When I made
this dress, back in October, for my trip to Spain, I put in that lovely, zippered, 'secret' pocket. It was a great pocket to have and I am very happy to have it. However, I have to tell you something funny. When I left Calgary, for Frankfurt, I had no problem going through security. When I arrived in Frankfurt and was making my connecting flight to Barcelona, we had to go back through security. My lovely new zippered pocket, set off the detector and I was offered the lovely,
full body pat down. Ugh! I have the invisible zipper up the back and I had my metal hair clip in my hair, but neither of those set it off, just the little zipper, which is located below outer pocket level and hidden. ;) I guess it had more metal content to it?! I have another zipper in another dress I made from this pattern. Too late to change it to a more nylon style. I might have to make a new one or two and make sure the zipper I put in has less metal to it. :)
The moral of the story is, make sure your zippers that you add to your garments, for traveling through airport security systems, has little to no metal in them. :)
Happy Travels and Sewing,
Carol
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