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Marian Lewis - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Marian Lewis is a sewing instructor and the creator of an amazing new fitting method for hard-to-fit sewing folks. In her ebook, "Common Sense Fitting Method For Hard-To-Fit Sewing Folks Who Want Great Fitting Skirts And Pants", find out step-by-step WHAT you really need, WHERE you really need it and HOW to apply that to a commercial sewing pattern. It just makes sense!
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- Sewing Tips - Can I Mix And Match Sewing Pattern Pieces
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] When you sew, many times you want to change the design and have a different collar or sleeve on your garment. Most often, you will look for another sewing pattern that has all the features you are looking for and start the fitting, trial and error process all over again. You don't have to do that. You can mix and match sewing pattern pieces to create your own designs.
- Sewing Tips - How Much Bias Binding Can You Cut From A Square Of Fabric
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] If you have been frustrated in the past trying to figure out how much bias you need for binding and how much fabric you need for it, here is a sewing tip with a simple formula to help you determine just how much bias you can cut from a square of fabric no matter what width of bias binding you want.
- What Is The Best Syle Top To Wear If One Has A Protruding Tummy
[Womens-Interests] Sewing your own tops will give you the best fit to flatter your figure. But, you can find ready-to-wear tops that will work, too. Don't buy or sew garments by a certain size, but how they fit your body. You can have great fitting, attractive tops and look terrific even if you have a "pot belly." Here are the buying and sewing tips to help you discover a very fashionable "you".
- Sewing Tips - Sewing Non-Ripply Buttonholes In Knits
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The sewing machine buttonhole stitches stretch the crosswise threads in a knit when it makes the buttonhole and you end up with ugly, wavy or rippled looking buttonhole lips. That shouts "homemade" loud and clear! Avoid the homemade look and end sewing frustration of sewing buttonholes in knits. Here is a little sewing tip to help prevent those "warped lips" when machine sewing buttonholes down the front of your knit shirt.
- Sewing Tips - Make A Cutting Mat That Doesn't Slip
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] When you are sewing, rotary cutting mats are great for cutting with a rotary cutter. However, when you are cutting slippery fabrics, it is difficult to keep the fabric where you want it.
Here is a sewing tip on how you can make your own non-slip cutting mat.
- Sewing A Quick And Easy Camisole
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Camisoles are popular basic wardrobe items for all sizes and ages. Wear them alone or under a jacket or shirt. Camisoles can be dressy or casual depending on the fabric. Add some pizazz to your wardrobe by sewing camisoles. No sewing pattern is necessary. Here is how to sew a camisole.
- Sewing Is A Great Kids Craft
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sewing is a great kids craft. Kids love to show what they accomplished and are very proud of their creations.
- Sewing Tips: Sewing and Recycling Sheets Into Beautiful Home Dec Items
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sewing and recycling sheets into beautiful home dec items is a great way to decorate your home on a shoe string budget! It is really fun and easy to do sewing projects.
Recycle old or use new sheets in all of your sewing whether making garments or home dec items. Sheets are a great source for extra wide fabric.
- How To Sew Lined Shoe Bags For Golf, Tennis, Bowling, Gym, Dance or any Other Drawstring Bag
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sewing shoe bags for the guys or gals in your life is a great gift idea. No matter what sport or hobby they enjoy or where they travel - far away or to the gym, shoe bags or drawstring bags come in handy. Give drawstring bags to family and friends for Fathers' Day, birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, etc. The how to sew sewing instructions are for a lined drawstring shoe bag.
- How To Sew A Shopping Tote Bag
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Looking for a very useful simple sewing project that is fast and easy to sew? Here is how to sew a fabric shopping tote bag. Help the environment by sewing several shopping bags for yourself, or give them as gifts. The kids can use them for toy bags when they go to Granma's house. They are great travel totes, too.
- How To Sew A Lined Tank Top
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sewing projects like this one can be so much fun and save you so much money. Here are two different sewing methods on how to sew a lined tank top.
- Sewing Tips - Sew Buttons and Bows for Kids
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here is a novel idea on how to sew and create your own decorative buttons and bows on kids' clothes.
Sewing for kids is a lot of fun. It is a great way to try new ideas and sewing techniques, too.
- 2 Sewing Techniques On How To Sew A Reversible Vest
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here are two sewing techniques plus some good sewing tips on how to sew a reversible vest or a lined vest. One is stitched and turned; the other is stitched and bound.
Try both to help you determine your favorite sewing technique.
- Sewing Tips - How To Sew More Professional Looking Top-Stitching
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here is a sewing tip to add to your sewing techniques book.
Learn how to sew more professional looking top-stitching at the sewing machine using your regular sewing thread.
- Sewing Technique - How To Sew A Spa Wrap Or Beach Cover-Up
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Discover how to sew a spa wrap or beach cover-up with this simple sewing lesson. Sewing a spa wrap is a quick and easy sewing project. Here is the how to sew instructions.
Spa wraps are great gift ideas or bazaar items, too.
- Sewing Tips - How To Sew And Recycle Old Pot Holders
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Is your kitchen drawer full of old pot holders that are so scorched and worn looking that you would never want anyone else to see them? Well, don't throw them away yet!
Here is a sewing tip to revitalize them.
Try this "how to sew" sewing lesson and recycle all your old pot holders by sewing a new cover for them
- Sewing Tips - How To Sew An Easy Centered Zipper
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] There are a number of sewing techniques on how to sew a centered zipper. But, this is probably the simplest way to save you from the frustration of having to rip it out and sew it over.
Here are some sewing tips to help you.
- Sewing Tip: How To Sew A Flat Zigzag On An Edge
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here is a sewing tip to help all zigzag sewing machine owners learn how to sew. Did you know that you can eliminate rolled up looking edges when you use a zigzag stitch to finish your seams in your sewing?
Here is how to sew a zigzag stitch over an edge and keep it laying flat
- How To Sew An Easy Decorative Pillow Cover
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Decorator pillows are a quick and easy way to perk up your decor. They can be very expensive to buy, but very easy and inexpensive to sew your own. Here is how to sew an easy, decorative pillow cover that takes very little time or effort. Even a beginner can do it!
- Sewing Tip - Pre-shape Zippers Before Sewing In Curved Seams
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here is a sewing tip to help you when you are sewing a zipper in a curved seam.
Zippers are straight and your fitted garment has curved or shaped seams
- How To Shorten The Hem Of Pants With A Cuff
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] To shorten the hem of pants with a cuff is easy when you follow these instructions.
- Sewing With Fusible Thread
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here are a few tips and ideas when sewing with fusible thread.
- Hemming Jeans With A Designer Eurohem
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Fashion-Style] The designer eurohem is a hemming technique primarily used in hemming jeans to preserve the worn hem and stitching of the original hem while shortening the jeans.
Here is how to do that!
- Sewing A Neat No Bulk Flared Hem
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] When sewing a flared skirt, do you have a problem with a too much bulk in the hem?
Here is the answer for a smooth finish.
- Sewing "All-In-One" Short/Long Formal Dresses
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here is a formal dress that is an all-time classic and still works today. It is a great idea for bridesmaids dresses.
This clever dress actually leads a double life. It's design gives it the unique ability to be worn long to the ankle or as short as you like. It is one that doesn't have to spend most of its life in the closet.
- How To Sew Lingerie Clasps Or Strap Holders To Keep Undergarments Under Garments
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] For those of you who prefer to keep your "undergarments"
under your garments, here is a little tip on how to sew
"lingerie clasps" or "strap holders" to keep your straps in
the proper place.
- When You Sew, Do You Know How To Find Your Waist Line?
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] When you work on a sewing project, do you have trouble trying to find your waist line?
Some waist lines are not as obvious as others. You think you know where it is, but you aren't sure.
You need to know this even for basic sewing.
Here are some tips to help you find your natural waist line.
- Where Is Your Side Seam?
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Where is your side seam?
That may seem like a dumb question, but it really isn't.
You may answer, "At my side, of course!"
But, "where" at your side?
Do you know where your side seam should be?
- Larger Hip Alterations To Sewing Patterns Apply To Tops, Too!
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The larger hip fit alteration to sewing patterns does not stop with skirts and pants. It also applies to all of your longer tops, blouses, shirts, jackets and coats. You may need both balanced and unbalanced alterations if you have unbalanced hips.
- Sew Portable Slip Covered Custom Shoulder Pads
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sew Portable Slip Covered Custom Shoulder Pads.
Don't get rid of your shoulder pads. Sew portable slip covered custom shoulder pads and look really smart. Consider stitching them in all of your garments. Learn how to sew a shoulder pad slip cover. Great idea when traveling a lot.
- Update Your Wardrobe By Sewing Some Basics With Fashion Trends
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Everything old is new again. Add just one thing when you sew your 6 basic, classic garments and you will be in style this Spring 2006. What is this big fashion trend?
- Sew A Paperback Book Cover - A Quick Gift
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Are you frantic looking for last minute gift ideas? Here is
one for you. It only takes a little fabric, a few minutes
of your time and a little stitching at the sewing machine.
Sew a paperback book cover to give to your reader friends,
family, teachers, pastor, etc. They will treasure it.
- Sew An Easy Shawl For An Elegant Gift In Less Than 30 Minutes!
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sew An Easy Shawl For An Elegant Gift In Less Than 30
Minutes! Women of all ages love shawls from teens to senior citizens. Sew some for your favorite charity. No fitting or sewing pattern required. Give the gift of something homemade on your sewing machine.
- Are You Sure You Know Where You Are Stitching When You Sew?
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Are you sure you know where you are stitching when you sew? To have sewing success, we must stitch accurately.
The markings on sewing machines are in centimeters and sewing patterns and instructions are in inches. Find out where you are stitching and mark where you should be stitching to achieve greater sewing and fitting success.
- Make Christmas Tree Napkins, Name Tags, And Ornaments Whether You Sew Or Not!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] They Are Quick, Easy And Fun Gifts For Young And Old To Make For Family And Friends.
The trick is in the folding to make the napkin look like a Christmas Tree.
Let the kids cut some out of paper and decorate their own.
Use them as name tags, decorations, Christmas Tree ornaments and napkins, of course.
- Give The Kids A "Dress-Up" Box Of Costumes For Christmas!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Give the kids a "Dress Up Box" of costumes for Christmas! Sew costumes to wear all year long and create lasting memories! Halloween is over, but the real fun is not! Hurry and scoop up those costumes and accessories while they are on sale!
- Stop Backstitching When You Sew! Eliminate That "Homemade" Look!
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Attention: All sewing machine operators, seamtresses, anyone who loves to sew or teaches sewing, try a common sense technique:
Stop Backstitching When You Sew!
Help Eliminate That "Homemade" Look!
- Sew Up Some Black Pants Quick!
[Womens-Interests] Are you confused about what to wear? No wonder! Black pants get my vote as the most versatile garment to wear anytime, anywhere. Sew them or buy them, but please make sure they fit!
- Sew Bouquets of Cabbage Roses
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Cabbage Roses Are Blooming Everywhere! Sew Some Up Fast And Easy! They are everywhere on everything on people and in homes. Fabric flowers are expensive to buy. But, you can make your own with just some scraps of fabric and a little time.
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