This question got me thinking, though, and I took some photos of my favorite patterns and demonstrating what I mean. Folding is pretty perfect except on the curves like armscyes-there I often snip into the curve a couple places and fold in chunks. I don't think there's a right or wrong way, though. Things like that will help your costumes last for years of dress up. Go the extra mile to sew trims and embellishments on instead of gluing them. But when sewing, finish your seams with a serger, zig zag or French seams. It's worked well for me, since I've changed sizes a couple times since I started using my fave patterns a (some of them quite a few years ago )). Of course, some costumes are more glue projects than sewing projects (see Buzz Lightyear), and those just wont last as long. You want the knife to be able to cut off some of the hemline to make sure the rolled hem grabs some of the fabric to fold under. I leave the pieces intact and fold back the edges along the size I'm cutting. Welcome to PIn Cut Sew Studio, where I teach others to make sewing projects even if they've never sewn before There's something here for everyone, from quilting to sewing for babies, to gifts. There was a learning curve around how best to stretch it, but I got the hang of it by the time I did the shorts and it looks great I recommend practicing on some scraps and also not sewing right on the edge. I made a mini quilt by sewing strips together that matched a certain striped fabric I love, making a few of the lines not quite straight. One of the categories I intend to add quite a bit of content to at Pin Cut Sew this year is quilting tutorials Quilting has always been the most relaxing, therapeutic form of sewing for me, so I look forward to posting several accessible, stress free quilting articles and videos here in the coming months. Place your gusset piece on top of the end, right sides together, and pin the whole thing together, all the way around. Match the selvages and pin them together in a. I was hoping to get some perspective from another dressmaker! Thanks! I didn’t really care what I made, I just really needed the therapy, so I put my sewing room together as soon as I could and got busy with some scraps. Next, cut out two pieces of cotton batting (just one layer is fine if you’re using Insul-brite) using your already cut out cover as a pattern. Fold the fabric as shown in the cutting layout on the pattern guide sheet. When you are using a pattern, do you cut out your size or do you try to "preserve" the pattern by leaving all sizes in tact and trying to cut under/around/ in order to cut your size? I am obsessive about leaving the pattern in tact "just in case." but I am finding it more difficult as I get in to more detailed patterns. Got a great Sewing Circle question from a reader the other day! There are so many things I wonder myself, but never ask, so it's great that she wrote me with this question:
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