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Want to learn a great method for sewing a zip fly?
Zip flies on trousers and skirts can be a little fiddly, but our awesome pattern cutter Serefina, who has worked for many years for couture and high street fashion designers alike, showed me a brilliant approach which is relatively easy to do and creates a neat finish.
![Ness skirt sewing pattern - Tilly and the Buttons Ness skirt sewing pattern - Tilly and the Buttons](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HhSr2Jst0q0/W9B5jtaMfAI/AAAAAAAAWtA/FhMMPktMsegFMuYsuJPbYWwbfcY3okbbQCLcBGAs/s1600/Ness-skirt-sewing-pattern-3.jpg)
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You can also use this video tutorial for many other sewing projects, not just the Ness skirt. But if you are making Ness, it’s a good idea to watch the video in tandem with referencing the instructions, as the instructions have more a few more details included in the text.
If you are making Ness, gather these bits before you begin:
- Zip facing – interfaced, and the curved edge finished with zigzag stitch or an overlocker
- Zip guard
- Front skirts – centre front openings finished – both if you’re making the knee-length version, or right skirt (as you’d wear it) only if you’re making the mini (this is because it’s going to be finished with flat felled seams)
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![Ness skirt sewing pattern - Tilly and the Buttons Ness skirt sewing pattern - Tilly and the Buttons](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4AwnCEDNI4/W9B5jro33VI/AAAAAAAAWtE/9-EBIwfKvc4J-nxsXYzVTo8i-hpdBF4HwCLcBGAs/s1600/Ness-skirt-sewing-pattern-4.jpg)
Hope this helps!