I’m secretly addicted to embellishments on clothes. I love the edginess of studs and mirrors, beading is beautiful, and don’t get me started on sequins! Ahhhh! LOVE! Whether you get your embellishment on by adorning garments you sew from scratch or by adding to store-bought clothes, you need a product that will glue embellishments to fabric without budging […]
What kind of fabric glue should you use when you can’t use pins? When it comes to pinning, it can be a challenge, depending on the fabric you’re working with. If you’re working with slippery fabric like silks and linings, or if you have a fabric that pins could leave puncture marks in (hello leather and […]
One staple product that’s always in my sewing kit? Fray Stop! I use this mostly as a quick way to prevent my serger threads from unraveling when I’m serging my seam allowances, but I also use it on store-bought garments if any threads inside my clothes are coming loose. Make sure you only use a […]
What Are Sewing Machine Dogs? Sewing machine feed dogs are the two little strips of metal ridges in your sewing machine that are hiding underneath your presser foot. If you advance your hand wheel you’ll see them move up and down. What Do Sewing Machine Feed Dogs Do? Watch below and find out! Click here […]
I love, love, love sewing supplies! I can’t tell you how many pair of scissors I have, how many stitch rippers, spools of thread, measuring tapes, oh my goodness. I could go on forever! But, you don’t need a room full of this stuff. (Don’t tell my husband! I’ve convinced him I really DO need […]
Many experienced sewers say that pressing is just as important (if not more so) than sewing when it comes to making clothes. Wait, rewind. What’s “pressing”? It’s the sewer’s term for ironing. Like sewing, a good press can be dependent on your tools, and the Oliso Pro Smart Iron With iTouch Technology is one of my faves. […]
