sewingprojectsforbeginners's posterous http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com Most recent posts at sewingprojectsforbeginners's posterous posterous.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:42:37 -0700 Sewing Gathers: A Video Tutorial http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/sewing-gathers-a-video-tutorial http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/sewing-gathers-a-video-tutorial This is a very helpful tutorial. The same method I used for years.

Other gathering options are to use a double needle to sew both rows of stitches at once, or to use a special gathering foot on your sewing machine.

Happy Sewing,
Grammy
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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:10:42 -0700 Sewing Aprons with Recycled Clothing http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/sewing-aprons-with-recycled-clothing http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/sewing-aprons-with-recycled-clothing Oooo - love this project. Sewing aprons by re-purposing articles of clothing. How clever!

Check out this video on this quick and easy sewing projects for beginners.

Happy Sewing,
Grammy

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Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:48:01 -0700 Long Jean Skirt Project http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/long-jean-skirt-project http://sewingprojectsforbeginners.posterous.com/long-jean-skirt-project The latest sewing project for beginners is how to make a long jean skirt.  In this video, it shows a knee length skirt, but your skirt can be the full length of the jean legs - which means you won't need to hem the bottom!  I have used legs cut from another pair of jeans that no longer fit, to use as the filler fabric, matched the bottom hem and sewn to have a full hemmed long jean skirt.

This short video shows you how to convert a pair of jeans into a skirt.


Happy Sewing!
Grammy

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