Replacing a zipper on a fleece jacket

Date:

What I did:

Before

The zipper in this fleece was broken.

Blue fleece jacket, unzippped (zipper is broken, though you can't tell from image) — Before

closeup of broken zipper (fingers indicating broken zipper tape) on blue fleece jacket — Before: closeup on the broken zipper

After

I replaced the zipper. I wasn't able to find a separating zipper that was quite long enough. To prevent a gap at the bottom, I sewed and added a little velcro/felt tab at the bottom. (Click on any image to see it larger and enter slideshow view.)

blue fleece jacket, zipped up — After

Blue fleece jacket, unzipped, showing blue felt/velcro tab at bottom — After

Closeup of bottom of blue fleece jacket, showing felt velcro tab at the very bottom (zipper was too short) — After: closeup of tab, open

Closeup of bottom of blue fleece jacket, zipped up and bottom felt/velcro tab closed — After: closeup, tab closed