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Fabric 101: All About Silks

Watch this video from Fabric Mart and learn more about different fabrics made from silk, what to sew with them, and how to care for your silk fabric accessories and garments! Advertisement Learn to how to sew and work with silk, or silk like fabrics that are slippy and troublesome. We will share tips and techniques on how to cut out difficult fabrics, useful equipment and stitches to use. Website: www.madetosew.com Subscribe to Made to Sew Advertisement #silk #FabricMartFab

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Spring Garment Sewing Inspiration 2016

Spring and Summer fabric hauls, pattern features, fabrics, and free garment sewing tutorials! Advertisement More Spring sewing inspiration can be found at: Video: How to Sew a Mini Spring Dress – Recycling a T-Shirt Video: How to Sew a Layered Tube Dress for Spring and Summer Blog Post: SPRING/SUMMER DRESS ENSEMBLE Topic: How to Sew a Chic Spring Dress Without a Pattern Video: What to Sew Now: Spring 2016 Pattern Collections Video: Flower Pot Pincushion Tutorial: Spring DIY T

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Fibres and Fabrics Video Series with Verena Erin

The fabrics we choose for sewing and wearing garments, household linen, and accessories are very important. Fabric directly affects the comfort and performance of any garment we make. How we care for our fabric also impacts the environment even more so than others, according to Verena Erin of My Green Closet. Verena discusses the different textiles available, all with different looks, pros, cons, and sustainable/ethical issues. Verena created this series on My Green Closet

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A Look Inside America’s Textile Mills and Factories

Check out INSIDE AMERICA’S TEXTILE FACTORIES AND MILLS by Susan from Sew Whats New at Mode “NY-based photographer Chris Payne’s latest work Textiles takes us behind the doors of America’s textile industry. To highlight the roots of this industry, Payne has chosen to photograph factories and mills located in the Northeast where it was born. In his photos we see dizzy patterns of repetition, immaculate grids of steel machinery, fluffy mountain peaks of wool, and bright-colored

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Shweshwe Fabrics – The Denim or Tartan of South Africa

Seshweshwe is a printed fabric widely used for traditional Sotho (South Africa & Lesotho) clothing. Originally dyed indigo, this fabric is manufactured in a variety of colors and printing designs characterized by intricate geometric patterns. Due to its timeless popularity, shweshwe has been described as “the denim, or tartan, of South Africa”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shweshwe Fashion designers have brought shweshwe onto the runwa

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Upcycle, recycle, and organize your way to a more productive creative space!

Ideas and inspiration for sewing and craft rooms layout, organization, and DIY furniture! Check out Sewing Room Inspiration by Sew Whats New at Mode: #homedecor #ideas #sewing #organizer #studio #sewingtips #upcycle #fabric #sewingmachine #tips #storage #recycle #notions #inspiration #craft #free

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Sew Fabric Halloween Pumpkins with Jennifer Bosworth of Shabby Fabrics + 7 More Fall Sewing Projects

Follow along with Jen in this free sewing tutorial to learn how to stitch these fun and decorative stuffed Halloween pumpkins that will give your home a warm whimsical style! FREE Cutting Guide: http://bit.ly/ShabbyFabricsFreeDownloads Monogram Shabby Shapes: http://bit.ly/1X2MIzi Kraft-Tex Halloween More Fabric Pumpkin Projects: Create Pumpkin Mug Rugs for Halloween – Raw Edge Fusible Applique with Leah Day Create a Quilted Hexagon Pumpkin or Ornament Table Runner Applique a

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Dancing Dots Quilt: Easy Quilting Tutorial with Rob Appell of Man Sewing

Published on Aug 16, 2015 Dancing Dots Quilt: Easy Quilting Tutorial with Rob Appell of Man Sewing. Rob shows us how to create this Dancing Dots Quilt using jelly rolls (2.5 inch strips of pre-cut fabric) and charm packs (5 inch squares of pre-cut fabric). To get the materials needed to make this project, follow these links: http://bit.ly/dancingdotsquilt http://land.mansewing.com/dancing-dots Or, check out the entire Missouri Star Quilt Company website here! http://missouri

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Watch this EASY Signature Quilt Tutorial for Beginners (No Binding!)

Learn how to easy it is to sew this “Signature Quilt” for a wedding, birthday, new baby, teacher, grandparent, or as a retirement keepsake. Use heirloom / vintage fabrics or coordinate from your stash. Friends simply sign the quilt with a permanent laundry marker with their message or congratulations. This is a nice quilt project for beginner quilters because it is fast and easy to complete, there is no binding! Products mentioned in this video – Shape Cut Pro Follow alandacr

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Sewing for the Patio! How to Make a New Umbrella

Patio umbrellas are sold at most department and hardware stores and unfortunately, most are sewn with a cheap fabric that fades from sun and may even rot when left to the harsher elements. If you want your patio umbrella fabric to last you should use Sunbrella acrylic canvas fabric. Sewing up the umbrella panels is an easy project following this free video tutorial from Sailrite. Figuring the fabric required is also made easy using Sailrite’s Fabric Calculator: Click this lin

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Sew an Easy Kimono Beach Cover or Long Shawl – Easy Garment Sewing Tutorials!

I love these simple kimono cover-ups because they are perfect to wear over a swimsuit, tank top + tights, with a maxi skirt or dress, the list goes on. It’s a go-to garment and it’s SO EASY to sew. You could also make one of these very comfortable kimonos to wear as loungewear. Whatever you decide, make it your own style! The cover-up in the photo above I created with one yard of ITY knit fabric at a 60″ width. This sewing project took me about an hour – if that. The fab

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Learn How to Sew Shorts – a Free Video Tutorial from Teach Me Fashion

This simple shorts sewing pattern is extremely versatile and can be used to make a number of different shorts styles (summer shorts, boxer shorts etc.) depending on your choice of fabric. Sewing tips & techniques in the video tutorial: * Sewing a side pocket * Sewing a French seam * Sewing in tucks * Putting elastic through a waistband * Sewing up a curved hem * Matching checks on the fabric Recommended Fabrics: Light to medium-weight cotton or cotton blend. A synthetic fabri

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Easy Beginners Summer Garment Sewing Project – Create a Comfy Beach Cover-up with Melanie Ham

Melanie Ham created this great beach cover-up with 1 1/4 yard of burnout knit fabric and pom-pom trim! #knitfabric #coverup #knits #ricrac #burnout #summer #beginnersewingproject #fabric #knit #sewingvideo #beginnerssewingtutorial #easy #pompoms #easysewingproject #pool #garmentsewing #MelanieHam #swimsuit #garmentsewingtutorial #trim #videotutorial #ladies #beach #free #garment

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Fabric Flower Bouquet No-Sew DIY + Round-Up

If you don’t have time to set up a sewing machine and want to make Mom something unique for Mother’s Day, check out this DIY bouquet of fabric flowers that Dana Made with a free tutorial! These pretty blooms look like roses, (or carnations if you have a pinking blade!). You will need a hot glue gun, glue sticks, dowel or twigs from outside, felt, fabric strips, and a vase. Depending on your style and what you have on hand you can create a variety of looks such as traditiona

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Quilted Farm Girl Vintage Potholders + How to Use Excess Backing Fabric as Your Binding from Kimberl

The Fat Quarter Shop demonstrates a quick and simple quilting technique for finishing off your smaller quilts. Learn how to use excess backing fabric as your binding. This simple quilting technique leaves us with very little waste and a sweet finish for your quilts. The quilt blocks featured within this video are all featured in Lori Holt‘s new book, Farm Girl Vintage. related: Easy Faux Piped Binding for Quilts Video: Four Simple Steps to Sew Denim Pot Holders or Mitts wi

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Hand Dyed Fabric and Garment Gallery + Dyeing Fabric with Food

Find more inspiring Hand Dyed Fabric and Garment photos like this on Sew, What’s New? #ad Get better at what you love to do during Craftsy’s FLASH sale! This weekend only, get up to 50% off Craftsy’s best online classes. Sale ends Sunday – shop now: http://bit.ly/springsewing The Art of Cloth Dyeing Undersea Batik Quilt by Laurie at Sew Whats New How to Dye Fabric “Knowing how to dye fabric is one of the most powerful tools in your DIY projects arsenal. If you’re looking for

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How to Dye Fabric

“Knowing how to dye fabric can be one of the most powerful tools in your DIY projects arsenal. If you’re looking for the perfect upholstery fabric for your next home decor update but just can’t find the right color, you can do it yourself! Dyeing fabric requires only a few supplies and a bit of patience. Watch as Better Homes and Gardens walks through you how to use fabric dye right now!” – Better Homes and Gardens Fabric Dyeing Channel: Fabric Dyeing techniques, tips, articl

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Fabric Options for Making Kids’ Pajamas – by Linda A Levine + 5 Free Patterns

Choosing a perfect pair of kids’ pajamas can prove to be a very perplexing task for sewers and for parents irrespective of factors like nationality or ethnicity. Comfort of the child is an aspect that no parent would consciously compromise on. To this effect, it is imperative for pajamas to be a comfortable fit, not to mention adding a flavor of fun to the entire process of going to bed. Given the fact that children have sensitive skin, being aware of the myriad of fabric opt

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Spring and Summer 2015 Sewing Patterns from The McCall Pattern Company

Spring 2015 sewing pattern collection from the McCall Pattern Company, Butterick, and Vogue Patterns. – McCall Pattern Youtube Channel Sponsor: FabricMart – Smart Shopping Fabulous Fabrics Penny Payne, Fabric Editor of the McCall Pattern Company, explores different fabric options for new Butterick, McCall’s and Vogue Patterns of the season. She also introduces you to some new fabrics and terms you might not be familiar with. Watch this before you plan your spring and summer

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Sew a Memory Lane Pillow Top – Free PDF Pattern from One Thimble Patterns

Inspired by Amy Butler’s Belle fabrics, Karen Roark of One Thimble Patterns designed this unique pillow top and shares her free sewing project in PDF format with us. The Memory Lane Pillow Top can easily be sewn from strips of your favorite scrap fabrics or a with a jellyroll. A Memory Lane Tote Bag pattern is also available. See more about The Memory Lane Pillow Top – Free PDF Pattern See more from One Thimble Patterns Find more beauty and sewing inspiration at ialwayspick

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