Doesn't my screen name say it all????

Such an integral piece of the piecing puzzle.

Thanks Louise!

I camp out in the Internet to be one of the first to see these videos!

Excellent presentation of the mechanics of this stitch.

day's
[one can never elude the punctuation police]

Senor King,

The elegance of a single piece of fabric is a testament to your tenacity.

As always,

One days drive beyond impressed

I would like to do a "found objects" fashion line, only with "found fabric", like burlap coffee sacks from coffee shops.

SEWING NATION - ARISE!

Khalje/King in 2016!

Once more with feeling...ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!

Pick me!!!!!!!!

Not to be too course, but ME!, ME!, ME!, ME!, ME!, ME!, ME!

Pick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senor King just created a new "MUST HAVE" on my sewing budget!

Gertie!
Gertie!
Gertie!

Senor King,

You make the tedious a breeze, you bring manners to obstreperous fabrics, and you offer hope to those of us cowering where cloth meets thread.

It has been said that a man never stands as tall as when he stoops to cut loops.

Ergo, you sir, are a giant.

So resourceful!

Beautifully explained.

So resourceful!

Beautifully explained.

Eva,

Great step-by-step how-to!

Please keep these "video shorts" coming our way, and don't shy away from more full-length features (showcasing your contributing editors and, of course, the Taunton Press Players).

Slip covers, curtains, pillows - there are so many "first things" I would do to doll up my dump.

I can use all the help I can get.

Patricia MORE than dodged a bullet - she peddled a cheesy rendition of a cocktail napkin sketch which would make any celebrity (and offending designer) tabloid fodder. The whole get-up screamed, "clunky go-go dancer".

While Richard rocked the fringe, I think several others could have won this week's contest.

You just won the "It's so hot I'd wear it, and I'm a guy" award!

Congratulations!!!

LUV these tutorials!

This one showed the sewing machine and serger working together, sharing screen time, for a stellar result. So often, the serger is treated as a stand alone, not a co-star.

Evamarie, you need to request a cigar and a studio in Hollywood - you have vision. Please bring Threads to the big screen, pronto.

Senor King, you know when to dig in, and when to say when.

Great use of grommets!

Another voice in the choir to see "Kenneth D. King - male model".

I've tried in the past, but could use a guide. This book would be a wonderful creative sherpa.

If I make the leap, rest assured, the world will have it's first Judith Neukam drag queen.

Senor King,

Can't wait for the Reliable i500 post! Sewing appliances - such an attraction!

Victoria and Evamarie, you did it again!

My sewing universe has been expanded. Thank you!

It looks like a fascinating read.

I'm tossed between darning (so practical), and the picot stitch (kind of intimates the rough-N-tumble existence of blankets on the prairie).

(sigh) So many things scream "loving hands at home"!!!

Such a cordial critique.

Great tutorial, as always.

Luv, luv, LUV THIS!!!!!

Sandra, I for one am looking forward to more of these video tutorials.

Victoria and Evamarie did an outstanding job producing such a clear and clutter-free video.

Threads imparts, and we improve.

Thanks!

I am quilting with jeans, including using the pockets. It's a crazy quilt. Quilting with old pants gives thicker, but aged, fabrics a second life. Plus, they aren't so delicate that I'm afraid to use them.

All the details revealed!!!

Thank you Susan, for this, and all of your contributions to Threads Magazine.

Wishing everyone at Threads, and my fellow readers, an exponentially happy 2013!

Senor King,

You have a shopper's eye, a model's stance, and a stunning south-of-the-border find.

A tip of the sombrero, and a knowing nod.

This makes too much sense - all the silhouette, without the rigid limitations.

Thanks Louise!

That was amazing!

The ease of creating something from nothing is truly a talent.

Senor King,

Your practical pefectionism can slay any dragon (and there be dragons out there).

Bold, brilliant, and breathtaking!

Senor King, you are neither bounded, nor barricaded, by conventional thought.

Breakthroughs are your stock and trade.

Susan's world is full of amazing people and intriguing techniques.

Her siren's song sung, the upcoming issue is all I can see, as it's full speed ahead into the rocks of a bookstore cash register.

Senor King,

Another tutorial, and never a retread of something pedestrian.

Thank you for this and all of the innovative techniques you have shared with us.

Senor King,

Another stupendous tutorial!

Senor King!

You continue to astound and amaze your public, with thread, forethought, and your unerring eye for style.

Can't wait to see what you do next.

Senor King, you take the quirky and disconcerting, and make it sensible and stress-free.

Mucho gracias for your patterning geometry tutorials.

An explanation of good design could only motivate me beyond my current skill level (rudimentary).

Oh, the company you keep!!!

Every contribution Claire Shaeffer has made has been informative as well as inspiring.

Thank you Threads Magazine for being a forum for top talent in sewing to reach so many interested others.

Kindly, take this to the water cooler, "More articles from Claire Shaeffer can't appear too soon!".

Embroidery done right!

What a dress! Those shoes, and Emma herself, flawlessly showcase your creation.

Most impressive!!!

I would like draping demystified, and this looks like the book to make that possible.

Me likes, a whole bunch!

She did it again! This time it's fabric manipulation made understandable.

Mostly magic, with a little mischief, that's Judith Neukam.

While the voices in my head scream, wail, and moan in the background, I am big enough to congratulate you on your win.

Of course, if any quotable comments from said voices are overheard, rest assured, they shall be strewn artfully amongst the lilacs and lace.

Those button holes are truly stellar (and your tutorial on bound buttonholes may actually motivate me to learn something new).

Forget the "long suffering, and just sign me,

Your fantagonizer

Amazing reinvention!

The hand crank and foot pedal are both brilliant.

Total flexibility with this iteration.

Senor King does it AGAIN!!!

They say genius is making the difficult look easy. These instructions took a complex fitting situation and made them understandable.

That said, one wonders what he could do by focusing on global economics?

Well, well, well, if it isn't another message from the Wall Drug of home sewing, Laura Mae. Everywhere I look in cyberspace, there you are, and in yet ANOTHER splendid effort.

I'm back to thinking you are a quirky sewing group, with a pert model, and a pooch-as-prop. One person can not possibly have the time, talent, and tenacity to create the volume and level of output as you purport to do. Never you mind the fiction of a full-time job, and rich rewarding life outside of sewing. Your storyline is tantamount to the accomplished comic strip character Mary Worth, toting pockets full of dexies and reds (and though fictional, she'd STILL be dragging behind you).

For the record you can color me impressed (those button holes!), while on the QT I'm nothin' but skeptical; all raised eyebrows, and second thoughts.

Some of the people, some of the time, sister.

Tentatively,
Your man fan

April, you've done it again!

Daring others could "wallpaper" an accent wall (ceiling?) with enough bits and pieces of patterns.

Lampshade layering, concealing a damaged wooden carrying case or treadle lid on an older machine, or papering the back panel on a bookcase/display cabinet. Even a folding screen could be recovered and made into something noteworthy.

Boxes of "assorted patterns" are now affordable wall paper - who knew?

Thanks April!

The warm season has just begun, and one never knows is a jaunt to DC is in the offing.

Since everything old is new again, best to know what was.

This book sounds like a wonderful source for reference and inspiration.

The horn toggle elevates the bag from art, to high art.

It amazes me how the pattern can be described, not drawn, and yet the finished product could be duplicated. There is genius in simplicity.

First: from the washer, shirts should go 10 minutes in the dryer, enough to take the wetness out, but leave you a fairly unwrinkled perfectly damp specimen (some people hang them up to dry at this point, and later touch up where needed - it does work if you'd like to spare the shirts time in the dryer, and yourself time at the ironing board).

Next: I iron them inside out to get a large areas smooth.

Lastly: turn in right-side-out and work the sleeves, back, front, and collar (inward and frontward last). Have a mister handy to spritz and create steam on the surface fibers.

This is essentially a double pressing, but it makes for a great presentation, especially on dress shirts.

It may be time for a road trip.

Senor King continues to demystify the universe, when he isn't expanding it.

Wonderful effect, and a great way to showcase those stems, Senor King.

Khalje and King are reason enough to buy a copy, everything else is GRAVY!

NOT Laura_Mae!

How does she do all this? A corselette?!?! Dyed to match underlining? And then she models her own creations, to stellar effect.

I fawn over her at the Burda website (she's now on the short list of people I'd like to come back as - not that I knew I had such a list, or belief - she sews THAT well!).

Now Laura_Mae is here, with an armload of prizes and notoriety to boot. When awe turns to envy, it is NOT a pretty thing.

Though I am happy for her, happy I say.

With a clenched, but poised smile (like every runner-up at the end of a beauty contest),

A Laura_Mae man fan

Leave it to Susan Khalje for sage advice, understandable know-how, and long-lasting results one can be proud of.

Winning this book would further my sewing knowledge and abilities. Plus, winning is FUN!

The coat exudes charm. Those details are inspiring; horizontal darts - who knew?

Claire is an excellent writer and student of design.
I would like to learn more about couture hand sewing stitches and techniques.

It's amazing how Vivienne Westwood changed her focus and made history. A lesson to us all.

Thanks April, for another good steer from you and Threads!

HIS BOLDNESS blazes a path for all.

Used sewing machines, old fabric, new ideas, and a desire to create all add up to one site worth visiting and revisiting.

Peter Lappin in 2012!!!!!!!

He's doing it again!!!

He is doing it again!!!

Senor King continues to elevate and innovate sewing.

Thank you Threads Magazine for featuring such a talent!

Having only draped a robe, I could use a greater understanding of draping. Experienced drapers make it look like a spontaneous action, but it's clearly a practiced art having tried it. With miles to sew before I sleep...

Luv, Luv, Luv it!!!!!!!

Senor King continues to astound while stretchig all metes and bounds.

Every innovation is someone kicking a hole into whatever keeps us from the future. Kenneth King again opens a portal with the sheer strength of his imagination and fortitude.

Watch the runways to see if any hair garments, or real fur given a perm, don't skate before you.

Thank you Threads for this gutsy article.

OUTSTANDING article!

Creativity serves as inspriration in every form.

Thank you April, you share wonderfully eclectic things with the readers of Threads Magazine.

After too many years of making the bookstore pilgrimage I actually became a subscriber, and you're efforts are part of what motivated me to do so.

As for the New York gown modeled in the back of a garbage truck - PRICELESS!

How'z about more post-mortems on fashions of old. Deconstructing and exploring the inner workings of vintage and designer outerwear and dresses. Construction concepts are vital to expanding a sewer's knowledge.

A showcase on several of your contributing editors methods of finishing the arm holes on sleeveless garments (they can't all do it the same way). It's always the visible and simple which really makes a garment evade the scrutiny of the "Store-bought or home-made?" police.

The paperbag waist in its many incarnations: tall, flouncy, and novel. Show pants and dresses which have utilized this feaure. Listing suggested suppliers for any necessary stuctural materials.

A denim chemise out of thrift store jeans, or one's old jeans. Sort of a something-out-of-nothing article. That would fit well with the times.

At my junior high, they started making everyone take sewing and cooking, as well as woodshop and drafting. It was ALL beneficial. Other than art classes, very few things were hands-on learning.

The stigma of gender-specific activities has lessened or in some places vanished.

Teaching design and repurposing of garments and fabrics would be both practical and timely.

Textile arts are another means of expressing creativity, and should be encouraged at home, as well as at school.

Schools could teach the making of quilt squares, and the efforts could be donated. That would be teaching many lessons at once.

What a show!

Can NOT imagine you two pal'n around - what kind of scandalous comments were exchanged??