Give your handmade plaid, striped, and patterned garments an upgrade—learn how to sew perfectly matched plaids! Ready to take the guesswork out of pattern matching? Add a bit of extra yardage to your next fabric cut, then follow his helpful guide that Jen from Grainline Studio shared on Sew Mama Sew to sew perfectly matched […]
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Flat necklines can add a beautifully professional finish to hand-sewn garments, especially when you’re sewing with delicate fabrics. Learn how to stitch your own flat bias neckline with this easy-to-follow tutorial! Ready to give your sewing a more high-end look? You’ll definitely want to add this neckline finishing technique to your sewing skill toolbox. I […]
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Whether zippers are on your list of sewing horrors, or maybe you just don’t have a zipper in the right length or color on hand, sometimes it’s nice to have options. Luckily, this sewing hack will show you how to change a zipper to a button closure without causing you stress or ruining your garment. […]
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If you’re in pursuit of sewing perfection, installing an invisible zipper that blends seamlessly into the background of a perfectly matched fabric pattern will definitely take your garment stitching skills to the next level! I swear by the humble glue stick for all kinds of sewing projects (especially English paper piecing), and the glue-basting pattern-matching […]
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It’s a good thing metallic embroidery floss is so pretty, because it can be a serious pain in the backside to use. Unraveling, knotting, and mysteriously working itself into impossible tangles without warning are all to be expected—and that’s on a well-behaved day! But, what if working with metallic floss could be easy? Turns out, […]
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When the weather gets warmer, I often find myself putting down my knitting needles in favor of an embroidery hoop. You too? Jump start your summer sewing with a fun pinwheel stitch design! Stitch up some bold, beautiful bursts of color with this easy-to-follow pinwheel stitch embroidery tutorial from Red Brolly! What’s it for? Pinwheel […]
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For many new quilters, sewing blocks and joining them together to create a quilt top is the easy part. But, the thought of creating a “quilt sandwich” and working with three layers of fabric all at the same time? That next step has caused more than one quilting novice to permanently banish a perfectly good […]
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