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Today, I’m sharing my techniques for hemming a knit garment. There are many ways to ‘skin the cat’, in this case the ‘cat’ being a knit hem. What I CAN tell you is that the ‘way’ instructed in most patterns will NOT work! Simply turning up a knit hem and stitching WILL yield a wobbly mess. Give this technique a try and I think you might just LOVE it!
That means put a knit fusible interfacing the…
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Thread Nest aggravating MESS is due to…
Added by Londa Rohlfing on May 29, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments
I bought this bag pattern a while ago as a possibility for a friend, but she never got back to me to have it made so I decided to make it for myself. When I was getting bored one day, waiting for fabric to be chosen for my next project (see my blog on the…
ContinueMy niece asked if I could make her a bag to fit on top of her new wheeled suitcase and I remembered the Take-off Tote sewing pattern by Erin of Dog Under My Desk. We checked the size to make sure it would fit on the top of her wheeled case, and then went shopping for fabric.…
ContinueA T-Shirt Throw Coverlet is an EZ memory gift to sew up for giving this graduating season.
Sewing Guild friend, Linda brought this delightful T-Shirt Throw that she made with T’s belonging to her son. Though I’d love to give appropriate credit to the original designer of the idea, Linda did not know – “other than on…
Added by Londa Rohlfing on May 27, 2017 at 6:00am — No Comments
Gone are the days when quilting was only a cottage industry!
By Carma Wadley
"Quilting is certainly an art — an art, a craft, a hobby, a pastime, an outlet for creativity, even a form of therapy. But in today's world it is also an industry..."
To read the rest of this article and see more beautiful photos please…
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T Transformed to Tunic
See how flounces added to the hemline and sleeves transform this T-Shirt? It was a wonderful T for my sewing buddy at Christmas, but I knew I wanted to ‘take it up a notch’. She found this GREAT plaid…
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This week I've been been busy redoing my tutorial for how to use a twin needle (also know as a double needle).
I've got a full video twin needle tutorial as well as a photo tutorial with clear photos so I am hoping to be as clear as possible with the instructions and help others be successful with using a twin needle on their sewing machine. …
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Hi everyone. This is my first post here so I hope I'm doing this correctly!
I wanted to share with you all one of my recent tutorials that has been very popular. It's a video tutorial all about how to do a ladder stitch, which is also know as an invisible stitch or hidden stitch.
This has been a very valuable stitch to me as it has enabled…
ContinueAdded by Dommy T on May 10, 2017 at 12:00am — 5 Comments
I've got a couple of commissions to sew for people going on holiday, this is the first one, a beach bag for May, using the Totes Ma Tote Pattern from…
Added by Karen on May 1, 2017 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments
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