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Sewing Tutorials

Making the Saree Step 1: For an 18-inch doll, cut fabric to measure 10-inches long 57-inches wide. (If your fabric is only 54-inches wide, simply remove one of the pleats in Step 4. For a 16-inch doll, cut fabric to measure 9-inches long by 45-inches wide. Step 2: 1/2-inch is […]

Project-02 Indus Valley Saree

October 15, 2015 in Free Resources / Lesson 2 / Newsletter / October 2015 / Sewing Tutorials by Shari

For many sewers, the thought of adding buttonholes to a finished outfit is enough to send chills down their spine… it does for me. The thing is, it isn’t terribly difficult to make buttonholes, especially if your machine has a one-step buttonhole feature. The problem is more about placement. A slightly […]

Freezer Paper Buttonhole Template

October 1, 2015 in April 2017 / Newsletter / October 2015 / Posts / Sewing Tips and Tricks / Sewing Tutorials / Tutorials by Shari

Sewing small scale designs often requires a little ingenuity. I like ruffles, puffed sleeves, and full skirts…. but when it comes time to add them to doll clothes, the process always begins with a long sigh. Creating a nice neat gather begins with sewing two rows of gathering stitches, […]

Gathering My Thoughts…

November 18, 2014 in November 2014 / Sewing Tips and Tricks / Sewing Tutorials by Shari

By Thomas Fuller Our patterns come to you as .pdf files, and there are many .pdf readers out there you can use to view and print them. Recently, some of our customers have had problems with our pattern pieces being too small when printed. When printing our patterns, it is […]

Printing .pdf Patterns

March 17, 2014 in March 2014 / Newsletter / Sewing Tips and Tricks / Sewing Tutorials by Shari

The following is an excerpt from Thimbles and Acorns “18th Century Hoodie” pattern and it gives the basic instructions for embedding hook and eye tape in a seam line. This method of applying hook and eye tape works great for closures that meet in the middle, is inconspicuous, and has […]

Embedding Hook and Eye Tape

December 17, 2013 in December 2013 / Newsletter / Sewing Tips and Tricks / Sewing Tutorials by Shari

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