Sewing

The amount of filling you need is dependant on the type of filling. Are you using down feathers, foam, cotton, silk or acrylic batting? Each of these types will require a different amount. If you are buying the filling in person, you can see for yourself how much you think you want. If you are buying online or mail order, you will have to ask the supplier what they would suggest.

A tapestry is composed of weft and warp threads. Warp or tension threads are hidden once the work is done, while the weft threads are passed in between the warp threads to complete the tapestry design.

Boot-cut jeans are wider at the bottom of each leg than they are at the knee, allowing room for the jeans to easily cover the tops of boots. Shortening the jeans at the hem (bottom of the leg) necessarily removes the wider portion of the pants leg, leaving the narrower upper portion to fall over the boot. The shorter the pants leg, the narrower the bottom of the leg will be. The only way to avoid this narrowing would be to shorten the pants leg at some other point - at the knee, perhaps, or higher on the thigh. But that option would produce an unacceptible horizontal seam across the leg of the pants. The only other option would be to open the side seam of the pants leg and insert a gusset (triangle piece of fabric) to widen the bottom of the shorter pants leg.

sew a seam with a 5/8 seam allowance.

then on ONE SIDE of the allowance, trim it to half the size. don't measure just eyeball it.

then press the seam allowance to one side with the [now] short allowance on top.

fold the longer allowance over the shorter and press it.

then flip the whole thing to the other side of the seam and press again.

finally, topstitch as close to the edge as you can.

flat felled seams are the strongest and are used where ever a great amount of tension exists, such as the seams on your jeans, or the shoulders in a shirt/jacket. they are also used in sports clothes.

Could the answer be Poplin?

Maybe you can buy a replacement wire in a fabric store.

A cam border is the plain strip of fabric about one to two inches in from the edge of the towel. A decorated cam border gets a new name: dobby border.

Actually, it is embroidery (chainstitch embroidery to be exact) as named after the man who invented the machine that produces it around the mid 1800's. For more information see: http://www.dhub.org/object/258311,embroidery

It is very hard to determine the total number of houres on a sewing machine. But you could look at the owner or past owners and see just how much they used the machine. Also look at the condidion of the machine. It might give you a clue.

Changed based on post by Narayana.ma in Discuss:What is the basic function of plotter in a computerized embroidery pattern making machine with plotter and how does it differ from a machine that doesn't have a plotter? This question may include the description of an obsolete model embroidery machine. In earlier machines the data was fed to the machine with the help of a huge device known as a "plotter". Such plotters were basically graph sheet like gadgets on which the drawing would be reproduced so that the x,y co-ordinates of the points of the design could be determined and fed to the machine. Today this is replaced by new technology called digital plotting wherein the designs are converted into machine readable format by using some digitizing software which determines the x,y co-ordinates of the points comprised in the design and records them. This recorded data is then transferred to a floppy disc or cd-rom and can then be fed into the machine.

Since most knitting is done by using a pattern, you need to follow the directions you are given. Most patterns will tell you to knit around, or back and forth, depending on the end result desired. If you want a sleeve that is already round (with no seams), you knit around and around. If you want a flat finished piece to sew into a seam, or use flat (such as a placemat)go back and forth.

The gusset is designed to give extra "give" in a garment that fits too tight. To do this, open the seam where you need to have extra room. A gusset is a piece of material that is shaped like a double triangle (or diamond) and is made from the same material as the pants. You cut a gusset from the fold of material as if you were making a long, pointed triangle. When you open the gusset, you have a wide section in the middle and four points. This gets pinned into the pants with the long points at the ends of the seam that you have opened, and the "fat" part gets pinned at the other two seams that no longer meet. Match edges, baste into place and try the alteration on. If it fits well, then sew the new seams together. If it doesn't fit well, trim the gusset carefully, repin and baste. Keep doing this until the correct fit happens, then sew the gusset into place.

Novelty fabrics are fabrics with a theme of some sort. Pets, holidays, toys, and sports are just a few of the numerous motifs printed on fabric. This type of fabric became popular during the last quarter of the 19th century . At this time they were called conversation prints. Bicycles, horseshoes and anchors were popular motifs. During America's Great Depression manufacturers began to sell animal feed and staples like flour and sugar in sacks printed with delightful themes. Once the feed sack was emptied the sack was used to make clothing or quilts. There were some delightful novelty prints on feedsacks. See the link to feedsack novelty fabrics. The novelty fabrics available today seem to be endless and include just about any theme you can imagine. Just one word of warning. If you find a novelty fabric you love you'd better buy it then and there as they are usually done in just one printing.

Hi,

I was about to ask the same question. Have you received any answers?

Anne

A group of people who get together and do craft projects, mostly sewing.

A woman's handbag or small diary. Example: she always has a pocketbook.

A foot that allows the needle to sew from side to side is a zigzag foot. The foot has an open middle so that the needle can move freely from side to side.

Pull up and down until it loosens. Release the cloth under neath the zipper, and then pull until it becomes loose.

If the zipper teeth are damaged or missing, the entire zipper must be replaced. If the zipper just keeps popping open, you probably just need to replace the slide or "pull" Look on the back side of the slide and there will be a number and/or letter. Number denotes size (5, 7 or 10 is most common for coats or jackets) and the letter usually tells what style (plastic, metal, coil etc.) Cobbler shops usually have replacement slides for most zippers and they can usually replace it while you wait. Costs run $5 to $10 installed, (versus $40 to $80 for an entire new zipper!) If you can buy just the slide from a shop, it's very easy to install 90% of jacket zipper slides. At the top of the zipper will be "stops" or little tiny U-shaped pieces of metal crimped on above the top tooth of the zipper. They're there to prevent you from pulling the slide all the way off, hence "stops". Carefully remove it by opening it slightly using a pair of dikes or side cuts...wirecutters to the layman. Just use the sharp edge to get in between and squeeze lightly. The stop should open just a bit. Carefully remove it and put it somewhere nearby, DONT LOOSE IT! You only need to take off the stop that's on the same side as the pull (slide). Now pull the original slide all the way off the top, you might have to twist it a little, but it should come right off. Now take the new slide and work it back on, from the top down, on the same zipper track you just took the old one off. Grab the tab of the slide and twist back and forth until it drops freely onto the zipper teeth and falls to the bottom. Now take the "stop" and crimp it back on and your done. If you got the right slide it will zip right up tight just like a new jacket.

As a former cobbler myself that did a lot of jacket repairs, I would say 7 out of 10 bad zippers were just the slides. They wear out much quicker than the teeth and then cannot mesh both sides together fully. Support your local cobbler!! You'd be amazed at what they can create and repair. And in this economy "Repair and Save!"

The lockstitch is the stitch most sewing machines perform, which takes two threads. One thread passes through a needle (above the fabric), and the other comes from the bobbin (below the fabric). Each thread stays on the same side of the material being sewn. The sewing machine interlaces the two threads at each needle hole, by means of a bobbin driver.

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Sewing is math, in a way. Here are some of the many reasons that sewing is like math: 1. You have to meausure your fabrics to make sure that you have enough for your projects. 2. Using a seam gauge. 3. Hemming to the correct length. 4. There are sooo many other ways. Let me know if you need more!