Month: May 2012

Upcycle: T-shirt to Summer Shirred Top or Tunic Sewing Tutorial

Upcycle: T-shirt to Summer Shirred Top or Tunic Sewing Tutorial

Here’s a quick sewing tutorial for making a shirred top or tunic from an adult t-shirt. In this upcycle tutorial, you can learn to use elastic thread to shirr the bodice–it’s so easy, much easier than you imagine. You can also learn to sew with 

How to Thread a Sewing Machine when Using a Twin Needle

How to Thread a Sewing Machine when Using a Twin Needle

Tutotial: threading the sewing machine for sewing with a twin needle or double needle.  You will need to keep your needle threads separated in 3 places (if possible. this is how my machine is and many others, but you may want to look in your 

What they don’t tell you…

What they don’t tell you…

but should. Why, oh why, do pattern companies assume sewists know to do the little things? As I was re-reading the instructions for this Vogue pattern–something I always do before moving to the next step and after I’ve paused my sewing, especially when making a