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Category Archives: Sewing, Quilting & Embroidery Tips & Techniques

Summer Reading – Quilting, Fabric Art and Sewing Green

July 5, 2009 – 11:34 am

I’m always excited when I get new books to review, and generally I stop what I’m doing at the time to take a peek inside, then go back later for more serious reading. Of course, one of the first things I notice are the colorful pictures designed to entice us to make the projects. Three [...]

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Sewing with Sheers

June 30, 2009 – 5:10 pm

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. [...]

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Sewing oddities–marabou, boning & elastic

June 11, 2009 – 12:19 pm

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 [...]

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Free sewing help with the SEW-lutions Guidelines

May 16, 2009 – 11:07 pm

Did you realize that there’s actually free help for lots of your sewing questions right here on the sewing.org web site? It’s like getting a complete sewing book for free, and what’s better than that?
The Sewing & Craft Alliance uploads two new Guidelines each month. These are one or two page references that are specific [...]

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Rolled hems, pant lining and home dec fabric handling

May 10, 2009 – 12:18 am

This group of questions spans a variety of interests:
How do I make a rolled hem? The easiest way to make a rolled hem is to stitch it on the serger, using the rolled hem setting. The stitch created is a dense, tightly packed one that actually rolls under a narrow fabric edge as it stitches [...]

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