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Sewing Gathers Tutorial

Finished Garment with Gathered Ruffle

Gathers are an essential design element in many clothing and home decoration sewing projects. I use them in several of my own patterns. Making gathers may seem intimidating, but with a little practice you can master creating and sewing gathers. Gathers begin with two stitching rows on a long piece of fabric. The stitching rows are pulled to … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

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Cut and Sew Cloche Hat

Stitchwerx Designs Cloche Hat Side View

Now that I am selling my fabric designs on Spoonflower, I decided to enter one of their fabric of the week contests. These contests are so fun and absolutely fabulous because there is a different theme each week and there are always so many fantastically unique fabrics from which to choose. You can vote one time for as … [CLICK TO READ MORE]

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