{"id":65078,"date":"2024-12-19T07:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=65078"},"modified":"2024-12-15T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:17:40","slug":"improving-the-atlas-zipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/improving-the-atlas-zipper\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving the Atlas Zipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65078 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20241214_155351_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241214_155351_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Atlas - lump in the curve\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65065\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65065'>\n\t\t\t\tAtlas &#8211; lump in the curve\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20241214_155340_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241214_155340_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Atlas - messy zipper ends\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65064\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65064'>\n\t\t\t\tAtlas &#8211; messy zipper ends\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20241214_155346_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241214_155346_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Atlas - messy zipper ends\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65063\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65063'>\n\t\t\t\tAtlas &#8211; messy zipper ends\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really understand the directions for curving the zipper at the top of the Atlas Zipper Case pattern. My first one came out a little weird looking. There is a weird lump in the curve on the top. Underneath the end sticks out a little bit. None of this is fatal, but I wanted to do better on the second one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60806\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_145941_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60806\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_145941_wm-sm-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Zipper tape at 90 degrees\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_145941_wm-sm-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_145941_wm-sm-768x707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_145941_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zipper tape at 90 degrees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I decided to make a triangle out of the end of the zipper. It makes a neat end with no lumps or bumps. I sewed the end down in the triangle, like in the photo (from another project). This keeps the end of the zipper in place, so I wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about it moving. As a bonus, I was able to create a nice curve as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65043\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65043\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas zipper - better ending\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno-1024x335.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno-1200x393.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241209_093641_anno.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atlas zipper &#8211; better ending<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The zipper on the Cal Atlas came out much better than on the Paris Atlas. There are no lumps and the curve is much flatter. In the future, I&#8217;ll do that to finish the zipper ends.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend this method for crating zipper ends <em>in the right circumstances<\/em>. If you have a zipper tab, then you don&#8217;t need to do this. This is a great finish if the end of the zipper will be exposed for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t really understand the directions for curving the zipper at the top of the Atlas Zipper Case pattern. My first one came out a little weird looking. There is a weird lump in the curve on the top. Underneath the end sticks out a little bit. None of this is fatal, but I wanted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/improving-the-atlas-zipper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Improving the Atlas Zipper&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[530],"tags":[541,353,255,343],"class_list":["post-65078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-center-street-quilts-pattern","tag-process","tag-project-bag","tag-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65090,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65078\/revisions\/65090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}