Videos in the Series

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  Texturizing Fabrics: Pin Tucks with a Twin Needle
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  Texturizing Fabrics: Fabric Appliqué with Free-Motion Stitching

  Watch to learn how to turn scraps and other small pieces of fabric into a larger fabric piece to create one-of-a-kind garments or bags.
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  Essential Tools: Pins

  If you've ever shopped for pins, you'll have noticed that there are a plethora of options at your disposal. To help you make a more informed decision, sewing expert Judith…
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  Essential Tools: Machine Needles

  Judith Neukam walks you through sewing machine needle anatomy and how to read the needle packaging. She also highlights various machine needles types and their uses.
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  Expert Tips for Faced Edges

  Threads contributing editor Judith Neukam shares some dos and don'ts for achieving professional-looking faced edges.
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  How to Line a Pullover to the Edge

  Lining a garment to the edge is a useful finish on soft unstructured pieces where you don't need the support of a facing around the neckline, armhole, or hem.
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  Essential Tools: Measuring Tapes

  In this video, Threads Contributing Editor Judith Neukam helps you navigate through the world of measuring tapes. She also offers clever tips to measuring inseams and crotch length.
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  Fitting: Key Pattern Adjustments

  Threads contributing editor Judith Neukam walks you through two important pattern alterations that can simplify the fitting process.
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  How to Line a Pullover to the Edge

  Lining a garment to the edge is a useful finish on soft unstructured pieces where you don't need the support of a facing around the neckline, armhole, or hem.
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  How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 1

  Achieving well fitting garments is attainable with the assistance of a sewing buddy. However, not every sewist has that luxury. Fitting expert Sarah Velben shows how to fit yourself without…
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  How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 2

  Fitting your back without the help of a sewing buddy can prove to be a challenge. To help you get your desired fit, Threads author Sarah Veblen skillfully demonstrates just…
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  How to Fit Yourself with Sarah Veblen, Part 3

  In the third and final installment of Threads Insider All Access’ fitting tutorial with Sarah Veblen, she demonstrates how a camera, or a smart phone, can be an indispensable fitting…
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Supplies and Resources

  Kenneth shares a few of his go-to resources for tailoring tools and supplies.
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Fabric Options for Tailoring

  Kenneth explores textile choices that are used to create tailored jackets.
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: A Note on Sizing Pockets

  Tailoring expert Kenneth D. King offers insights on jacket pocket size and length.
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Opinions on Lining Methods

  Listen to Kenneth's insights on bagging a lininng.
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: Basic Skills You Need to Tailor Jackets

  Kenneth discusses the skills needed befor tackling a tailored jacket.
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  Tailoring Answers from Kenneth D. King: A Note on Sleeve Cuff Length

  Get expert insight on the optimal sleeve cuff lenght on tailored jackets.
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  One-on-one Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 1

  Threads Executive Editor Judith Neukam sits down with couture expert and author Claire Shaeffer in a fascinating and in-depth, Insider-only interview.
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  One-on-one Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 2

  Watch the second installment of this exclusive, Insider-only interview with couture expert Claire Shaffer.
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  One-on-one Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 3

  Get to know Threads author and video personality Claire Shaeffer.
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  One-on-one Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 4

  Watch the fourth installment of our exclusive interview with Claire Shaeffer.
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  One-on-one Chat with Claire Shaeffer, Part 5

  Watch the final installment of our exclusive, five-part interview with couture expert Claire Shaeffer.
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  One-on-one Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 1

  Threads sits down with fitting expert and Threads video personality, Sarah Veblen for an exclusive, Insider-only interview.
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  One-on-one Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 2

  Watch the second installment of this exclusive, Insider-only interview with fitting expert Sarah Veblen.
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  One-on-one Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 3

  Watch the third installment of our exclusive interview with fitting expert and Threads video personality, Sarah Veblen.
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  One-on-one Chat with Sarah Veblen, Part 4

  Watch the fourth and final installment of this exclusive interview with fitting expert Sarah Veblen.
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  Kenneth D. King’s Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 2 | Video

  Watch as expert Kenneth D. King reveals the essential tools inside his personal sewing tool kit.
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  Kenneth D. King’s Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 3

  Learn more about Kenneth D. King's favorite sewing tools and notions.
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  Kenneth D. King’s Essential Sewing Tool Kit, Part 4

  Kenneth D. King shares more insight and clever ways of organizing your tools in the final episdoe of this exclusive video series.
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  One-on-one Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 1

  Get to know Threads video personality, patternmaker and fashion designer Angela Wolf.
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  One-on-one Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 2

  Find out how Angela Wolf’s pattern collection came about and more in the second installment of this exclusive three-part interview.
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  One-on-one Chat with Angela Wolf, Part 3

  Angela Wolf discusses her workshops, fabric dyeing, and fishing in the final installment of this exclusive interview.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 1

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 2

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 3

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 4

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 5

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King.
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  One on One with Kenneth D. King, Part 6

  Get to know Threads contributing editor and couture fashion designer, Kenneth D. King in the final installment of this exclusive interview.
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  Fundamentals of Hand Sewing

  Contributing Editor Kenneth D. King explains the basics of selecting and maintaining hand-sewing needles and how to handle thread for smooth, tangle-free stitching.
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  Learn Four Basic Hand Stitches

  Sewing expert Kenneth D. King shows how to work two of the most commonly used hand stitches, as well as two useful variations.
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  Sew a Slipstitch and Blind-Hem Stitch by Hand

  Follow along with Threads Contributing Editor Kenneth D. King as he shows how to apply slipstitches to anchor fabric layers together, and how to sew a blind-hem stitch that secures…