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Ponte Pants with Zipper Pocket

Knit pants are comfortable and great for working out when smartly styled.  Let’s take a look at some Eureka! Pants made in knit, using the Glamour Details Contoured Waistband and Fingertip Pocket. Prepare the pattern and cut out the pants I started by tracing off my personalized Eureka! Pants pattern… 

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Inserting an Exposed Separating Zipper

Another post, another zipper!  We are finishing out this series of zipper posts in advance of the Zipper Sampler class I am teaching at the Schaumburg Original Sewing and Quilt Expo (OSQE), and the Zipper Sampler stage presentation I will be leading at the Fredericksburg OSQE. Exposed zippers continue to… 

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Fly Front Zippers

This week Sew! Let’s Get Dressed returns to our occasional zipper feature to discuss Fly Front Zippers.  Read last October’s post about lap application zippers and January’s about invisible zippers for additional zipper education. Fly zipper insertion techniques developed over time as men’s pants changed and zippers became readily available… 

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Invisible Zipper in Pants

A few months ago, we published a blog post with step-by-step instructions for inserting a lapped zipper in Eureka! Pants that Fit.  Being equal opportunity sewists, this month we are featuring step-by-step instructions for inserting an invisible zipper into your Eureka! Pants.*  An invisible zipper is an elegant finish to…