How to Add Zipper Heads to Zipper Tape or to a Zipper Roll

Holy cow! I’ve been watching everybody else put them on and couldn’t figure out how you fit the teeth in with the fork sticking in there as well. Thank you so much for your super terrific explanation!

This is an older video, but yes I am using a zipper roll and struggled horribly with one all day today. Thank goodness you posted this!! You’re my lifesaver of the day!

I always spend loooooon time trying to setup the zipper, but with this trick it’s so much easier. Thanks for sharing your tips

Gotta say a massive thank you thank you thank you. Not going to tell you how long I've sat hete trying to do this. And then i found this wonderful tutorial. I had the teeth up facing me. And now watching this. And the fact i had teeth facing down it was easy. I'd been put off these zips by the yard because of doing this. Now I have NO feats at all

Thank you, Sara! This is my first attempt at using zippers by the yard. I was having a hard time trying to get the darn pull on. You mentioned to make a "V" to slide the zipper on; that was all it took! Such a simple thing but it worked like a charm! Love your channel and your bags!

OMG. I can’t believe how I have struggled in the past to add zipper heads. Thank you for sharing your tip.

You just SAVED me! I cut a 168"-long upholstery zipper only to realize the pull was on the scrap side, freaked out for about 5 hours, then found your video. Amazing relief all thanks to you — THANK YOU.

Trying it for the first time today on a deck chair cushion that requires a 54" zipper. Was having a difficult time trying to figure out how to get the zipper pull on ... until I saw your video ... HOORAY!!!

Omg. I have struggled with this with various degrees of success and more of failure. Seen loads of videos, but this one just gave me the secret - angle the zipper into the pull! So simple! No more cutting the tape and trying to force the teeth downwards! Thank you Sara!

I have used zipper roll a number of times. This is the best method for adding the zipper I have found - works first time!

This is changes my bag making life forever! Can’t believe how much I struggled with installing zipper pulls until I watched this. A plastic fork is now a permanent tool in my sewing supply bag!

I have only used zipper rolls with the heads already on... zippers by the inch. These were very intimidating to me until I found your video! THANK YOU!!! I love it now.

After struggling on my own, I decided to turn to YouTube. Yours was the first video I watched and I got the zipper pull on the coil on the first try using your method! Thank you so much! I had purchased zipper pulls to use with leftover zipper coils because I didn’t want to waste the zipper coils and can now use them for small coin purses. Perfect demonstration. Thank you!

I know this is an oldy video, but this greatly helped my wife. Awesome video, saved her a ton of frustration.

I just bought a zipper role off of Amazon, and was ready to return it because I was getting so frustrated until I just watched your video!! I am going to give this a try tomorrow morning! THANK YOU.

Having struggled for ages, this solved it in 10 seconds. Absolutely brilliant.

I watched a different video where I didn't catch on and this one explained that the zipper pull is put on the fork backwards. Made it 100% easier. Thank you!!

Absolutely brilliant,Sara. You should a crown for this!!! I have struggled trying other techniqus and NONE worked. THANK YOU THANK YOU

My absolute favorite YouTube to get the pulls on my tape. I hadn't done this in awhile and last night had to give up until I found this again. Just the best!!

I have used a zipper roll many times but I always have trouble putting the zipper pull on. I have a huge roll that I was about to give to Goodwill because I could never get it to work when I needed it. I decided to go on YOUTUBE and just see what was suggested to make it easier. I watch at least fifteen before I got to yours...they just either didn't work for me or they didn't make sense to me. I finally came across your explanation on HOW TO ADD ZIPPER HEADS TO TAPE OR TO A ZIPPER ROLL. This really was a game changer for me. It worked the first time and I just kept doing it over and over. So easy. Thank you very much. Best "How-To" Video that I've come across. I've never seen the "fork" trick either.