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Button Holes or Zipper

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belden...
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Which ones do you guys think are easier to make/ install
Jan 26 2010 8:20PM
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SkiTheQC
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I've actually never tryed to put a zipper on, but i can tell that button holes are kind of easy to make. Your sewing machine probably has an ¨application¨ to do it.

Jan 26 2010 8:36PM
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Cincher
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If your sewing machine came with a zipper presser foot like I was lucky enough to have, then by all means do it, you just have to be very precise. 
Feb 1 2010 12:56PM
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neutralzombie
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zippers are more difficult because the fabric stretches and if you have a crappy machine it won't like to sew knits, on the other hand, i've always had a lot of difficulty making button holes and not cutting them opened accidentally. a button hole should be the diameter of your button plus the height of it, and the overlap is about the same as the size of the button hole, or a little bigger.
Mar 1 2010 6:03PM
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