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Tips for sewing through thick fabrics

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Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, knows a lot about sewing through thick fabrics.  It happens a lot when sewing through layers of fleece and fur when making softies.  She shares a couple of tips she’s learned to help get the thick fabric to fit under the presser foot, and how to get stitches going.  Go to her blog to read what she does.

[photo from While She Naps]

Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for kids’ toys on Etsy and these Softie Sewing books on Amazon.

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