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Hooping Tips for Successful Embroidery

Threads Magazine, editor | November 19th, 2008

Discover fresh ideas for ease and accuracy when inserting your fabric in a machine embroidery hoop.

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Skipped Stitches on Ultrasuede

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 2008

You can use this tissue paper trick to stop your machine from skipping stitches.

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Interfacing Doesn't Always Have to Match

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 2008

A wool crepe can be a great substitute for itchy and bulky tweed fabrics.

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Elastic Connection

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 2008

You can use these tips to eliminate bulk when sewing elastic waistbands.

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Keep Track of Your Fabric Stash

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 20083 comments

You can use this method to keep track fo your fabrics; it will help you know if you have enough fabric for certain projects that you may have in mind.

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Keep Stripes Symmetrical

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 2008

Adding a seam and seam allowances allows you to keep collar-stripes symmetrical with those on the rest of your garment.

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Keep Fabric Info Handy

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 2008

Saving fabric information can be helpful for future purposes.

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Prevent Prewash Fraying

Threads Magazine, editor | November 11th, 20081 comment

A wide zigzag stitch can help minimize fraying.

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Video: Cut Synthetics with a Hot Tool

Threads Magazine, editor | November 2nd, 2008

The low melting point of synthetic shell fabrics makes cutting overlays with a hot tool a simple job.

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Use a Whetstone to Smooth Machine Needles

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 2008

Using a whetstone can help extend the life of your needles

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Choose the Right Notions when Sewing White Fabric

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20081 comment

Tips for selecting notions for white fabric

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Sewing In a Zipper

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20084 comments

Learn now to install centered, lapped, and invisible zippers.

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20 Ways to Improve Your Sewing

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20083 comments

Use these sewing principles to streamline your work and greatly enhance its quality.

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Smooth Curved Seam

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20083 comments

A tip for sewing a convex curved piece to a concave curved piece

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Zipper Finishing Made Easy

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 2008

Use machine-basting and quilter's tape to sew a perfect zipper

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Hemmer Foot for Piping

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 2008

A hemmer foot allows for easier adjustment and better stitching

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Drawstrings that Stretch

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20081 comment

Elastic drawstrings make clothing more comfortable to wear and more accomodating to minor weight changes

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Mirror Image Pleats

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 2008

Notch the pleat positions on both the skirt and the waistband in order to get equally deep and evenly-spaced pleats.

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Perfect Thread Tension Every Time

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 20081 comment

Perfect your tension setting by having the top and bobbin threads break in exactly the same place

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Speaking of Buttons

Threads Magazine, editor | October 17th, 2008

A simple zigzag stitch allows you to sew lots of buttons by machine in half the time

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