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Reply To: Replacing Elastic Waistbands

Reply To: Replacing Elastic Waistbands

...elastic, sew the ends together, and resew the casing shut. Check out our tutorial on the elastic waistband if you need help putting the elastic in the casing. 🙂 https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/elastic-waistband/...

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Reply To: Lining “the Staple dress”

...I think treating the lining as an underlining would be the easiest thing, especially with that elastic waist. We have a tutorial here on Underlining: https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/underlining/ You're essentially basting main...

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Reply To: Mannequins?!

...your own dress form. We don't have a tutorial on this but I found one here that you might want to take a look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKZ0PGx3xWQ Hope this helps! 🙂...

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Reply To: Ruffler for a singer

...Or you can search for local dealers in your area and talk to them. To find the closest dealer to call, go here: http://www.singerco.com/locations and on the right hand side...

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Reply To: Recommend A Machine

...else: https://www.professorpincushion.com/forums/topic/sewing-machine-blues/#post-9781 Craigslist is a great place to look for machines. I've even seen ones like mine. You can set up a search notification on craigslist so that you'll get...

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Reply To: Reviewing a completed lesson

...button that is directly above the video thumbnails. It is called "Sort Classroom Videos" and go to "Sort By Completed", then "Show Completed". Or just go to this link https://www.professorpincushion.com/sewing-classroom/?completed=YES...

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Reply To: Up sizing a pattern for Little Women

...don't have a tutorial on pattern grading yet but there's a really good article/how to here: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading/page/all I hope this helps and you can get your costume done. good luck!...

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Reply To: Sock Monkeys

You can get them from JoAnn's and use a coupon http://www.joann.com/original-red-heel-sock-for-monkey/1097427.html?mkwid=lR4u2OIe|dc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+Kids+%26+Teachers&CS_003=10131488&CS_010=%5BProductId%5D&gclid=CNTwzdSltcICFUZbfgod7QUAzg...

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Reply To: How add seam allowances to a pattern

Here's a trick I've heard of but haven't tried. I think it would work pretty good. You can just add your own paper spacers until the distance is 5/8". http://www.fivegreenacres.com/2010/02/16/tools-of-the-trade-add-a-seam-allowance/...

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