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Use pins with larger heads on meshes, eyelets, and loose-weave fabrics. The larger head won’t slip through the fabric as a smaller pin head would.
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Subscribe to this feedIf there’s a crease down the middle of your yardage that you can’t press out and you have pattern pieces that need to be placed on the fold line (and, of course, you don’t want the crease to end up down the center of your finished garment), try this layout:
Fold the top half of your fabric down and the bottom half up so that the selvedges meet in the middle. Then you can lay your pattern pieces along either the top or bottom fold, avoiding the crease.
This kind of layout may not work for patterns with very wide pieces or with fabric that’s very narrow.
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Subscribe to this feedWhen sewing buttons onto your garment, make sure you place them accurately by sewing them on one at a time. Sew on one button, then try your garment on. Then check the spacing of the next button before sewing it on.
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Subscribe to this feedTo make sure topstitching comes out looking straight, make sure your fabric’s grain is straight before cutting your pattern pieces from it. Stitching can look crooked on fabric that’s cut off-grain, even if the actual stitching was sewn straight.
For more on straightening fabric grain, see How to Straighten Fabric Grain.
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Subscribe to this feedDoubling your fabric for a layout is time-saving and convenient because it enables you to cut both the left and right sides of your pattern pieces out at once. But consider cutting your pattern pieces from a single layer of fabric if:
Your fabric is very thick and two layers would be difficult to cut through or…
Your fabric is a plaid, stripe, or other print and cutting the pattern pieces from a single layer of fabric would allow you to more accurately match the design.
Just remember to flip your pattern over for the second piece so you’ll end up with two opposites instead of, say, “two left sides” of a garment piece.
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