This is fun: a simple zero-waste project you can do in like half an hour (to diy a whole set!). Make a quick batch ofzero waste makeup remover wipes- tutorial here at AppleGreen Cottage. Bonus, place them inthis tiny fabric binor adrawstring pouchthat can be washed as well, and ...
Have a helper chalk along that line. 6: Reuse the Extra. Take off the bodice. 1/2″ below the chalked line, cut off the rest of the fabric. Press the excess smooth. Cut the extra into 45-degree bias strips, about 1.25″ wide, and piece them together until you have a long bias ...
These are the people who've helped me make this bag pattern the best it can be. From tiny details that make your reading easier, better language, spotting where I typed "on the left" but meant "on the RIGHT", and all other improvements that can turn a good pattern into a great one....
Initially I was really struggling with zig zagging the pieces after I’d cut them out, to stop fraying, and then just before outfit number 5, I realised that if I traced them with tailors’ chalk, did the zig zagging as a single piece of fabric, then cut them it might be easier… a...
Due to the number of pairs and them all being different sizes (in all the same fabric, no less), I was unable to batch sew these like one would in production. I literally sewed each pair one at a time. I found that the fastest way to do this was to cut everything first (again,...
The entire purpose of making this bag is to sell it. Unfortunately, I kind of want to keep it. SIGH. This is a problem that I have often. The inside: See! I even made a little pocket inside with a fabric label on it!!! I love the little wood bead zipper pulls. How can I pos...
couldn’t find anything like it anywhere. So I made one. Actually, it turned out so well, I made three. (I couldn’t find a pattern for the style I wanted either–so I altered a blouse pattern.) I was surprised that the limiting factor wasn’t my skills–it was the fabric ...
School of Sewing Sewing with Sequins
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and most of those places are obvious. Note though that there are rods running left to right which at first glance seem not to move much if at all when the handwheel’s turned. They actually just twist a bit backwards and forwards all the time, and the way you oil those is to try an...