Everyone has dealt with a zipper that didn’t close as expected. Sluggish operation and quirky components can make it seem like you have no choice but try to find a pricey professional sewer to ...

The first problem — a chewed-away zipper bottom — is quite common, but requires no sewing to fix. As you’ll see in the video below, all it takes is a drinking straw, some hot glue ...

Ella: No. Peggy: Yeah, thank you. Peggy: Okay, just because I've often thought, can you imagine all those factories out there just pressing the zipper? Ella: Nobody's pressing the zipper.