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posted 105 months ago (Monday, November 2) by Elephun
Lining jackets. I tend to accidentally rip linings when I wear lined jackets, and I'm not very good at putting them in, and I don't have much motivation to get better. I use pretty underlinings and seam finishes instead.
Luckily I live in a temperate climate.
Luckily I live in a temperate climate.
posted 105 months ago (Tuesday, November 3) by cosmikation
I used to fear button holes, until the day I decided to become the best button-hole-maker ever. I practiced on scrap pieces for a long time, developed my own little methods, and now I can place perfect button holes all the way down the front of a long dress that also has buttoned cuffs, with no sweat at all.
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posted 105 months ago (Tuesday, November 3) by cosmikation
Hi! Some of this may be dependent upon your machine, because I go over the entire rectangle of the button hole twice, with the second repeat overlapping just a bit to the outside of the first row. I also never use the stitch that goes backwards. I turn my fabric around so that I am always sewing forward. Does that make sense? After sewing, I take the time to weave in the ends of the threads into the stitching. I bought some chisels in different sizes where you press down hard to open up the actual hole. I don't use scissors to open the hole. When planning the placement of the button holes, I fuss for as long as it takes to chalk very thin lines at the exact right places in the exact right dimensions, then I stick to those lines. I sew exactly on the lines.
posted 101 months ago (Friday, February 19) by strawberry
I hate, haaate, HATE having to stop machine-sewing to hand-sew something, whether it's weaving the ends in at a button or a buttonhole, or slip-stitching, or blind-stitching. It just breaks my sewing zen flow or something, and makes even the easiest garment feel like it's taking forever.