I'll try to explain: say I want to dye fabric and want to print some circles that will stay in the original color of the fabric. I imagine that before I dye the whole fabric I'll have to "paint" the circles using something that will prevent the dye from getting into the actual design. Is there...

Hi, :) I'm a fairly decent sewer, I have sewn everything from market bags to complicated garments, however, I have never sewn with silk. A friend gave me a small bag of 100% silk ends and left overs. I thought I could piece them together to make the lining of a wool scarf. (I'm thinking that...

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OK, here is one I have not seen answered yet. I understand the right-side vs wrong side of a piece of fabric, but when attacking a collar, thats made of two pieces of material with interfacing between, which side is the right side and which is the wrong side? Since the collar folds down to the...

I've never done this before and am hoping someone on the list can shed some light, provide directions, on the best way to fabricate a pillow that has a welt cord (piping) AND a zipper. Many thanks, Carla Pollard

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Whatcha making? You sew folk have been sleeping all year. There have been no new posts in a long time.Where is everyone? Cea

Hi All, Does anyone know whether the cutting blade can be moved out of the way or removed so that the overlocker does not cut the fabric as I overlock?!? ------------------------------------- H*E*L*P P*L*E*A*S*E

hello! I am a sewing beginner, and I'm in the market for a sewing machine. today a salesman offered to give me the janome 423s for $250. when I looked online to see if this was a good deal, I couldn't find one US site with a price for it (most were UK or canadian). I was wondering if any of you...

Someone posted that she wore pants, not skirts and dresses - Juno? It got me to thinking. Thought you smelled wood burning, didn't you? ;-) Men in trousers and women in dresses seems contrary to anatomy. If I am recalling correctly, it is also a relatively new way of dressing. Greek and Roman...

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Have an older quilt that has seen a pretty rough life and want to stabilised/hide one very frayed/chewed up edge. Rather than make new pieces, etc would like to sew a "beard guard" along the length of the edge to cover the damage, but cannot find information or a pattern. As a relative newbie (have...

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(Alan Horowitz) wrote: I seek a source of silk or cotton gauze. http://www.dharmatrading.com/ sells both. NAYY, Joy Beeson -- http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ -- needlework http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange

You can run, but you can't hide... Come out and play, tell us what you are making for the fast approaching holidays. C'mon, we don't bite hard enough to leave an impression! Cea

I have a Bernette (sp?) 410 sewing machine that we bought about 20 years ago reconditioned. I'm fairly happy with it (especially when I look at what new machines cost), except for one problem: it's not very good at pulling the cloth through at a consistent rate. The stitch length will vary by a...

I said I'd post about this when it was ready... I've written some web pages about doing laundry. It's about how to make informed choices about detergents, washers, and water temperature. The goal is to give you the information you need to make your own choices, not for me to tell you how to do...

Alicat wrote: Hi all... I thought it was about time I delurked and said Hi. I am Ali (Alison), 27 and live in Essex in the UK. I do a lot of sewing, from dressmaking to soft furnishings and am starting to do some quilting. Its one of the things that keeps me sane in the

In my meanderings on eBay, I've found numerous handmade tote bags which are decorated with blanket stitches. In each instance, the stitching is so perfect that one wonders if it is done by hand or machine, but I am not aware of a sewing machine capable of producing blanket stitches, and...

I've been fooling around with extending the yoke on some shirts because I thought it looked "sportier". However, I have a tendency to get some tension across the backs of my shirts because I have broad shoulders, extended yoke or not. I decide to go another route. I was inspired by something in...