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Video tutorial: Stitch buttons using your sewing machine

August 25, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial showing how to use a button foot to stitch buttons down using your sewing machine.  I recently started sewing my buttons down this way, and now  that I know… Read more ...

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Sewing Illustrated Giveaway

August 15, 2010 by Shellie Wilson


The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Sewing Illustrated
ISBN-10: 1592571549
COMPLETELY ILLUSTRATED … Sew easy! With hundreds of black-and-white photos and line drawings and step-by-step instructions, readers will be sewing in no time. Features everything from hand-sew and “no sew” projects… Read more ...

Tutorial: Create chevron patch pockets

August 9, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Pam from Off the Cuff Sewing Style shows how to make these cool chevron patch pockets.  They’re made from striped fabric that is pieced together at an angle to create a V-shaped motif.  Get the how-to. [photo from Off … Read more ...

Video tutorial: Sew easier buttonholes with a buttonhole foot

July 27, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Buttonholes in sewing…  they can’t be avoided.  Sooner or later you’ll encounter a sewing project that requires at least one buttonhole.  Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial that shows how a special buttonhole foot can… Read more ...

Video tutorial: How to install an invisible zipper

July 22, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Invisible zippers are one of those techniques that are completely mysterious until the secret is revealed.  Then, they make SOm uch sense.  Want to know how to install one?  Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial… Read more ...

Video tutorial: How to make a blind hem

July 15, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Kathleen from The TumtumTree and Grosgrain shares a video tutorial showing how to make a blind hem.  A blind hem is barely noticeable from the front of the fabric and is often used to hem trousers or skirts.  The secret… Read more ...

Tutorial: Perfect rolled hems on a serger

July 14, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Pam from Off the Cuff Style shows how she achieves a perfect rolled hem on a serger.  Once you master the serged rolled hem, you can use it to quickly finish off the edges of napkins, tableclothes, or even… Read more ...

Tutorial: Decorative pocket opening or bound buttonhole

July 13, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Head over to Threads Magazine to find out how to make a decorative pocket opening or bound buttonhole.  Go to the tutorial. [photo from Threads Magazine] [tags]sewing, tutorial, buttonhole, pocket, bound, decorative[/tags]… Read more ...

Updated: Free Sewing pattern: Summer Frock for little girls

June 29, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Summer is here and it’s time to dress your little girl in style! The simple summer frock designed by Susan from Freshly Picked is just what you need. This cute and comfortable dress is perfect for those warm summer days,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Child-sized guitar strap

June 11, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Molly, aka The Creative Maven, made this child-sized guitar strap for her 2-year-old rock and roll star.  Knowing that he won’t be a little little guy forever, she added buttonholes to make it adjustable.  If you have your own… Read more ...

Tutorial: Hemming pants like a pro

June 4, 2010 by Anne Weaver

My least favorite sewing task is the very one that I’m asked to do the most – hem pants.  The sewing itself is fairly simple, it’s trying ot make sure that I get them the right length.  Charity from Indietutes… Read more ...

Tutorial: Skeleton key buttonhole closure for a bag

June 2, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Annekata shows how to make what may be the coolest closure ever for a bag.  It’s a skeleton key and a handstitched key-shaped buttonhole.  I love this so much!!  Get the how-to. [photo from Annekata] [tags]sewing, tutorial, skeleton,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Pretty purse with woven ribbon and bow

May 29, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Cut Out + Keep user Jenny B. shows how to make this pretty purse.  Two-sided ribbon is woven through slits cut in the body of the purse (use a buttonhole for better wear), and is tied into an oversized bow. … Read more ...

Video tutorial: Marking and sewing hems

May 27, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Threads Magazine Senior Technical Editor, Judith Neukam continues the Teach Yourself to Sew video tutorial series with a short video showing how to mark and sew a hem.  She shows how to do three different hem stitches: the catch stitch,… Read more ...

Tutorial: Use off-the-edge stitching to make a beautiful hem

May 15, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Head over to the Bernina blog to find out how to make this cool off-the-edge hem finish.  Tear-away stabilizer makes it possible.  Obviously, their tutorial shows how to do this with a Bernina machine, but this should work with any… Read more ...
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