Sewing Community — Cute Embroidery

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by barba

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My son and dil bought me a brother 1034D serger for Christmas. I have never even seen anyone use a serger before. It looks so different from my sewing/embroidery machine. Any suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated. Is the serger just for se

12 14 Dec 2014

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by kiki31348

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Any thoughts as to the best fabric to use for baby bibs? Do you line the? Add batting? I'm interested in making some of those cute bibs for holidays, etc. Thanks for any tips you can give me.

7 10 Dec 2014

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by toogie

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I wanted to show you what I did a little while ago. I took a curtain topper, that was in that fabric, I said came from the church member that recently died. Anyway, I used it to make this little apron. I had to babysit, unexpectedly tonight for a few hour

20 10 Dec 2014

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by noah

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This is for Chris.You were asking were i bought my fabric well it comes from Flordia and heres my order .i think you wanted the names maybe???

3 09 Dec 2014

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by spendlove

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A lot of you have commented that you have never seen zips with fancy tapes so here is a link to them. My ITH purse uses an ordinary zip to get a similar effect. (The zip is sewn onto the outside of the purse so the tapes are visible.)

3 links:

[1] Fancy Zips

www.myfabrichouse.co.uk

[2] My project

www.cuteembroidery.com

[3] More fancy sips

www.snaply.de

1 05 Dec 2014

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by teddybear117

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I believe it was Toogie that posted something about the flower foot she had bought. I am a bit busy to look to be sure. I ran across this and thought it might be of interest to her and others.

1 links:

[1] http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewing-2/how-to-use-specialty-presser-feet/

www.nancyzieman.com

3 03 Dec 2014

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by justsew

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Fabric in the UK, good price. for those interested.

1 links:

[1] http://www.bstfabrics.co.uk//index.asp

www.bstfabrics.co.uk

4 01 Dec 2014

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by toogie

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We had a church member pass away recently, and the family called me today, to go pick up her fabric she had. They knew we did the prayer quilts and hoped it would be suitable for that. It is mostly all double knit or jersey knit, I think that is what it i

14 27 Nov 2014

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by pennifold

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Permit me a little bragging about my talented daughter Amy. A week ago Amy came to my house to make some Dirndl style aprons (she didn't want to make a full style one as it is was too much work) Anyway when I came home from my last Italian class (and l

18 25 Nov 2014

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by mad14kt

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11/21/14 * Sewing Question: Does any Cutie know what type of material the store bought groceries bags are made of? I am looking at the tags but they don't tell me accept they are recycle-able. TIA ... FIESTA ;D

15 21 Nov 2014

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by de105

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Cuties I need your help PLEASE! Has anyone used the children's burda patterns? I have to make 2 (twins) overalls bib with hat sets. Do I just cut on the lines for size 12mos and sew 5/8 seam allowance. It says the seam allowances are included.

2 18 Nov 2014

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by justonlyme

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Does anyone have a good suggestion on how best to hem thick terrycloth? I was given a full bolt of the heavy weight terry, that has the loops on one side and the velvety texture on the other. It would make very plush towels if I could figure out a way t

9 17 Nov 2014

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by sewmom

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Amazing! Did any of you know what the ball end of the seam ripper was for? I've been sewing for 43 years and I did not know until I saw this video.

1 links:

[1] http://www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com/the-great-seam-ripper-controversy-just-how-do-you-...

www.keepnuinstitchesquilting.com

39 15 Nov 2014

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by toogie

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Does anyone make mittens? Are they difficult to make? I thought of making some for me. They would probably be better than gloves in the long run, because sometimes the separation between the fingers, binds my fingers. Not sure about this but I was thinkin

8 14 Nov 2014

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by eggyannie

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Has anyone had the same problem with Golden needle designs as I am having Last Wednesday i opened an account with them and ordered three items from their sale, the order was paid by pay pal and i received the pay pal payment invoice. I was expect

9 08 Nov 2014