zipped up

It took me awhile to get this going... sorry.
Somethings are just worth waiting for. ; )
My sewing business provides me with a veritable source of supplies for interesting and unusual fibre arts.

I am a recycler, always have been. Influenced by many depression era folks from early years I guess. " )These hoodies needed new zips.

Here are all the zips I cut out. I have a box of broken zips that I'm saving. They seem kind of neat when I look at them apart from their utilitarian use as a zipper. Yesterday I accidentally pulled the teeth from the fabric, and found that they are connected to each other, and the plastic teeth then look like a long little spring. This could be fun! Dissecting stuff can actually make you think of something in an entirely new way! Pulling the fabric away from the teeth makes a cool sound too.... The zipper pulls can be quite interesting too. My son made a couple necklaces from them as gifts last Christmas. But sometimes I use the pulls to rescue another person's zip so it doesn't need to be replaced... They like that!
: )