完形填空Valerie is a creative Southwest Airlines (美国西南航空公司)worker. Her work is to guide1 in and out and help with luggage(行李). So she sees the zipper pulls (拉链头) everywhere. After collecting zipper pulls for years, she2 these small things into something lovely: a shining dress.
Valerie shared more about the dress.
"When I started working here in 2011, I was3 several zipper pulls every day. I told my partner that I was going to do something with 4 , " she said. "At first I was thinking about something small, but then I5 to make a dress. "
She 6 a dress at a second-hand store and got to work. Because of the pulls' weight(重量), she chose a well-made dress and 7 fishing lines to sew (缝) them on.
To make the dress look beautiful, Valerie took special care in keeping the pulls 8 in size and shape within each line. "The9 was sewing them on in a straight line, " said Valerie. "But I'm10 myself because I made it. "