I love the neckline finish. It has a facing instead of a binding. I know some people loathe facings but I really like the finish on this top. The neckline sits beautifully (it is understitched as well). I like how the facing is stitched down around the outer edge, it is a nice fin...
Here are the first two of the seven….I’ve been quilting baby quilts for a friend who works at the middle school we both did, me back in the mid-seventies. You can see the last baby quilt (before all the deadlines hit)here. I enjoy doing them, we usually get a free lunch toge...
Sewing machines affording selective shirring of strips being sewn together along each otherdoi:US2935958 APaul, KuhnUSUS2935958 * Apr 17, 1958 May 10, 1960 Pathe Equipment Company Inc Sewing machines affording selective shirring of strips being sewn together along each other...
–I sewed the seams with my serger (just a standard 4 thread overlock, but next I want to experiment with flatlocking), and made binding strips out of the bamboo knit, which I attached using my coverstitch machine + binding attachment. This was my very first time using the binding attach...
Cut two border strips in the desired width to this length and sew them to the top and the bottom of the panelwith ¼-inch seams. Press the top and bottom borders away from the panel, neat and flat. Repeat this process with other border fabrics until the quilt top reaches the desired...
The armholes and neckline are finished with bias tape. Long strips are included as patterns pieces. There is also a bias trim inset between the bodice and the body of the dress. The pattern instructions were to iron it up and top-stitch. I ironed it down instead. ...
strips of 50cm in the piece of scrap left. This only works if the edge you are binding is not extremely curved, and luckily for me, the armhole lines are made up of rather gentle curves and for the most part it is a straight line. If you are say binding a round neckline this hack...
inch square at the far right. Sew the 3 1/2 inch white to the 6 1/2 inch gray. Repeat that 8 times. Sew all those strips together. At the end of this strip set, sew one 2 inch square. This forms the whole underneath row. Join that strip to the bottom of your row of blocks...
Sew together full-width strips of plain white cotton, about 6-8″ deep, until you have something that matches your skirt’s circumference. Sew the strip right sides together with your hem edge, then press the allowances toward the skirt. Fold the white cotton facing up into place on the ...
in June cutting out the wine bottles during a quilt bee. I was only able to work on it during our quilt bees and it took me some time to cut them out and put together. This project was also a case of going to Joann’s for just the right fabric for the back and binding....