How To Shorten a Jacket with a Separating Zipper...

Without taking it out of the jacket and sewing it back in!

What you'll need: Zipper Stopper Repair Kit, Zipper Install Pliers, Side Cutters, and Fray Check

1. Mark how short you want the jacket to be.

2. Cut the jacket an lower than where you marked if you plan to hem. If the edge will be raw, then cut where you marked.

3. Use side cutters to carefully pry zipper teeth off of the zipper tape 3/8" above your mark.

4. Apply Fray Check to the exposed zipper tape and let it dry completely.

5. Find a new zipper box and zipper pin to match the original size.

6. Trim any fray edges so the new pieces can attach smoothly.

7. Add new zipper box and pin in the same way it was originally.

8. Use the pliers to close the new zipper pin to the zipper tape.

9. Put the new zipper box on as well.

10. Test the new zipper parts to make sure they work.

11. Cut excess zipper tape.

Of course I had to style my new cropped denim jacket for you! Btw- I thrifted these jeans and took them in using the crossover method. (Tutorial here).

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