Clover Sewalong: Large calves. This is the seventh in a series of posts this week on different fitting adjustments you can use for the Clover sewalong, or for nearly any other pair of pants you make. This tutorial is for those who have large calves. If you find your pants binding against your calves, check this out. Fitting notes: After you’ve made your muslin, please refer to the pants fitting cheatsheet to help you decide which adjustments to try.Use your muslin to determine how much to adjust the pattern. How to use the fitting diagrams: You will want to trace a copy of your pattern.
Further help: I’d love to help you as much as possible, but please realize there are a lot of you and only one of me. Adjusting for larger calves 1. 2. 3. 4. Donna Babylon: Quick Tip – Make A Perfect Match When A Seam Goes Through A Design - Sew4Home. 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match,' the girls sang in Fiddler On The Roof . They wanted husbands. But they could just as well have been singing about matching up both sides of a seam when goes through the middle of a design. Both kinds of matches can be tricky to pull off. And even worse, they're obvious to everybody when not done correctly.
For the husband, talk to Yente. When you need to sew a seam that goes through the middle of a design, you first need to remember to allow extra fabric for sewing the seam (at least ½" extra on each side). The tricky part in sewing two halves of a design together is the fact that if one of your pieces of fabric shifts up or down even a tiny amount while you sew, it will show. I like to use a technique called 'fuse basting,' which allows me to perfectly match the fabric designs and then stick them together so they can't move when I sew. Lay the full width of your fabric on a large work surface right side up. Simplicity Tips & Tricks. Trimming Tricks. Grading can be done in one step when you angle your shears while trimming the seam.
This levels the fabric, leaving just a bit more on one side. When the edge is turned and pressed there’s no visible ridge on the outside. Trimming seam allowances properly on enclosed seams is one of those steps that will quickly improve your sewing. Learn important finishing tricks like how to create notches and grade a seam with this great tutorial by Mary Ray. Become a Threads Insider today to get access to this and other exclusive Insider-only blog posts. Become an Insider and enjoy unlimited access to: All-time favorite articles from Threads Special Insider discounts and offers Digital access to our most recent issues And so much more!
Mary Ray, contributor Posted on Mar 29th, 2010 in sewing, All How-To, tips & tricks, fundamentals, collar, cutting, trimming, pocket Teach Yourself to Sew Teach Yourself to Sew is a video series for beginning sewers or anyone who wants to brush up on their skills. How To Use Snap-on Grommets. You've seen grommets many times: on apparel, bags, athletic gear, etc. They're those metal circles with some type of rope or cording woven through at a closure point. Well...things are beginning to change in the world of grommets (bet you didn't know there was a world of grommets ... did ya?!). Dritz® Home has a great product available for home décor enthusiasts, snap-on Curtain Grommets. Fast, fashionable and functional. The industrial installation of metal grommets usually involves a large, also metal, machine, which uses an intense force of weighted pressure to secure these circles in place. The Dritz® Home snap-on grommets require NO tools. Grommeted curtains have traditionally been associated with a modern style interior.
And ... who said grommets can only be used on a window curtain? To start, pair the grommets. We had some leftover grommets after we completed our shower curtain project, and figured there must be a lot of other great uses for these. Sewing Tips & Tricks. Spiral Eye: Ingenious new pin that solves frustrating problem of threading a needle. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 11:07 GMT, 26 March 2010 It's one of life's many little irritations. You're trying to thread a needle and failing time after time. No matter how often you wet the end of the cotton and jab it at the eye of the needle, and no matter how hard you squint and hold the needle up to the light, it just won't go through.
Now a grandmother claims to have solved the problem - by redesigning the needle. Pam Turner says her simple but ingenious invention means even the clumsiest of people can be sewing in seconds. The Spiral Eye is a stainless steel needle with a gap in the metal on one side of the eye. A loop of thread can be draped over the needle and then pulled into the eye before being secured in the traditional way. Mrs Turner said she was inspired to create the needle, which costs £3.69, after watching her own mother struggling to get cotton through the tiny hole. The 55-year-old, from Minnesota, said: 'I remember laughing as my mom struggled to thread a needle. Super Easy Turning Trick. Sewing - General Sewing Techniques. DIY Style :: Sewing Tips. Sewing Knit Fabrics They're easy to sew and comfy to wear, so why not make your next outfit out of a knit-weave fabric?
Read on to increase your knit know-how. Use Ballpoint Sewing Machine Needles instead of regular machine needles. The ballpoint ones work best for stretchy knit fabrics. These needles have a rounded point instead of a super sharp point. Use "pattern weights" instead of straight pins to hold your pattern pieces in place. Tear Easy is a great lightweight stabilizer than can be used for a lot of sewing tricks. One of our favorite tips for knits is to cut strips of Tear Easy, a tear-away stabilizer. Stitch your knit seams with either a serger or with a zig-zag stitch on your sewing machine.