Sewing Information, Advice, How-to
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Sewing Quick Tip:
Don’t choose a lining for your fashion fabric based solely on its looks. Actually drape the lining fabric over your hand, together with your fashion fabric, to make sure you like the look and feel of the two layers together.
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Sewing Quick Tip:
A Better Needle for Knits:
When sewing knit fabrics, Use a ballpoint needle in your machine. The rounded point of this needle will slide between the fibers of your knit fabric instead of piercing them.
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12 of the best free Duffle Bag Patterns & Tutorials on the web!
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Note: An asterisk (*) next to a project indicates that it's a PDF file.
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*Patterns marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a PDF file.
Let’s make duffle bags! Here you’ll find a
dozen duffle bag patterns and tutorials
collected from all over the web (which by
the way, were quite hard to find – it
seems there aren’t too many of them out
there!).
Because of its roomy size and zip top
closure, a duffle bag would be perfect for
hauling items to the beach or to the gym,
and would also make a great overnight
bag.
And since duffle bags are meant to be
durable, consider making your bag from a
thick, heavy fabric like denim or cotton
canvas. And if you do decide to go with a
heavy denim, be sure to use a thicker
denim needle in your sewing machine, which will penetrate your heavy fabric more easily and
without breaking, which is especially important when sewing bulky seams that merge. But if you
choose to make your duffle bag from a lighter-weight fabric, consider adding a layer of fusible
interfacing to your fabric pieces (before sewing them together, of course) to give your bag
added strength.
And if you plan to make your duffle bag from cotton fabric and want to be able to launder your
finished bag, be sure to preshrink your fabric first. You may even want to preshrink 100%
cotton fabric more than once because cotton doesn’t always shrink its maximum amount with
the first washing.
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More Bag-Making Projects from These Popular Books!
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