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Originally Posted by Miss-G- I ended up buying an overlocker cupcake I was so fed up with it! Also because I was too lazy to zizag the edges. You can get some pinking shears which cuts the fabric differently and does help to prevent fraying. On stuff that was really important to me I'd zizag the edges AND pink them. There's also stuff you can buy called fray-check which you can paint onto the fabric and that stops it but it might make the fabric stiff. i currently use fray-stop but its pretty useless for fabric, i'll try zigzagging

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I love this thread! I can make patterns made to measure so ill try to help anyone if i can, but will be a bit hard over the net! I need motivation to get sewing again

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oh when lincraft were having 50% i was desperately trying to find a pencil skirt pattern but i couldnt find any..i like the look of the vogue tho!
my fave pattern of all time is probably this vogue vera wang.. http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/voguepatterns/shop.cgi?s.item.V2118=x&TI='vera%20wang'&page=1 in hindsight i realise its rather OTT that i made it when i was 15 considering it is a bridal dress, but it was so much fun to make

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Originally Posted by turtle I love this thread! I can make patterns made to measure so ill try to help anyone if i can, but will be a bit hard over the net! I need motivation to get sewing again
you must be so talented!! Did you do a course or did you teach yourself?

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Gawd, i my unpicker! which probably shows how expert of a sewing person I am.

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Oh, I have instructions on how to make pants made to measure from scratch, if anyone wants them. I think they're still lying around in one of my patternmaking folders from TAFE.
Gah im on my way to work now and just saw this thread. I love sewing too! I havent been able to read everyones replies (grrr@work!) Will try to contribute something when im not in a hurry.
Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Miss-G- What is smart thread?? Is that the fusible thread??
Yep - I've tried a couple of brands of fusible thread, and SmartThread is the best. Especially great when friends ask you to "quickly" alter some hems on trousers or a skirt ... I'm not patient enough to hand sew them.

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Pinktulips I studied fashion for 3 years- i did a year and a half of a patternmaking coures on the sitam method of pattern making, then 1.5 yrs at tafe using the block method

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There should be a permanent Vogue Sewing Thread - it would be mighty inspirational.

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It would be nice, wouldn't it Vijitha! Not sure if VFP would be able to do it tho cos there's not really any sewing in Vogue mag I'm not brave enough, someone else ask
Hey turtle, what's the 'sitam' method of patternmaking? I'm intrigued! I hate blocks