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Tutorial: Perfect fabric gathers

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Tutorial: Perfect fabric gathers

Tutorial: Perfect fabric gathers

If you sew sooner or later you’re going to need to gather fabric, whether it’s making a skirt or adding ruffles to a pillow.  Gathers are actually very easy, though getting them to look even and full takes a little more care.  Karen LePage from Gentle Clothing shares a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew showing her method for achieving perfect gathers.

Click the link below to see how she gets perfect gathers:

How to Gather Fabric (Almost Perfectly, Almost Every Time!), by Karen LePage

[photo from Karen LePage on Sew Mama Sew]

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.