Katrina Walker

Protect Your Hands with Specialty Sewing Gloves

Gloves have long been useful to needleworkers. Originally, gloves were used for warmth: They kept fingers nimble in poorly heated homes. While they still serve this purpose, gloves and hand…
Thread Conditioner Ensures Trouble-free Stitching by Hand and Machine

Check out two types of thread conditioner, ensuring trouble-free stitching by hand and machine.
Choose a Protein-specific Dye

When it comes to dyeing, there is one thing you must know about your fabric: fiber content. The chemical makeup of the fiber determines which types of dyes can be…
Tools That Give Fabric a Clean Crease

Sewers through the centuries have always needed the means to mark stitching lines, fold hems, flatten seams, and perform other basic tasks in garment construction. Over time, implements were invented…
Tie-dye Silk to Create Artistic, All-over Designs

If you love the free-form look and fun hues of tie-dye, consider applying the technique to a fabric that’s more sophisticated than a cotton T-shirt: Try dyeing pure silk. I’ll…
Products that Keep Garments from Slipping

Take a look at a variety of premade and do-it-yourself products that keep garments from slipping, whether it's for socks or for lingerie.
Power-Assisted Cutting Tools for Sewing

Of all the tasks you perform when making sewn projects, cutting causes the most physical strain. Over time, this task can aggravate or even cause osteoarthritis of the hands and…
Pin-Holding Accessories

If you sew, you've got pins, and if you've got pins, you need a pin-holder. The humble pincushion is an essential sewing notion. Although it is easily taken for granted,…
How to Use a Sewing Stiletto

The sewing stiletto is the modern descendant of the awl, used in making the earliest examples of clothing. Its sharp point could create holes for lacing together animal skins, before…
How to Use a Liquid Stabilizer

Though it can be wonderful to wear soft, flowing fabrics, it’s not so fun to wrangle them on the cutting table or sewing machine. Liquid stabilizers temporarily stiffen fabrics. You…

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