Another idea is take off the tab and use a paper clip though the hole to zip it up, I use it on costumes when I don't want it to show at all.
Silvara > [Original Message] > From: Katy Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7/17/2006 9:23:55 AM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] invisible zip (ok, not v. historic!) > > Can you paint the tab? Nail polish maybe? > > Katy > > On 7/17/06, katherine sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ack - I just put in an invisible zip in a very non-historic dress but the tab at the top is a) the wrong colour and b) hanging out.... I tend to use eyelets, laces, pins etc to close clothing for clients but this is a new problem and not one I can work around... > > > > Any suggestions? (polite ones thank you). No sign of zips this colour in the locale so I could always take it out and put in a regular one but this is so cool and makes it look like just another seam... until you get to the tab at the top! > > > > > > Katherine the stumped > > > > p.s. the zip is cream, the dress is pale green poly-wool crepe and the style is tea-length princess seamed a-line, with slightly flared mid-bicep sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. The customer is /always/ right... > > > > "A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will > > annoy enough people to make it worth the effort" - Herm Albright > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > -- > Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
