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My Favorite Sewing Tip

StitchesByJeni
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Posts: 19

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #15 on: October 05, 2010, 01:14:30 PM

Try it!

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DeshlerDesigns
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Posts: 10

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #16 on: October 22, 2010, 09:53:00 PM

Can't wait to try the gathering tip! I love ruffles!

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eurolyons
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Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #17 on: October 25, 2010, 07:39:07 PM

Quote from: joshsnana on May 24, 2010, 03:18:50 PM

Slip a small scrap of white paper behind the eye of your sewing machine needle to make threading way easier...especially if you're "mature" and sewing late at night!

I love this...I have a 25 year old Viking sewing machine and on the presser foot shaft, that's exactly what Viking did...placed a white piece of tape on the shaft, so that when you went to thread the needle, the needle eye was easier to see. It's great.

(Even better though was when I bought a Pfaff several years ago that has an automatic needle threader...that was pretty cool I have to admit...but I like my Viking better than the Pfaff...and really wish my Viking had that needle threader on it...)

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krschurr
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Posts: 9

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #18 on: November 16, 2010, 11:38:49 AM

To determine the quality of elastic, stretch it to see if the width remains the same or narrows. Good quality elastic does not narrow.

--Karen
www.flamingoks.com

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Woven
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Posts: 6

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #19 on: December 09, 2010, 03:46:16 AM

Hi everyone,

My favorite tips for sewing that my aunt repeatedly told me is about to be careful on how to use the machine. And how to place the cloth properly.

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jchristinahuh
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Posts: 20

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #20 on: January 25, 2011, 11:29:54 PM

I didn't know that bit about elastic!

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armcandyforyou
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Posts: 79

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #21 on: February 02, 2011, 09:50:14 PM

As I make purses,the seams tend to be very bulky & it's a nightmare sewing through so many layers!
I cut the interfacing 1/2" smaller than the outside fabric on ALL 4 sides..............the stitching is so much more easier!

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dzeeblonde
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Posts: 5

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #22 on: February 27, 2011, 05:19:41 PM

I discovered this one myself. I work with a lot of fleece and pinning pieces together can be tedious. The solution? Spring-clip clothes pins!

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redcharlotte
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Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #23 on: March 20, 2011, 03:37:06 PM

One of my favorite tips is something I've learned over and over the hard way. Make sure to pin your fabric in the direction you prefer to sew (so you can easy pull out the pins as you go.)

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PittSewing
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Posts: 4

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #24 on: May 27, 2011, 11:22:29 PM

When making knife edge pleats use a fork to make the pleat.

Very Easy

Kimberly

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HollyAgnew
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Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #25 on: June 05, 2011, 02:12:08 AM

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but not to sewing. I learned from my mother and grandmother on a treadle machine in the 50's. I appreciate all the tips, especially the one about gathering.

It is hard to find time for fun sewing (vs. "duty" sewing)when you work full time and have a long commute, so when I am making any project, I tell myself that I and the project are surely worth at least 15 minutes a day. Therefore, I will set aside meal prep, bedtime, cleaning (ugh!), etc. and grant myself those precious 15 minutes every day to sew.

Rejoice with me! I will retire in 118 days! Cheesy

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Quilter, gardener, soapmaker in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.

"That's what rules are for: so you don't have to think." Miami Vice

Irene
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Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #26 on: June 06, 2011, 02:43:33 AM

Welcome Holly. Congratulations on your retirement!

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Sew, Mama, Sew!

serger
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Posts: 13

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #27 on: August 22, 2011, 12:31:34 PM

I'm new to the forum, I've been sewing for 30+years
the tip on serging the fabric is a good one,that's what I do also before I wash the fabric
happy sewing

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fit mom
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Posts: 15
Me and My Youngest !!!

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #28 on: January 31, 2012, 06:05:42 AM

Thank you For all the great tips ladies. I love the color fast and surging the ends. I hate cutting off all the raw edge squiggles after it is wash. This board rocks.

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creativelady
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Posts: 2

Re: My Favorite Sewing Tip
Reply #29 on: July 10, 2012, 03:54:09 PM

thanks for sharing this. a great tribute to 2 great lady's

Quote from: indywriter on May 09, 2010, 06:39:46 PM

My favorite tip comes from my Grandmother and my Great-Grandmother, though neither one expressly passed it on...

Never be afraid to try something new, and sometimes it's the doing that's important, not the perfection (or imperfection) of the result.

One of my favorite things I've received from my grandmother is a single quilt block in the cathedral window pattern. Grandma pieced by hand in what little free time she had. I asked my mom why she only had one square of these beautiful little pieces. "Because she wanted to prove to herself that she could do it. It only took one square." I love that she didn't have a half finished quilt that she would look at with regret. Instead she had one block that showed her what she could do if she wanted to.

My great-grandmother lost her sight to macular degeneration, but she never lost her love of quilting. She still pieced by hand, sewing from one finger to the next. She even machine-quilted a few things. The crazy seams might have horrified any quilt afficianado, but I look at them (and the tiny drops of blood from her pricked fingers) with such pride. She never stopped doing what she loved, and sharing it with others.

How many times I have allowed myself to get so frustrated by a mistake that I don't even finish the project! The patience and persistence of these great ladies is something I yearn for.

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