NEW! Threads #186 (August/September 2016)

The August/September 2016 issue hits the newsstand July 12. This Threads issue will show you how to prep fabric, create fast and easy folded purses, get a better fit on the shoulders, neck, and back, and more.

Don’t miss these insightful extras

Threads #186 can be purchased in our store or downloaded directly to your mobile device. Check out some of the web extras and other tips from this issue now.

• You can make any garment special by adding shaped edges. Watch this quick video to learn how to press these curved details.
• Contributing editor Judith Neukam shares the proper sequence for adjusting patterns.
  
• In its prime, Frostline Kits offered more than 100 kits. No longer in operation, home sewers want to know: What happened to the company?

• Learning the basic hand embroidery stitches is the first step to sewing elaborate Yemenite Jewish embroidery, as we learn in Threads #186. With these five great video web extras, you’ll be all ready to go.
• The couching stitch is useful for applying heavy or decorative threads that are too thick or textured to pass through a fabric’s weave.
• The web, or spider-web stitch, is a needle-woven stitch that makes a beautiful center for an embroidered medallion.
• Hand embroidery can elevate the style of any garment. Watch now to learn how to create one of five basic embroidery stitches: the blanket stitch.
• The fly stitch is a basic embroidery stitch. Watch to learn how to create this stitch.
• Hand embroidery is a traditional embellishment technique that is within the reach of any sewer. Watch to learn how to create one of the five basic embroidery stitches: the chainstitch.
• Contributing editor Judith Neukam shares the proper sequence for adjusting patterns.

Have you received or picked up a copy of Threads #186? If so, what are your favorite articles or techniques from this issue?

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