My son and dil bought me a brother 1034D serger for Christmas. I have never even seen anyone use a serger before. It looks so different from my sewing/embroidery machine. Any suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated. Is the serger just for se
I'm going to make a microwaveable heating pad with rice in it. The one I own is made of a knit fabric. It's probably cotton. What fabrics have worked best for you?
This is for Chris.You were asking were i bought my fabric well it comes from Flordia and heres my order .i think you wanted the names maybe???
I wanted to show you what I did a little while ago. I took a curtain topper, that was in that fabric, I said came from the church member that recently died. Anyway, I used it to make this little apron. I had to babysit, unexpectedly tonight for a few hour
A lot of you have commented that you have never seen zips with fancy tapes so here is a link to them. My ITH purse uses an ordinary zip to get a similar effect. (The zip is sewn onto the outside of the purse so the tapes are visible.)
I believe it was Toogie that posted something about the flower foot she had bought. I am a bit busy to look to be sure. I ran across this and thought it might be of interest to her and others.
Fabric in the UK, good price. for those interested.
Amazing! Did any of you know what the ball end of the seam ripper was for? I've been sewing for 43 years and I did not know until I saw this video.
Permit me a little bragging about my talented daughter Amy. A week ago Amy came to my house to make some Dirndl style aprons (she didn't want to make a full style one as it is was too much work) Anyway when I came home from my last Italian class (and l
I ordered this from Home Sew and I am very disappointed. It is a flower stitch attachment, but I thought it would make different size circles. The largest it will make is 1 inch, so disappointing.I thought you could do circle after circle..I am sure it wi
Sewing question : I have been wondering a long time about the purpose for all those feeth I have with my sewing machine. Some cleared out via Internet, some I really don't know their purpose. Any help out there ? (I have a Brother Innovis 1500 in case t
Cuties I need your help PLEASE! Has anyone used the children's burda patterns? I have to make 2 (twins) overalls bib with hat sets. Do I just cut on the lines for size 12mos and sew 5/8 seam allowance. It says the seam allowances are included.
Does anyone have a good suggestion on how best to hem thick terrycloth? I was given a full bolt of the heavy weight terry, that has the loops on one side and the velvety texture on the other. It would make very plush towels if I could figure out a way t
Do you know this way to put top, batting and back together for quilting? Like it, you can quikly pin together, its safe for your fingers and you can quikly remove during quilting. I use long quilting pins and the grey things (dont know a name) are comi
Does anyone make mittens? Are they difficult to make? I thought of making some for me. They would probably be better than gloves in the long run, because sometimes the separation between the fingers, binds my fingers. Not sure about this but I was thinkin