric (main and lining) with needles, then connect them using a hand seam. It is better to use contrasting threads, they will be visible, so it will be easier to remove them later. After completing the running stitch, remove the needles.
• Necessarily iron the seamsso that all textures are smoothed out.
• Check how well the fastener itself is secured and whether the fabric or thread interferes with opening and closing the product.
• Make even and neat stitches on a machine.
• Remove contrast thread.

Now the clasp on the bag is ready.Just to check, try to unfasten and fasten it several times. This will allow you to evaluate the result.

In a bag without lining

If you decide to make a handbag without a lining, the job will be even easier.

• We adjusted the length of the clasp and sewed a small piece of fabric to the end so that it would not unfasten all the way. To adjust, you must use a measuring tape so as not to make a mistake with the length. We measure the required length and make allowances for closing.
• Having unfastened the clasp, we connect its edges with a handbag. The lock fabric should be inside.
• Baste the zipper onto the fabric of the product.
• We moved the product under the sewing machine and went over it with even, neat stitches for stitching.
• Excess threads can be removed, leaving only a machine stitch.

Useful tips

• The most useful advice that a craftsman can have when sewing in is to systematically check the functioning of the fastener and its ease of use.
• It is necessary to check how well it is fixed and works in the sewn state. To do this, after manual basting, you need to carefully unfasten and try to fasten the zipper.
• If nothing interferes in this case, then feel free to put the workpiece under the machine to finish what you started.
• The work should not be done in a hurry. Everyone certainly wants to be happy with their work faster, but not in this case. The final result will depend on the thoroughness and accuracy of each stage of the work.