Sewing

Sewing your own cushion covers is very simple – it’s basically just a square! And you can make the closure as simple or ornate as you want. You can even add piping for that special touch.
Suitable Fabrics & Notions
For the fabric, you can use just about anything! From heavy furnishing fabrics to soft silks, cushion [...]

Crafters can create a great solution for the new TSA regulations and not have to remove their laptops from a nice, padded case. With simple sewing skills, you can breeze right through security.
A simple, padded tote bag should do the trick!
Materials:
* Fabric- You can use one or two colors if you like (one for the [...]

Do you know how to sew a hem? It’s pretty simple, and the following instructions will teach you how to sew a neat, almost invisible, hem every time.
To start with, iron flat that area of the fabric you need to hem. Now we need to turn up and pin the hem. The easiest way to [...]

When customers bring their sewing machine in for repair at my shop, a frequent complaint I hear is the thread bunches under the fabric. This usually then leads to a jam of some sorts and the customer fiddling with the tensions and oiling everything in sight. The finished result is a machine that [...]

Sewing is a popular and rewarding pastime, which has become more and more popular now that people are money conscious and thrifty.
However, sewing can be challenging and can become overwhelming for those who have just started to learn.
One of the most important steps in sewing is knowing how to choose sewing patterns.
Knowing how to pick [...]

It’s great to see people returning to the tradition crafts and hobbies including sewing. Sewing can be both a practical skill and a creative outlet. Anyone who isn’t what Wal-mart considers to be a standard size knows how hard it is to get cloths to fit. Being able to sew your own solves the problem. [...]

Learning to control and balance tensions is a very important skill to learn for any sewer. Not only will your sewing machine have a perfect stitch, but you will be able to adjust your tensions perfectly for different types of fabrics.
I have been around sewing machines most of my life, but the last 5 [...]

As many hip parents know, baby slings have become an increasingly popular mode of transporting your infant or toddler around – from A-list celebrities spotted wearing a designer Baby Bjorn with baby in tow, to everyday moms and dads on the go who choose to use a variety of baby slings and carriers, the baby [...]

At the time of selecting the most excellent sewing instrument, there are lots of trade names & forms to opt from, that can cost you in the range of approximately seventy dollars to around as lofty as five thousand dollars. The home sewing instrument can carry out several everyday jobs as of sewing as the [...]

Unless you have a timeless antique on your hand, chances are you don’t want your sewing machine to be the focus of your room. The drab plastic covers that usually come with the sewing machine don’t quite help the matter either. The obvious answer is to make your own cover! Not only [...]