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Hi Guys I have scoured the internet and am at my wits end as to where I can find a pattern for a traditional morning suit for a wedding, is there anyone who could possibly assist?

Hello All Does anyone know what happened to the laughingsisters.com website. I keep getting a 404 error message. I had this site bookmarked because of the larger size clothing and they offer the option of buying a nightgown but sewing it yourself. All the hard work of cutting out had been done...

After your excellent advice on how to make valences, I am done and they came out great! I have some fabric left and I'd like to do a lined basket. But I can't find directions for this anywhere. There must be a place online where I can get some help. Can any of you recommend a site that might...

The topic of this post is Crazy Quilting, which is a type of needlework that was popular in the Victorian era and has been gaining in popularity since a resurgence of the craft in the 70's. Crazy Quilting consists of irregularly shaped patches of fabric which are sewn to a backing fabric. The...

I recently bought a Singer 155 Walking foot machine with base and everything that would come with it new except for attachments. I paid $250 for it. I was ecstatic, wanting to use it for awnings I'm going to build. I was cruising ebay, and saw one for $995 opening bid, and a $1200 Buy-It-Now....

I have been surfing for some instruction books on canvas sewing. I have found several in the $20 range. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can get a couple of GOOD ones, or free sites where I can get this info for free. I know nothing is going to do like the actual experience, but...

hello new to sewing ,how do i finish of a line once iv finished it so it doesnt undo on a sewing machine ,thanks ,i hope that makes sence to sombody please help . ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------##

I have just bought a dressmaking pattern of a bridesmaid dress to make for my daughter. I am in the process of buying the fabric to make it & have come across a small problem that I would appreciate some help with. The part I am stuck on is the width of the fabric for the underskirt made or...

Hi folks, Just for fun, my dear husband has made a "Concentration" game out of quilt blocks, for my website. It's got new quilt blocks and background pictures to uncover. I thought I'd let you guys play with it first. :) We had to discontinue the old one a few years ago, due to security...

Would love to get one of my wife's machines up and running, but am seeking advice before I take them to a repair shop not knowing it might have been something simple . . . Singer model 3820: Manual turn wheel jams as needle enters hook area, but no visible contact with any parts below, bobbin...

Hi everyone! I´m new in this group and I was wondering if anyone could help. I have a Singer 6785 which I absolutely adore and has always run like a dream. I have recently moved houses and I was making new curtains for my bedroom when the bobbin just "went". I don´t know how to explain it better,...

Are they still sending these by email? I was signed up at one point, then stopped getting email from them altogether, and now only seem to be getting the sale notices (but not links to online coupons). Dawn

Hi all, Some of you may remember that apart from conventional sewing, I also Make farm/Ag Art. You have to make a wearable garment (piece of Art) from things that are grown, found or manufactured on a farm. This seems to be a purely Australian, New Zealand Thing that is conducted at mainly Field...

I was just perusing the www.denverfabrics.com site and I came across a fabric type that I had never heard of before. Silk Gazar. It looks almost cloudlike. Can't tell if it is translucent/transparent/opague. Soft hand or fimer/crisper? Does anyone know? AK in PA

I was invited to a grown-up slumber party. I figured I'd best not wear that nightgown which tries to strangle me as I sleep, so I ran to the store, grabbed two sets of cotton knit pjs on the gallop, ran home, flung them into a small bag. The pj party was at a house on the water---big deck, great...

Hi, I was recently given a box with some very old tools for making fabric covered buttons and beltbuckles. There are two types of buttons - one is just a shell and a bottom with a shank and I've figured out how to cover these. The other type is with a metal ring and only the middle is supposed...

*sigh* Call me a cheapskate, but spending US$45+ for a swimsuit I'm only going to wear for a few months seems a bit much. Unfortunately, I'm not seeing any maternity swimwear patterns out there. The best I've found that looks possibly adaptable is...

anyone have a manual or how to thread a singer AD668126 not at all familiar with flat bobbin--i also believe the thread tension part is broken ( the part where you adjust 2 metal plates to tension the thread--it has a small spring like thingee that also tensions the thdread)--hope the manual...

I am not interested in embroidering huge pictures. I would like something that would put little things on shirt collars, cuffs, pockets, baby and children's clothes. I am thinking absolutely nothing bigger than about 4-5". Most things I would like to do would be little, 1"-2". I have a good...