12 Tips for Sewing Napped Fabrics
Napped fabrics tend to be bulky, creating some sewing challenges. Here are 12 tips for success when sewing napped fabrics:
Easy Swimwear Fabric Sewing Tips
If you’re frustrated with swimsuit shopping, then it’s time to make your own! I love sewing and teaching swimwear and I have easy tips to help you successfully dive into sewing your own suit. Best of all, Coats and Clark has a marvelous new thread, Eloflex, to make your swimsuit...
T-Shirt Pattern Hack
Welcome Lori Harder! Lori is a designer who creates projects for Coats & Clark, FreeSpirit and other companies in …
Mug & Snack Mats
Make these fun, mug & snack mats to warm up a cold winter afternoon! A mug of hot chocolate and a warm cookie, an …
Use Hand Stitching to Add Unique Style
Sometimes a garment needs just a little something and easy, simple Hand Stitching adds unique style! What you may know as …
Grand Openings: In-Seam Buttonhole
If you avoid garments that require buttonholes because you think they’re scary, fear no more. Making an in-seam buttonhole …
Edge-to-Edge Seaming
When is a seam really not a traditional seam? When it sewn edge to edge. This is called an abutted seam. The edges are abutted and the adjacent pieces are sewn together.
9 Tips for Sewing on Leather
Sewing on leather, whether real or faux, can present some challenges, but with these tips, you can achieve professional looking results.
Master the Perfect Quarter Inch Seam
“Stitch with a quarter inch seam.” Sounds simple doesn’t it? So, why are we often sobbing at the sewing machine while piecing our blocks? Beginners, if you’ve found yourself throwing your mis-shapen blocks across the room, this may fix your problems!
Selvage Surprises
Selvages are those colorful finished edges you find on woven fabrics—a curiosity to some, and a source of inspiration to others. As sewers, we often hate to waste any little bit of fabric, and saved selvages can become the beginning of some fun projects.
Team Spirit Zippered Poncho
Cheer on your favorite team and keep warm at fall football games in this cozy Zippered Fleece Poncho. A Coats …
