hi everyone i am looking for welding hat or cap patterns. i would like to make some for a gift. hope someone can help me. thanks the painted horse.

I won't be able to start working on it until the fall. DD will be home for the summer, as the place she worked for before leaving for college would like her back for the summer and she'll make more money working fewer hours (like, the hourly rate at her old job is twice as much as it is at school)...

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I am in the process of learning how to make a welt pocket, starting with the slanted breast pocket. I have tried half a dozen different procedures with varying results but one basic detail escapes me in all the instructions. What is the relationship between the width of the welt and the width...

I bought a clothes recent,but I find something pretty bad today.Inside of my clothing is wet,I think the water sent out by my body recent was covered by this clothes.Is there any method to solve this problem?

im currently sewing a fish-shaped cushion and looking for a cheap way to fill it. does anyone have any ideas/possible materials? thanks, rachel

I am new to sewing and have been buying cheap denim fabric (about $3 yd) to make beds for my Newfoundland. I want to make others for friends dogs but what/where would be the best best fabric, places to look for deal on heavy fabrics? I have used my local Hancock fabric store but am looking for...

I looked in my one sewing book I can find, I looked online. I'm not talking about crocheting. Hopefully its doing two parallel lines of stitching, one within the seam allowance, one on the seam line, because that's what I just did. So, enlighten me, in case I'm in the dark. dwight

I will be checking locally and on the web. Figure I will buy at least 24 cones in different colors. I don't like not having what I need when I start a project LOL.. Is 3000 yards a standard size cone? (It's called a cone right?) Dana

I'm a beginner at sewing, and this fusible interfacing calls for using a press cloth. What is a press cloth? Thanks in advance for any help. jlc

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Does anyone know what is 'Foamcore,' mentioned in a Vogue pattern. I have asked several shops here in Perth WA, Do you know a like product, Cheers

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I'm seeing some fabric called cotton Lurex. I'm not sure if what I'm looking at is indicative of this fabric, but what I was looking at was fabrice what was woven from two different thread colors, one color running horizontal, the other vertical, giving it a slight iridescent effect, though not...

I'm hoping someone of our Australian correspondents can help me with a material I've seen specified in some directions, but can't identify. The directions to make your own pleater board call for "Vilene Fusible Badge Backing 1050HF", and googling this only results in a pointer to hte same...

Another online community I belong to held an "online shower," which is kind of like a secret pal kind of a thing. Well the deadline to send out your gift was Oct 1. I ordered my secret person's gift 4 weeks ago and it still has not come in yet... so now I feel guilty that she is getting her gift so...

The depth of the hip portion, or the length from the waist to the top of the inseam. Usually the pants never have this written on the size plate. I am too slim and legs and butt are much longer compare to upper body...

Understitching is a method of keeping bottom fabric from showing at the fold. You open out the garment after the seam is stitched. Then fold the seam allowance to the inside piece of fabric and stitch it to the inside (or underside) fabric as close to the seam as possible without stitching on the...

Hi, I am new to the group and this question may have been asked before so please bear with me. I am looking for a sewing machine for my 15 year old daughter. I need a reliable machine that she will be able to grow into. My budget is around $200.00. Any Ideas? How about a used machine, and where...

Hi everybody, I'm about to start doing more sewing, and am in need of a new machine (I'm still using my mothers first Singer she bought in the early 1960s!). I used to sew and design costumes and clothing in college (28 years ago - gack!), but have only done an occasional project since then,...