A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Clothes
WEB1. Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide is a great encyclopaedic guide to the selection, wear, care and sewing of all fabric types. 2. Sewing 101 – Workshop in a Book starts at the beginning from choosing tools to learning techniques and comes with a DVD. 3. The Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction by Christine Hayes is an essential reference book for construction techniques from ...
Sewing Machine Needles Guide - The Sewing Directory
WEBSewing machine needles are sized in metric and imperial. The smaller the numbers the finer the needle. The size of a needle is calculated by its diameter, thus a 90 needle is 0.9mm in diameter. Within the different sewing needle sizes are different types of specialist sewing machine needles used for sewing particular fabrics.
Free sewing projects and patterns - The Sewing Directory
WEBLoad More. Browse hundreds of free sewing projects and patterns on the Sewing Directory. Includes bag making, dressmaking, fat quarter projects, sewing for the home, projects for children, patchwork & quilting and much more.
The Sewing Directory
WEBA directory of online sewing shops and classes, searchable by product. Plus a local directory of sewing shops, schools and groups searchable by county. Find both directories here. We also have a great online resource with free sewing projects, technique guides and sewing features as well as details of the latest sewing shows and fabric sales.
Ultimate guide to bias Binding - The Sewing Directory
WEBGlue the pleat into place. Wait for it to dry. Clip or pin the bias all the way round the raw edges. Make sure that the centre fold of the bias binding is exactly on the raw edge. That way the two sides of the bias will be equally balanced on both sides of the edge. You might like to swap to a zip foot.
Guide to Vlieseline - The Sewing Directory
WEBTry a small piece of your chosen Vlieseline product on a scrap of the fabric you are using before using on your project. The straight grain of your pattern piece should be parallel to the outer edge of the interfacing. Wash your main fabric before use, if possible, to avoid shrinkage. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions printed on the edge ...
Beginner's Guide to Wadding - The Sewing Directory
WEBTo find out more about Sew Simple Super-Soft waddings please visit the website www.eqsuk.com or call on 0116 271 0033. In this beginner's guide to wadding you will learn how to choose and use the right wadding for your quilt.
Elephant Soft Toy Project - The Sewing Directory
WEBUse the pattern pieces to cut the elephant sections as instructed on the paper. Take the two underbelly/leg sections and place right sides together, pin along the top edge, leaving a 10cm gap in the centre. Stitch together with the sewing machine, back stitching at either end of the opening. Press seam open.
Fabric Christmas Tree Decoration - The Sewing Directory
WEBStage 3 – Sewing your Christmas tree shapes. Sew around the outside with a 1cm seam allowance. Make sure to pivot at the points to create a neat finish. Tip – Use tailors chalk to mark stitching line at points. Cut away excess fabric from points and make sure to cut into the inverted ‘V’ within 2mm of the stitching.
Elastic Waistbands - The Sewing Directory
WEB1 Neaten the waist edge of the skirt with a zig-zag stitch. 2 Cut your elastic long enough to fit your waist comfortably and allow an extra 1¼ inch (3 cm) to join the ends. 3 Once you have cut the elastic to length, join the short ends with a regular seam, to form a circle. Neaten the two cut edges of the elastic with a zig-zag stitch.