Things You'll Need

Instructions

Shortening a Zipper

1

With the zipper closed, measure from the top of the teeth down to the point where you want your zipper to stop. Mark the point with a pencil.
2

Set your sewing machine to a zig-zag stitch, wide enough to stitch over the coil of the zipper.
3

Stitch over the zipper at your pencil mark, taking a few stitches forward and a few back, three or four times. Cut the long threads.
4

Cut across the zipper half an inch below your stitches using scissors.