Once you’ve serged your seam, chain off your stitches 4”-6” by pulling your garment away from the machine with it still running to allow plenty of thread to work with. After the chain has been cut from the machine, I run my fingers gently over the remaining tail from the seam to ...
Though the metal zipper was invented in the 1800s it was only first used in women’s clothes in the 1930s and placed either in the side seam or centre back of the dress, usually very short in length, concealed with a flap of fabric, as it was considered vulgar. You see, zippers mad...
If it is all wrapped up in your fabric, carefully trim and remove all these knotted up loose threads. Once all the threads are cut off and discarded it’s time to see how the cut edges unraveled. You can see on my fabric above that in some spots the fabric unraveled about 1/4″ ...
Once everything is washed and dried, remove the stitches. (I use a rotary cutter, but you can use scissors, or even a seam ripper if you really want to minimize fabric loss.) I was so lazy, I just serged this when it was still folded the way I bought it. That’s how I roll. ...
Sew all the way around the edge with 1/8″ seam allowance, leaving a hole in the center of one long side for turning, then remove the paper from the interfacing and trim the corners: Turn it inside out, push the corners out as sharp as you can, and fold the edges under at the tu...
To trim everything up, I serged the entire outside just slightly so that it creates an even edge. If you don’t have a serger, you could just trim with pinking shears or trim and use bias binding. Now it is time to reassemble your umbrella. ...
They may break your needle if you try to sew through them. Remove the pins as you sew. 5 Cut off the outer edges of the microfiber and flannel square. Sewing through already serged edges may break your needle. To avoid breaking your needle on the serged edges of the microfiber towels,...