Showing posts with label Sewing Guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing Guide. Show all posts
3 Ways to Gather Fabric. Sewing Tutorial
How to Take in Jeans - Tutorial
Do you have a perfect pair of jeans that fit you everywhere but in the waistband and every time you sit down or bend over, you are selling major crack? Do you love those jeans? Do you wish that you could wear them more than one wear out of the dryer?
How To Put In A Zipper For Pillow
How To Put In A Zipper For Pillow With Cording. How to Sew Zipper Pillows with Piping.
Sewing Machine Cover Easy Tutorial
Sewing Machine Cover Tutorial - Sewing for Beginners - Learn to Sew!
Bias Binding Tutorials. 3 Ways…
Necklines and armholes quite often are finished with a facing. While I do like facings and the clean finish that they create, sometimes its nice to not have all that extra fabric and instead use a binding to finish the edge. A bound neckline or armhole can give a clean and professional ‘ready to wear‘ look to your self made garment.
How To: Understitch
If you are wanting to create a professional ‘ready to wear’ look to your self-made clothing, you’ll be wanting to familiarise yourself with the term and technique of UNDER-STITCHING. Ever had a facing or pocket lining refuse to stay hidden and pop out for attention? Most likely its because it hasn’t been under-stitched.
Jacket Terminology
Since completing my tailored jacket, I have become slightly obsessed with jackets in all shapes and sizes and can’t stop analysing every jacket I see; fit, type of collar, width of lapels, height of notches and depth of break points are all coming under scrutiny. Just incase I am speaking a language that you don’t understand heres a little help to know your notches from your lapels.
Installing Zipper - Tutorial
When I was just learning to sew and didn't understand how to install a zipper at all, I looked for tutorials on Pinterest and Youtube, many posts mentioned that sewing zippers is something scary for crafters, sometimes even avoided because it is often wrong or not neat, the term installing zippers is something that makes us frustrated, especially if we are beginners.
How to Sew Bias Binding for Piping
You can do so much with piping! And when you do, you’ll feel like a fabulous sewing brainiac. (or at least something like that!)
But before we jump ahead to the piping, let’s learn how to sew bias binding. Calling it “binding” isn’t completely accurate…it’s more like continuous bias strips for piping. But since it’s “sorta, kinda” like binding…well… …you know what I mean.
Three Easy Ways to Mend Fabric
I wanted to share some ideas to help keep, care for and mend our clothing and other textiles in heavy use, inspired by century-old Japanese textiles.
Running Stitch Tutorial: Ombre Summer Scarf
The running stitch is a simple but beautiful stitch that is the base for a huge range of sewing projects, including (but not limited to) hand-quilting, mending clothes and embellishing fabrics with decorative details.
Backstitch Embroidery Tutorial
This project is a great way to spruce up an old tee. T-shirt material can be difficult to stitch on, because it’s spongy and stretchy. I’ll show you a really simple technique to make it a whole lot easier, so now you can stitch on all you tees. We’ll also be learning the backstitch today.
How to fix hole in crotch of jeans
So…my jeans always wear holes in the crotch area. Every time. *sigh* They look like new everywhere else, but the spot where my thighs rub together when I walk rips and frays after a lot of wear. So annoying.
How to Make Bias Binding. Tutorial
Bias binding, or bias tape, is a narrow length of fabric cut on the "bias", meaning that it has been cut at a 45º angle to the grainline or selvedges. When woven fabric is cut on the bias, it has greater flexibility and stretch than fabric cut on the straight grain. This makes bias binding ideal for finishing off a rounded edge, trimming quilts and adding a decorative touch.
How To Choose The Right Sewing Machine Needle
The correct size and type of sewing machine needle is essential to produce a good quality stitch, they can literally make or break your stitching. When the wrong needle is used you may get stitching that puckers, skips or the thread and needle may break.
How to Slip Stitch an opening close
So today I wanted to share what a slip stitch is...
The Slip Stitch also referred to as 'ladder stitch' is a hand stitch that joins 2 fabrics together so that the stitches are invisible when you are done.
How to Bind an Edge Using Bias Binding
Binding is a useful and versatile decorative way to finish an edge, whether you are using it instead of a seam to join layers, or simply binding the edge of a single layer.
How to Cut and Sew Bias Strips
In lots of my sewing projects of late I have been making my own bias binding. So today as part of my 'Sewing techniques' series I wanted to share with you 'How to cut & sew bias strips'...
What is a bias strip ? A bias strip is a woven strip of fabric cut on the bias.
How to Mitre Corners using Bias Binding
Binding is a useful and decorative way to finish an edge, whether you are using it instead of a seam to join layers, or simply binding the edge of a single layer. You can either buy ready made bias binding or make your own, see 'How to cut & sew bias strips' and 'how make bias binding using a binding maker'.
Creating an Envelope Bottom Tote Bag
An envelope bottom bag creates a clean finished look and a nice square bottom. It’s a great skill to tuck away for when you need to sew up bags quickly for birthday party treats, Halloween trick or treats, Easter baskets and more! I’ll show you two project tutorials we’ve used it in at the end.
