Thrifted Dress: refitting and replacing an invisible zipper!!

I love the dress that I found at a thrift shop, but the waist is WAY TOO SMALL and it needs a new zipper. Let me show you what I think is the best way to sew an invisible zipper into a dress that has a waist seam. I’ll give you some good tips on how to make that waist seam match up perfectly! If you just want to get right to the zipper, skip to 4:54!

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0:00 Intro
2:27 Letting the dress out
3:14 First fitting
3:30 Sewing Right side closed
4:55 The BEST way to sew an invisible zipper!
13:10 Closing the CB seam
14:32 Tweaking the side seams
15:27 Done!