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I bag maker's Lisa here from andrew designs today I have a really quick little tutorial for you on making a double pull a zipper so I'm going to step you through both approaches for making a double pull zipper from a fixed length of zipper tape and also making a double pull zipper from a continuous length of zipper tape that you cut off the roll to the length you need for the pattern that you're making so two different examples here nice and quick and easy let's get started to create a double pull zipper you're going to need a zipper which is the right length as per the patent instructions for the bag you are making you're also going to need a second pull so whether that is a loose super pull that has come in the packet with your zipper or you've taken it off another zipper or you have a second entire zipper which we're going to take the pull off so regardless of which process you use you're still going to need one zipper tape which is long enough as per your pattern a second pull and I also like to use in all or you can use a prong or a small pair of pliers to help get the bottom and top stops off the zipper tape so these little metal parts are literally there to stop the pulls coming off however to add a second pull on obviously we need to take those off first so once you have the pieces you require to create your double pull zipper let's get started and assembling it together so taking the zipper that is the one that you're going to then attach to your bag first just open it slightly from the open end of the zipper and take the two metal stops off the easiest way I find us to work from the wrong side of the zipper I use an awl and you just need to work the point of all under the flat part of the stop with a little bit of force and it just lifts up and you can pull it off so just pop that to the side and make sure that ends up in the rubbish bin and repeat for the second one so again pushing the point under the flat part of the stop so now we have no stops on the end of our zipper that we're going to use for our bag from here you need to take your second pull so for me I'm using a pool that's already loose and I'm going to be feeding it on however if you didn't have a spare pull and you needed to take one from a second zipper you can easily do that by removing the stops on the second zipper as well just like we did for the first one and literally taking the pull off the zipper if you just pull it it will come right off the end so that is how you can grab a second pull from a second zipper I'm just going to put that to the side because I'm not going to be using that one working on the zipper that is going to be attached to your bag you've already got one zipper on it the one it came with so as you'll see on the shape of the zipper you have a flat part at the back which is where the closed teeth come out of and you have a curved part at the front of the zipper which is where the open end of the zipper comes out of so what we want to do when we feed a second pull on as we need to feed it on in the opposite direction so that the two curved edges of the pull will be facing and the two flat edges will be away from each other so taking your tails of your zipper what you're going to do is you're going to make sure that your zipper pull is up the right way so your tag is up on the top and you've got the curved edge facing towards you place one side of your zipper tape and the zipper tape is right side up place one side into the side of the zipper and just pull it or push it through until you can start to feel there's a little bit more resistance or a little bit more friction that is we you know the teeth are starting to go through and we're just going to stop there and hold it in place so just holding the pull and the tape in place within going to grab the second side of our zipper and we're going to feed that side into the second side of the pull and you'll see them both starting to come out of the back what you want to do here is make sure that the back edges will the raw edges of the zipper tape are lined up as close as possible together so you don't want to start pulling them through when one here is longer than the other we want them to be as level as possible and all we're going to do from here simply is grab with our thumb and forefinger grab the ends of the zipper tape nice and tight so that we keep them lined up and level with each other and all you need to do is pull your zipper pull on to the teeth okay it's really easy to do so I'll just show you that again really quickly you feed one side of the zipper tape into the pull hold those two together feed the second side of the zipper tape into the pull and make sure that the tapes are level if you can't pull the second side through any further you can always pull this first side back a bit so that you can level them up before it starts to grip the teeth on the inside of the pool grab the ends of the tape firmly between your finger and thumb and wiggle the pull on the way you know if your teeth are lined up correctly and in line with each other as if you have a look right at the beginning of the teeth this should only be one tooth on one side past the tooth on the other so they should be interlocking like this if you have it like this you'll know that the right hand side is longer than the left and it's going to sit a bit skewed on your bag so you need to take the pull off and do it again to make sure that you only have one tooth on the outside before the tooth on the other side starts and once you have your two pulls on you have a double sided zipper yes it is that easy and that quick so that you can move your zips right to the center if need be you can handle machine stitch across the open in to close it up so that the poles don't come off and you can continue with whatever bag pattern you might have been making to create a double pull zipper from a continuous zipper tape so that's where you buy it by the meter or by the yard and you need to chop off how much you require for the bag you're making the process is very similar to using pre-made zippers except it's just a little bit different in the way we work with the ends of the zipper tape so starting first cut off the length of zipper tape that you require as per the pattern you're making and here I've got a beautiful black zipper tape with silver teeth and I'm going to be popping silver pulls onto it and the zipper is actually from BT box pleat which is an Australian hardware supplier and I'll pop a link to her website in the description below for those interested as she had has lots of beautiful shiny bling so makes you pop over and have a look at her website to start creating the double pull zipper first you just need to open one end of the teeth so to do that all you need to do is simply pull them apart and once you've started it's really easy to pull the teeth apart working on the ends that you've just opened what I like to do is just trim off any threads or fibers that might have come apart and started fraying just to tidy it up and then I like to seal the ends with a lighter or you can use fray cheek or a craft glue just to stop them frame any further while we work with the ends to get the pulls on so I just do both sides just like that and now they're a lot more reliable and durable from here all we're going to do is very much the process just like we did for the other one so we're going to keep the zipper tape right side up we're going to take one of our pulls and we're going to make sure it's also right-side up and the curved edge of the zipper is facing us in the edge of the zipper is facing away from us working on one side at a time you're going to push the teeth of the zipper tape into the foot and if you look down the back from the closed end of the pull you'll see there's a little tiny metal prong pushing up which is what locks the teeth in place if you pull on the tab of the pull it gently it will lift that prong up and out of the way and then you can push the zipper tape in just a little bit further so that it's locked in place and the pull is not going to come off once you've got that locked in place holding those two together grab the other side of your zipper tape and sit it in the front of the pull and then again have a look down lift pull on the pull to lift the prong out of the way the locking mechanism and wiggle the teeth into the zipper it can be a little bit fiddly and you kind of have to be a bit bossy with this one but it is definitely achievable if need be I'm having trouble getting that in so what I'm going to do is I'm going to lift the locking mechanism by pulling my tab away from the pull and I'm just going to slide this side back just a little bit just see if that makes it any easier okay it's not going to work so I'm going to take that side out completely and try and get the side in and see if it's going to go in at all so it might just be the side of the tape okay so we'll go in it's just being difficult of course so we'll get that one back in and hold that one in place and then I'm going to do this side which hopefully will play the game it's going to lift up that locking mechanism sort of push it up from behind I might pull this one back a little bit sometimes these come together really easily and then other times they just seem to have a mind of their own and require a little bit of force a little bit of persistence to get them on so I think they're both in there yes because if I pull the pull away in the zipper take away from each other they're not coming out so they're both locked in place so that's really good so from here all I'm going to do is simply from the curved open end of the zipper I'm just going to push the teeth through hold them together and push them through once I get a little bit out the end then I can grab that with my thumb and forefinger and pull and we have one pull on our zipper don't worry about if the end is on even because we're going to fix that up when we put the second pull on so for now you've got one pull on so we're just going to undo all the rest of the teeth and it's going to move that pull towards the other end of the tape so remember when we have a double pulled zipper the two pulls need to be facing in the opposite direction so if the curved edge of this pull is facing that way we know that we need to feed this one on in the opposite direction so the curved edge is facing this way so working at the other end of your zipper tape remember we've moved the pull all the way towards the end first we're just going to hold the two sides of the zipper tape fairly level with each other and trim off any threads any unevenness as best as you can to make it tidier before we even try to put the pull on to the end so I'm just going to take this off because it's a bit wonky and that looks pretty good and then again melt or glue the ends so that they don't fray when you're trying to add your pull on okay so now the ends are ready so again we're going to take our pull if you look carefully you can actually see that my zipper tapes this side is what looks like one tooth longer than this side so when I thread my pull on I actually want to check that this side is one tooth longer once my pull is on and that will hopefully mean my pulse it really nice and flat towards each other and then not skewed and curving the tape so I'm going to take my pull oops start from one side I'm just going to push the end just in you hold it in place push the second end in and give it a bit of a wiggle nope I might start with this right hand side actually I'm gonna push it that Endon first check that it's gonna come through there we go sawtooth in there that was being difficult now the second side we feed that into the zip I'm sorry into the pool usually it's a case of pulling one side of the tape back to push the other one forward and sort of evening them out until they sort of niche together in the pool once you think you've got them in place you can start to try and push the tape into the pool and you'll either go or it won't it's pretty black and white so I can see it coming out the other end it looks like I've got two teeth on the outside of this side of the tape but I have my pull on so I'm going to pull it all the way down to this one and then I'm going to see how we're looking for alignment so that looks pretty good but as I suspected I actually am out of alignment so if you look carefully you'll see that my tape comes up and then veers to the right so I know that I've actually got my teeth slightly out of alignment with each other so I'm going to take my pull off and I'm going to do it again and I'm only going to make sure I have one tooth outside on the end on the right this time instead of two as I currently have let's take that off this first side back in the second side in [Music] [Music] [Music] in there we go we've just got the one so it does take a bit of patience sometimes it goes on a lot faster than this sometimes it can be really fiddly like I've just had but I've only now got one tooth either side which means that when I put my pulls together my zipper tape sits nice and straight it's not curving to the right like it was before so now even though I cut this off a continuous length of a zipper tape I have just made a double pull zipper with two beautiful funky I love these zipper pulls and this is ready to go in my next bag so that is the other way to make a double pull zipper and that's all there is to it it's really that straightforward you just need to have at times a little bit of patience and a little bit of persistence and that's all there is to it you now have a awesome little double pull zipper perfect and ready for your next bag I hope you found this tutorial helpful and I hope you've learnt a few little tips and tricks if you have any questions whatsoever feel free to comment below or catch me by my website which is www.hyken.com [Music]