Mark lines on the fabric that you want to smock using a yardstick or straight edge. These lines are marked about 1/4 to 1/2 inch apart. Using a fabric marker or pencil, mark these lines on the right side of the fabric as a dotted line across the length of the fabric. Video of th...
How Much Fabric Is Needed The amount of fabric required varies somewhat; thin silks taking up more material than thick ones, also no two people will work at exactly the same tension, some will pull the stitches more tightly than others. A good average is to allow at least three times the...
If you're truly having difficulty getting a Smurf cap, raid your closet. If you have a white t-shirt that is slightly too small for you - put the shirt around your neck and then begin to pull it off until the neck part is stuck around your head. Tuck the remaining fabric on your ...
If you get acrylic craft paint on fabric. You MUST clean it up while it’s still wet. Saturate/rinse the fabric with cool water as soon as humanly possible. It’s really your only hope to fully get the paint out. If I get acrylic paint on my shirt, I would run the area under th...
The two became firm friends as they served, and they remain close to this day. “The relationship has matured like a fine wine!” laughs Louis, explaining how the duo went from door kickers to fabric pullers. “We may both have our similarities and our differences, but we ...
1. Personalized T-shirts: Buy plain T-shirts and use fabric paint to write the child's name or a fun design on it. You can also use stencils to create patterns.2. Memory game: Create a memory game by printing out pictures of the child's favorite things and gluing them onto cardstock...
How to Sell Your Fashion Idea. Whether you have a sketchbook of original outfits for all seasons and occasions or simply the concept for a maternity smock that makes mothers-to-be look stunningly slim, getting your fashion idea into the hands of buyers i
Now on to the smock. I originally made a muslin from the Ottobre pattern. But I didn’t like the back because it was all buttons. That started me searching through my classic patterns. I went with the bodice from the Chery Williams Baby Bubble (seen above) and then cut a skirt that...
ULO is allowing me to feel close to home, raising my kids around colours and textiles that I was surrounded by. It’s allowing me to share my stories and my family’s stories, and so it’s really more than just a dress, it’s more than just fabric. These fabrics are filled with ...
(3) organizations that are composed of local leadership are necessary to challenge unjust systems and policies (Obama,Citation1988). Smock (Citation2004) proposed a typology of five community organizing approaches: power-based, community-building, civic, women-centered, and transformative models. While...