SO busy sewing
I have been SO busy sewing lately. Well, in my head anyway.
Technically speaking, there hasn’t been any actual sewing but there has been lots of thinking about sewing. Lots of reading about garment sewing in particular, lots of looking at patterns and stash and I just know that I will begin actually sewing some new clothes for me soon. In the meantime, here are a couple of things I have been reading:
- Did you know that the commercial patterns are sized for a B cup? If you have a larger bust (like me) then you ought to do a Full Bust Alteration on your pattern before you begin.
- Did you know that you ought to be sewing your t-shirt hem and neckline with a double needle: When you sew with the twin needle, you will see that you get two lines of straight stitching an equal distance apart. On the underside, you only have one thread, so the stitch will be a zigzag as the bobbin thread has to go from side to side to catch each top thread. The advantage of this stitch is the built-in stretch provided by the zigzag. A twin-needled hem on a knit top will have the necessary give as you pull the knit over your head so that the stitches don’t pop. If you had simply straight-stitched that hem, you could now be hearing little pops as the stitches break due to the stress. The fabric stretches, but your stitches won’t. With a twin-needle stitch, your stitches can stretch with the fabric.
I have found a few good new-to-me sewing blogs lately too, which you can find in my blogs list over there in the sidebar. If you are reading this in Bloglines, then you’re gonna have to click here to see the blog list on my site.
A lot of people are loving this photo so I thought I would put it in again.
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Thanks for the tips on the double needle. I’m about to sew some knit fabric and ought to do it that way.
That toy sewing machine reminds me of one I had when I was young and stupid. I decided to see if it would sew through my thumbnail and guess what- it did! My mom had to take me to the doctor with the machine hanging off my hand to have it removed.