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Do You Make These Cutting Mistakes?

Do You Make These Cutting Mistakes?

Posted on April 7, 2011August 7, 2019

Cutting Mistakes to Avoid – Tips for Wielding the Blades You would think cutting fabric wouldn’t be too difficult. You have a good pair of scissors. Your cutting area is flat and smooth. But sometimes a challenging costume project will come up and you have to stop and actually think about how to cut it out. Take Read More...

Posted in Sewing Tips Tagged Beginners, Cutting Tips, How To 14 Comments

Making Handsome Machine Buttonholes

Posted on March 30, 2011April 17, 2013

  You *can* make smart looking machine buttonholes. This is not a myth. For those of you who choose not to take the time (or can’t for whatever reason) to make handmade buttonholes you can use your machine to great effect. Now granted, hand sewn buttonholes are period correct until the sewing machine could produce zig-zag Read More...

Posted in Sewing Tips Tagged Closures, How To, Regency 7 Comments
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