Make do and mend

Repairing a broken zip

If the runner slips off the teeth, the zip should ideally be replaced, but in an emergency it can be repaired.

1 Pull the runner down to the bottom. About 1cm/½in above the bottom, cut the zip tape between the teeth on the disengaged side.

2 Pull the runner up past the cut in the tape, working the teeth into the runner above the cut.

3 Just above the cut, sew overcast stitches to hold the two sides together and form a new bottom stop.