Gathered Clutch Tutorial. Anna of Noodlehead is sharing the most beautiful gathered pouch tutorial. What a perfect gift! Anna has plenty of gorgeous gift giving inspiration at her blog. Don’t miss her tutorials! If you love pouches you might also like these zippered pouch tutorials! Pleated Zippered Pouch Lined Zippered Pouch How To Make A Gathered Zippered Pouch Materials needed: 1/4 yard each of three coordinating fabrics (you’ll definitely have scraps leftover)8″ zipper (you can always purchase a longer zipper and shorten it, just follow the directions on the packagescraps of medium weight fusible interfacing Cutting the pieces: For the main exterior, cut two pieces, one 5.5″ tall by 9″ wide, and one 5.5″ tall by 13″ wide (this will be the gathered front) Pieces of medium weight fusible interfacing for exterior pieces of clutch: (2) 5.5″ tall by 9″ wide For the front band, cut one piece 4″ tall by 9″ wide. Turn tube right side out and press with seam in the middle.
Grab the 13″ wide main exterior piece. Ribber Lesson 1 Circular Cast On. The Machine Knitter's Treasure Chest. Links: Beginner Machine Knitting Lessons. Here are the beginner machine knitting video lessons, linked in order. I recommend that you watch a lesson, then try the technique, in order. One a day is all I ask... Getting Started: Threading Machine, Preparing Lesson 1: Open Cast Lesson 2: E-Wrap Cast Lesson 3: Diana's Cast Lesson 4: Latch Tool Cast Lesson 5: Plain Lesson 6: Mock Rib Lesson 7: Picot Lesson 8: Shortcut Picot Lesson 9: Latch Tool Bind Lesson 10: Tapestry Needle Bind Off # Lesson 11: Tapestry Needle Bind Off #2 Lesson 12: Loop Through Loop Bind Off.
PASSION : TRICOT MACHINE : Rénovation des barres mousse. Suite aux discussions sur les forums de Tricot-Machine concernant la réfection des barres mousse sur de nombreuses machines à tricoter (fabrication asiatique) un peu âgées, cette page rassemble les différentes contributions et photos sur ce sujet. Merci à toutes celles et tous ceux qui ont permis la réalisation de cette page. Voici les photos et quelques explications. La première photo montre où est la barre de la fonture principale ainsi que les fournitures utilisées : PLASTO haute densité, 9 mm c'est exactement la largeur qu'il faut et 3 couches superposées suffisent. Il s'agit d'une machine Erka 12.
J'ai ajouté sur la photo la barre-mousse de la deuxième fonture, retournée, pour montrer à quoi ça ressemble avant rénovation ; la mousse détériorée, toute brunâtre et gluante ainsi que le ruban adhésif qui la recouvrait (on distingue bien la trace des aiguilles). Photos suivantes : le décapage/nettoyage de la barre et sa rénovation. Il ne vous reste plus qu'à essayer... Et voilà ! All About Decorative Stitches + Project. Maddie Kertay from Domestic Anarchy is back! She shared the Sweet Dreams Nap Mat in our Back to School series, and today she fills us in on the worlds of possibility in all of those decorative stitches you might just have on your sewing machine.
Learn more about Maddie in her introduction, and be sure to stop by Domestic Anarchy where she writes about her “obsessive love of sewing and crafting” and how to homeschool several kids while working from home, all while keeping sane and happy! Today even the simplest mechanical sewing machine comes with at least a few decorative stitches built in; these are sometimes erroneously called “embroidery stitches.” These fancy stitches might include a nice blanket stitch or perhaps even a scallop or honeycomb stitch. More expensive machines come with perhaps 60 or more such stitches and possibly even multiple width options depending on the features included.
You will need: Start by marking the fabric with a circle a bit bigger than your hoop size. Easy Applique: The Starch Method. Joanna from Fig Tree & Co. is one talented, busy woman! She produces over 100 quilting, sewing and children’s patterns and design booklets, and she designs several fabric collections each year for Moda Fabrics.
Joanna also regularly publishes a style magazine, Fresh Vintage, and travels to teach her quilting and sewing techniques. You can learn all about Joanna’s work on the Fig Tree & Co. site, and Joanna also blogs regularly at Fresh Figs. (Be sure to check out her fun, recent posts from Quilt Market!). Today Joanna took a little time out of her busy schedule to share one of her favorite sewing techniques with us. Hello, Sew,Mama,Sew! Applique shapes, ready to sew! I have to admit to you that even though I am not much of a gadget girl, over the years I have fallen in love with a few techniques and shortcuts that I just can’t live without, and this process I’m sharing today is one of them.
At this point in my quilting journey this is my favorite and only method for doing applique. Tutorials - Baby Clothes, Toys, Etc. Patterns. Free Patterns. Seven Essential Sewing Skills. Tasia from Sewaholic and Sewaholic Patterns wows us with her incredible style and sewing skills. Her blog is one of our favorite daily reads! Have you seen all of the gorgeous versions of her Lonsdale Dress out there on Flickr, Pinterest and your favorite blogs, all sewn up this past summer? Tasia inspires, and teaches along the way too; she is a fabulous resource for sewing techniques and more on her blog. We asked for some of her favorite tips for essential sewing skills and she shares them here today.
Enjoy! Hello, everyone! 1. Helpful Links: 2. 3. Some great posts on pressing: 4. Here’s a great list of seam finishes to get you started! 5. There are plenty of zipper tutorials out there, but here are some great ones: 6. 7. . « Hooded Tunic Tutorial Announcing: October Holiday Sew-Alongs + Giveaways » Sleeves, Necklines, Collars, & Dress Types | She's in Fashion. I’ve recently ventured into drafting patterns starting from my basic bodice and skirt sloper.
The fit issues are minimal, since the sloper is made skin tight. Design ease is added as you go along. I found these reference pictures useful for ideas on basic sleeves, necklines, collars, and dress types. These are from Vogue Sewing, circa 1982.