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Reply To: Bendable light for machine

Reply To: Bendable light for machine

I don't currently have one of these lights so I can't make any personal recommendations but this one has great reviews on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Bendable-Bright-Lights-BBL-Light/dp/B0018VDNEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374329450&sr=8-1&keywords=bendable+led+light...

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Reply To: Sewing a sleeve

...of basting stitches at the cap of the sleeve between your notches. You can see me do an example at this link: https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/butterick-pattern-5879/ jump to time code 00:45:23 to get...

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Reply To: zipers

You can watch our tutorial for shortening a zipper here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12NgBW8SQ5M...

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Reply To: Circle Skirt Tutorial – 3 questions

...your skirt isn't too weighed down. It's actually really easy and you can see me do an example of adding an easy lining in our tutorial basic skirt lining. https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/basic-skirt-lining/...

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Reply To: Adding Grow Room to Children’s clothes

...have one in the future. In the meantime, check out this article I found on it: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading/page/all If you do this, you will need to increase facings and the collar....

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Reply To: Pattern 6754

Hi there, We've done a princess seam on our Joan dress (https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/simplicity-2588-joan-holiday-dress/) You can see this around timecode: 00:26:10 The only difference really is that since it's a curvy seam,...

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Reply To: Adjust a store bought dress.

That does sound frustrating! This is a tricky problem to resolve but I do have one suggestion. Using our tutorial on how to create a pattern from simple tops, (https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/how-to-create-patterns-from-existing-clothing-simple-tops/),...

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Altering A Dress Size

I’d like to make a costume dress http://www.simplicity.com/p-2098-costumes.aspx Up until now, my costumes have been separates, with no boning. the problem I have is that I am a 12 in...

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Reply To: Making Cell phone covers

...see any tutorials for that specific item. I checked sew for home and here's the link for what I found, but I'm certain there are lots more out there. http://www.sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/scrapbusters-belt-pouch-holds-phone-more...

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