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Make Free Flowing Garments Using Simple Shapes
Whether free flowing or fitted, Madame Grès’s innovative garments takes notice.
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How to Work with Sheer Fabric
1 commentLayer see-through fabrics with abandon for brilliant combinations.
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Finding Fabric Shops in Paris
3 commentsSome of the shops mentioned in Susan Khalje’s “Sewing Destination: Paris, France” article in Threads #167 are difficult to find. Here are some site markers and directions to help you find your way, as well as some budget-friendly fabric shops to visit.
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Save Your Fabric from Pulls and Snags
1 commentHere's a sewing room solution for a tricky fabric problem.
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Make Knit Garments with Style
2 commentsThere are many ways to approach designing with knits. Author Katherine Tilton shows you how to create fabulous garments.
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Combining Fabric Weaves and Weights
8 commentsCreate a stir with garments that combine textures, prints, fibers, and weaves.
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Sew Curved Seams in Silk Charmeuse
Stitch, clip, trim, and fold for a beautiful-and narrow-finished seam that wraps around curves with this extra from SewStylish Fall 2012
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How to Work with Lace Fabric
With these skills you will find that lace is versatile, forgiving, and surprisingly easy to sew.
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What influences the fabrics you buy?
11 commentsType, color and feel are only some of the reasons. Share how you choose fabrics.
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And the Winner of Threads June/July 2012 (#161) Issue is...
1 commentAre you the lucky winner of this fantastic summer issue?
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MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY: The New June/July Issue of Threads (#161)
136 commentsYou could win this fabulous issue by leaving a comment.
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How to Design with Sheer Fabrics
9 commentsDiscover the wonders of sheer-fabric manipulation by layering, tucking, pleating, gathering, or ruching.
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Drawing Designs on Fabric
3 commentsLearn how to add details to painted, stenciled, or stamped images on fabric by drawing designs in pen. Fabric pens also create great effects on their own!
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How to Make a Cozy Stylish Scarf
Erin Snethen shows you how to take your look from simple to stunning with a face-framing, knit fabric and yarn scarf that's perfect for chilly weather.
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The Talk is Pleating with Designer Babette Pinsky
7 commentsBabette Pinsky is in the Designer Spotlight in Threads no. 159. Learn more about the pleating she uses in her designs.
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Elvis' Fabulous Upholstered Pool Room
6 commentsA famous room at Graceland is lined with more than 300 yards of fabric
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How to Make a Patchwork Pouch
Kayte Terry explains how you can keep your laptop safe in style with this colorful patchwork bag.
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How to Sew an Accordion-Pleat Lantern Bag
The lantern shape makes this bag expandable and collapsible, and depending on how it's made, it can have a variety of uses.
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