EXCLUSIVE: The Duchess Eats Her Words!

So, some of you who have been hanging around here for a while may remember my Anit-zipper Resolution. Oddly, it was a year to the day, which I didn't realize until I just looked back at the post, that I broke that resolution.

It is amazing what you are capable of when you don't have the money to pay someone to do it for you.

May I present the finished Eco Sweater, complete with perfectly installed zipper by yours truly.

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I took a few pointers from a sewing class that I took a few months ago. Our lovely instructor had us use scotch tape to tape our zipper in place before sewing it on. Scotch tape wouldn't have held up here, but packing tape and a few pins worked nicely.

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It took me three evenings of intermittent work to get it in. I guess it pays to take your time with such things. I also found that using a finer needle helped a lot. . . no, I am not a sewer.

Here is a funny sort of tabloid looking pic of me in the sweater. The Duke and I aren't ever home together during day light hours. Maybe there will be better pictures after we start saving some daylight.

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