Sewing Information, Advice, How-to
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Sewing Quick Tip:
Prevent Pin Holes in Fabric:
Thick pins can ruin finer, denser fabrics by leaving behind noticeable holes. Therefore, use pins labeled thin, extra fine, or silk. These thinner pins will be less likely to mar your finer fabrics.
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Sewing Quick Tip:
After you end a line of stitching, hold the end of the stitching between your thumb and forefinger as you pull your fabric away from your sewing machine. This will keep the thread ends from pulling your fabric and puckering it.
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Sewing How-To:
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A dozen of the best free Wallet 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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Let's make wallets! Here you’ll find twelve
great fabric wallet designs gathered from
all over the web.
A colorful fabric wallet can make a great
handmade gift for either a child or an
adult. And because a wallet needs so little
fabric, it can be an ideal way to use up
those smaller pieces of fabric you may
have leftover from other sewing projects.
And to create corners that will be nice
and sharp (when turning your wallet right
side out after sewing in your lining), try
sewing a squared-off corner instead of a
traditional pointed one. To do this, stop
stitching a little more than 5/8" (or
whatever your seam allowance is) from
the edge of your fabric. Leave your needle down in your fabric, lift your presser foot, and pivot
your fabric 45 degrees. Place your presser foot down and sew one or two stitches. Leave your
needle down in your fabric, lift your presser foot again, and pivot your fabric until the next
fabric edge is against the seam guide. Put your presser foot down and continue sewing.
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If you arrived at this page through a search engine, you may want to check out the Free Sewing Pattern Directory for a list of ALL of the free sewing patterns accessible through this site.
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*Patterns marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a PDF file.