As much as we'd like to just jump into a project, it's usually a good idea to first do some prep work. One of these is pretreating your fabric to prevent problems later on.
Precare Fabric
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Working with Brocade
Nothing makes a garment look more high end and elegant than brocade. Learn some tips to make sewing with brocade a lot easier.
Right Side of Fabric
Confused about the right side and wrong side of fabric? Learn some tricks on how to tell the difference.
Working With Plaid
Does the process of sewing with plaid or stripes, scare you away from fabric you love? Our demonstration gives you some tips on working with tricky design fabrics.
Marking Fabric
Marking your fabric pieces correctly is just as important as cutting out your fabric pieces accurately. More times than not, patterns have important circles, triangles or other markings and each convey a different type of information.
Pattern Layout
Learn the correct way for laying out your pattern pieces, using your guide inside the pattern envelope.
Pattern Envelope Overview
If you’re new to commercial patterns, you’ll want to watch our tutorial on how to read and understand the information you can find on a pattern envelope.
Working with Leather and Vinyl
Interested in working with leather or vinyl? Watch this tutorial to get some tips and tricks to working with these fabrics.
Fabric Bolt
Learn how to read the information tag at the end of the fabric bolt so you can properly care for your fabric.
