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Shed light on serger threading and cleaning

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | January 29th, 2010

Wear a backpacker's headlamp for extra light inside a machine

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Your ruler can determine grainline

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | January 22nd, 2010

Use your ruler and a bit of tape to help you position your pieces on grain.

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Use a machine stitch as a perfect guide for hand sewing

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | December 25th, 2009

Baste a straight stitch using your machine and use the perfectly spaced stitches as a guide for evenly spaced hand stitches.

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Thread needles with a floss threader

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | December 18th, 20092 comments

Look to the dental aisle at the drugstore for threaders that help make threading needles a cinch.

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Use Lint Roller Scraps From Your Sewing Room To Make Unique Cards

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | December 11th, 2009

When I finish a sewing project, I clean my sewing-room floor with an adhesive lint roller. When my lint roller’s outer layer becomes full of threads and lint, I affix it to folded card stock, creating a unique note card.

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Recycle plastic trays from the supermarket

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | November 27th, 20091 comment

Empty plastic foam trays from the supermarket make great sewing notion storage for your workspace.

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New Use for Tailor's Chalk

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | November 20th, 20091 comment

Place one triangular piece of tailor's chalk in a box with your silver jewelry to keep it tarnish-free.

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Easy Turning Through the Seam

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | November 13th, 20091 comment

Whether you're making a pillow or a sash, use this tip to help you sew anything needed to be turned right-side out.

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Stray threads become artistic cards

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | October 30th, 20091 comment

Recycle used lint roller papers that were used to clean up your thread mess and transform them into works of art.

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Keep fabric steady while ironing with a magnet

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | October 23rd, 2009

Magnets can be a sewers best friend at the ironing board.

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Spiral bobbin storage

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | October 16th, 2009

Use recycled bindings from notebooks to organize bobbins.

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Recycled fabric makes great piping

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | October 9th, 2009

Can't get to the fabric store? Use recycled strips of fabric as cording to create your own piping.

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Keep pins handy with an egg cup

ThreadsMagazine, contributor | October 2nd, 20091 comment

Egg cups make convenient, and super-cute, pin storage.

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Coldworking with Dichroic Glass Jewelry

AAEglass, member | September 30th, 2009

Cold working: Revolution XT Tile Saw review I usually save all my cold working on my dichroic glass jewelry for one day of the week and do it for about 8-10 hours straight. Cold working is not my...

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Exotic bird dichroic fused glass pendant

AAEglass, member | September 30th, 2009

Dichroic fused glass image pendant jewelry - a really cool blue dichroic color with an exotic bird image lined in 22kt gold by A.A.E. Glass Art. Dichroic glass focal bead with a beautiful display of...

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