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Sheers are great for summerwear, but they can also challenge even the most even tempered and experienced sewers. They move around a lot during cutting and sewing, they ravel and it’s difficult to get even seamlines and hems. Here are some helpful hints for taming these challenging fabrics:
Choose patterns with minimal seaming and design details. [...]
Several of you have asked about needles and which type is best for sewing on specific fabrics.
As you know, the right needle is of the utmost importance and sometimes we ignore it totally until something goes wrong. Generally, we don’t change needles often enough. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say [...]
At Spring Quilt Market, a show only for industry members and shop owners, two new products were launched I know you’ll be interested in. Both come from Simplicity Notions and are real timesavers.
The first is a rotary cutting machine. You simply set the width you need, up to 2 1/4″ wide, step on the pedal [...]
I’ve received some unique sewing questions lately and thought I’d answer them together:
How do I attach marabou trim to an evening dress?
Marabou is actually feathers sewn, glued and/or wrapped on a central fiber core and the wispy trim is easy to attach by hand. Simply pull back the feathery ends and hand stitch it to the [...]
I don’t know about you, but summer is always a great time for me to sew. One reason is that I get up earlier when sunshine streams in the window to wake me. Since I work from my home, I don’t usually set an alarm unless I have to be someplace, but rather simply let myself [...]
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