Sewing

I've been wanting a maxi dress for some time and I've decided I want to make it myself. I'm going to get a matte jersey but the only problem I have now is deciding the design I found a tutorial for "Le Sac" dress here on CO+K and fell in love with it. But just this morning I...

I need some new ideas for what I can do with the kinds of fabric I use. Right now, I have satin, lightweight woven floral fabrics, and some Halloween-print quilter's cotton. I already have plans for the satin and floral fabrics, but I need a good idea for the Halloween print....

I wanted to bleach a pair of darker jeans. Not completely black, but I don't know what they will look like. Would they end up a poopy brown? Or is there any other way to get them white? I just want to do one leg by the way.

Seriously. On of my boyfriend's mother's friends was over today and she knows how I love to sew and such and mentioned to me how she has some swatches of fabric in the back of her car I might be able to use. OH DID SHE. Apparently her husband works for an architecture/ design...

I wanted to make something from K.O.H. for my cousin because he is graduating soon. I thought it would be cute to make a Heartless plushie. I can't find a pattern for one. I was wondering if anyone here could find one or had one. I really want to try to make something, but I...

Alright, so I've been wanting to make myself a hoodie from scratch, but I can't find any tutorials or patterns that are for anything but altering a current hoodie. I want it to be fitted, but not too tight. Do you know of any good tutorials or patterns that could help? thanks!...

Im uk based, I would like to know where I can buy poly foam to make a cake hat. sara

I need yoga pants. I'd like to make them. All the patterns I can find look really girly to me. It's been a while since I've done clothing, and don't have much of a head for men's stuff (ironically). Anybody have any patterns/ideas/mad skillz that would help here? I like the...

Hi everyone! So, I'm embarking on one o my biggest projects yet, a skirt. The material is slightly silky, like it's semi slippery when I hold it and such. I plan to make two panels and sew them together because otherwise it would be too short for my liking (I'm modest and not...

hi so I' m making this backpack http://bagntell.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/old-school-backpack/, i have made two backpacks before but i 've always had one problem: seams at the solder straps reaping apart after about 3 months of use i use my backpacks everyday for school,and i...

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I was cleaning my feed dogs on my serger when I noticed one of the needles on my feed dog plate had broken off! I have no idea how to go about replacing it or if it's really necessary. Any one have any ideas on how to replace it? It's a kenmore 4 spool serger....

I'm running low on notions and ideas, what are some kind of inventive closure you guys are using lately?

Does anyone have any links to websites that help with dressmaking? THANKS

I recently inherited about a yard of pink fleece with piggies on it. I wish more than anything I had a picture of it to post. But alas it's not with me right now. My only problem is I don't know what to do with it. It's bright pink, like barbie pink so that automatically means...

Hiya I'm trying to make a Finn The Human Doll (from Adventure Time) but I cant find the right colour fabric, the local fabric shops in Soho all say its really hard to find a light/skin coloured fabric and I cant find anything online either! Can anyone help me with a link for...

Ive fallen in love with the style of this apron http://www.buycuteaprons.com/collections/frontpage/products/fairy-cake-apron but id like to make it myself and since my last attempt at a simple apron didnt go so well i thought best to stick with a pattern/how to for this one....

I recently bought a 3/4 serger, and I love it to death. I never thought I could use such a complicated machine-- but now that I've gotten comfortable with it, I would like to know some techniques and tricks that I can do. I know the basic stitch--overcasting seams, how to...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78087447/woodie-fabric I wanted to get some of this fabric to make something for my boyfriend. But this is the only place I've been able to find it, and I would have to order over the phone, which I am unable to do at the moment. But anyways I was...

This year I thought it would be interesting for others to start special Christmas Plushie Tutorials. So every Advent I make a special Tutorial for you, you are able to use for Christmas Gifts. There are already 2 finished Tutorials you are able to find in my Project Gallery...

Hi there, one of my sewing machines,which is just as basic a sewing machine you can buy has recently started being a bit awkward, it keeps dropping stitches in both zigzag and straight stitch. After a while it also breaks the thread from the top bobbin. It doesnt seem to be a...

So I bought this really pretty Kelly green lace at Hancock ages ago and I was thinking of making a skirt but I'm uncertain of how to go about it... Tiered skirts a my favorite but the lace is synthetic and slides everywhere and I could just imagine the disaster that would be....

I've been working on this dress for a while and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or knew of any tutorials on how to make a ruffle along the top like this one; [IMG]http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h287/pinkweeds/22381.jpg[/IMG]

I recently acquired this MARVY Necchi Lycia 524 from my grandmother, and it's amazing. Problem is...good ole Gran lost the manual ages ago. If anyone would be willing to help me out with this devil of a machine, I would greatly appreciate it

Hey! So I've decide to do my first cosplay as Mary Poppins, in the dress seen in the links bellow. My biggest problem is Spotlight fails me when i need interesting material!!! so does anyone know of somewhere i can order materials online, and what kinds i should get? please...

I have a lot of charm-pack sized fabric squares (5"x5") and right now I do not have the patience for hand sewing a quilt. I don't really have ideas to use them for Christmas projects and could use some help. They are mostly denim and knitwear, as well as some actual quilting...

Is there a way I can get fabric to look like reptile skin? Or somewhere I can by fabric that looks like it? I was thinking of netting/lace/tulle over fabric, but I'm not sure what it would look like. I'm not aiming for the different colour fluctuations of the skin, more the...

So, I am still horribly new to this community and this is my attempt to drum up some interest - bare with me. ~chuckle~ Well, more like support. I am about to take on a HUGE project. What this project entails is making a plush dolls and TONS of accessories for it all by hand...

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Hi everyone, I urgently need help with my wedding dress. I saw a dress of maggie sottero i fell in love with, but couldn't afford the original one so had to buy a cheaper one. the pronlem is my flounces is not standing the way it's suppose to it's lying flat if anyone can tell...