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Padding a Dress Form
2 commentsUse fusible interfacing and cotton batting reshape a form to match your figure.
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Create Fashionable Quilted Garments
Create soft, supple, lightweight, and shapely garments in which the quilting lines serve as embellishment and detail.
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Sewing Without Pins
1 commentThere are many advantages to sewing without pins in the way.
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Press Cloths Take Center Stage
Your press cloth collection is as useful as the most exotic iron or ironing board.
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Choose the Right Batting for Quilted Garments
Here are some tips for choosing matching your batting to your project.
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Working with Twin-Needles
Twin needles can be used to finish sporty or tailored garments or to create wild and wacky effects on almost any fabric.
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How to Sew with Sequin-Covered Fabric
Learn techniques for keeping you sane when working with sequin-covered fabric.
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Getting the Best of Gabardine
Wool gabardine is the perfect fabric to create couture garments that don't take couture time to sew.
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Book Giveaway: "1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts & Tips"
246 commentsYou could win this book by telling us which sewing tip is most important to your sewing.
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Share Your Sweetest Notions
6 commentsDo you have a notion you prize because it's cute?
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What sewing topics would you like to read about in Threads?
52 commentsWe're planning some fabulous Threads issues, but perhaps you have an article request we should also consider.
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Book Giveaway: "Horrockses Fashions: Off-the-Peg Style in the '40s and '50s"
360 commentsLeave a comment before our deadline—11:59 on Sunday, November, 28—and you could be one of our lucky giveaway winners!
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Holiday Gift Guide
14 commentsWe share the gifts that made our wish lists this year. What are you hoping to receive this holiday season?
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Take a Free Trial of PatternPal, an App for Sewing Supplies
12 commentsComment on this post to get one of six free-trial codes for PatternPal, a sewing app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad
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How to Cover Snaps
16 commentsFine finishing details are a hallmark of beautifully-sewn clothing. Here's an easy technique to add to your repertoire.
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Create a Custom Dress Form
56 commentsWhen it comes to fit, a custom dress form is your best friend.
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Sewing Books Crop Up for the Kindle
1 commentYes, there are sewing guides to read on the Kindle, and they're getting better
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Design on the Half Scale
4 commentsThe Center for Pattern Design explains the advantages of working small
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Fabric U Puts a World of Fabric at Your Fingertips
2 commentsApp for iPhones and iPads offers is an on-the-go guide to fabric
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Zipper Madness
8 commentsThere are times when a zipper is much more than a simple and unobtrusive closure.
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