Sini TuuliaIs matching the stripes or other pattern resisting you? Try pulling a ladder stitch!
You just sew from one pattern edge to another and then tighten the thread. Magic! Sew on properly afterwards once the patterns are matched!
Holy fuck it does work. 😆 
It's a little bit wobbly because this is literally the first time I've ever sewn on soutache and I'm deeply thankful for my demi-ambidextrous brain because that helped. Oh heck!
JabdenGift for Alex, my sister.
Helping Alex with cover letters, resumes, essays and whatnot, she always included “I am a strong independent woman” in her writing.
When I think of Alex, I think of cooler colors- greens and blues. However, I purposefully chose the pouch with a red zipper and will add warm flares here and there.
Here is the beginning:
JanetAnother small triumph! The finished hand-sewn English paper piecing pencil case. I bound the lining with dark red bias binding to give a nice edge to the zipper. #HandSewing #HandMade #PatchWork #MakersHour (or nearly).
Yesterday's and today's sewing. The thing about using a very small and very sharp sewing needle is that it's very easy to do small stitches fast. And this, if you're me, leads to only doing very small stitches! It does look nice on this ludicrous fabric, but still, less fine would do and this took me more time than it needed to. 😅
Sarah E BourneRemember me replacing a zipper on a backpack? (See ☝️) You'll never guess what happened with the zipper on the main compartment 😬
I've told the owner he's not allowed to use the middle compartment because I don't feel like replacing that zipper, too. 😂
Relatedly: Sewing is such a dainty and delicate hobby, in no way at all will you develop interesting new callouses and pierce the tips of your fingers so many times that the skin comes off in sort of strata... 😅 And this is with me using thimbles!
FrugalGamerI'm always misplacing my favorite leather thimble, so I finally took the time to connect it to a chain and attach it to an old mood ring I had lying around. Bonus: it looks kinda neat!
#sewing #thimbles #handsewing #sewingtips #crafty #diy
#sewing #thimbles #handsewing #sewingtips #crafty #diy
AyamasaSomeone stupid (me) decided to try and hand sew zips into their dungarees so that they didn't have to take a bag to the gig and the stupid person (me) doesn't know how to hand sew anything or have sewing pins and doesnt want to unpick the pockets so has made extra work for themselves. Stupido did manage to sew the zip in but it's a mess and ... Lumpy #sewing #handsewing #ALT4me
