QuickTips Index
Quick and Cheap Costume Fringe - How to Make Inexpensive Fringe
Many Halloween and stage costumes need fringe to make the costume complete. Save your money and make inexpensive fringe.
Electrical Wire as Cording to Make Stiff Piping
As sewing supplies become hard to find we will learn to make do... with helpful hints like this we can't go wrong! Make your own piping using electrical wire as cording.
Simple Ways to Meet Dress Code Rules On Ready Made Clothing
Simple additions are an easy way to convert store bought clothes that are too short to meet school dress codes. Learn how to transform store bought clothes here.
Hated Packaging Stiffens Costume Parts
It's packaging you hate but it works great for stiffening a costume such as butterfly wings and making fabric stand up.
Create a Frayed Edge or Frayed Hem and Control the Fraying
How do you make a frayed edge stop fraying or keep it from continue fraying? Learn how to stop they fraying here.
Sew Controlled Cuts in Jeans
Do you want to create the same ripped appearance that you can buy in a pair of jeans? Learn how to create those rips that don't keep ripping here.
Quick Tips to Cleaning a Homemade Doll or Toy
A homemade, hand sewn doll or toy is special and a lot of work went in to creating that doll or toy. Laundering that doll or toy with just a few special considerations will preserve the doll for years to come. Learn more here.
Transferring Dots to Fabric From Your Sewing Pattern
Here's a quick tip to mark or transfer dots found on sewing patterns to your fabric.
How to Preserve Sewing Patterns
Learn how to preserve your favorite sewing pattern so you can use it over and over again for years to come.
Sew a Cat Toy from a Shoulder Pad
Ever save those shoulder pads only to wonder what to do with them. Sew up quick and inexpensive cat toys using this great tip.
What to Use to Achieve a Firm Bottom on a Homemade Pocketbook
Sewing your own pocketbook leaves endless possibilities but how do you make the bottom strong enough to not sag? Learn how here.
Tip for Practicing Even Hand Stitches
A quick tip to help teach and learn to sew evenly spaced hand stitches
Alternative to a Zipper Closure or Close a Costume Gap - Costume Sewing Tip
Many Costumes have gaps in closing which allow cold air in. Zippers take time to sew. Learn about a quick alternative to zippers in a costume here.
Buttons Without Buttonholes
Not happy with the buttonholes your machine sews but you want buttons on a costume? Find some quick alternatives here.
Fabric that Can't be Pinned
Not all fabric can be pinned in place while you are sewing. Unsightly pin holes can be avoided while managing un-pin-able fabric. Learn solutions here.
Tips for Sewing Slippery Fabric
Are you sewing slippery fabric and having a problem controlling the fabric that wants to slide all over? Find solutions here.
Tips for Sewing Pleather
Sewing pleather, a synthetic leather fabric, can present a few problems. Learn how to overcome problems sewing with Pleather and sew beautiful creations with Pleather here.
How To Choose The Right Side Of Fleece Fabric
Fleece fabric wicks moisture away from the body IF yuo have the right side out. Find out how to tell the right side from the wrong side of fleece fabric here.
Interfacing Chiffon and Light Weight Fabric
What kind of interfacing to use on see-through and lightweight fabrics is a common question. Find answers here.
Threading A Sewing Machine - Keep The Presser Foot Up
When you thread a sewing machine, the steps are pretty simple. A common problem that you may not realize effects the outcome can be found here.
Sticky Notes as Seam Guides
An unusual use for sticky back notes, but not all sewing tools are found in the sewing room. A pad of sticky backed notes provide a barrier and provide a seam guide.
Press and Sew
Do you know the difference between irong and pressing as you sew? Find the key information you need to avoid a homemade look and have professional, eye catching results.
Stop End of Seam Thread Jams
As you near the end of a seam the machine seems to eat the fabric or you obtain a knotted ball of thread. There are ways to eliminate the problem!
Fusible Web - - What is it and how to use it
Fusible web can be the perfect solution for quick fixes and no sew sewing. What is fusible web, how do you use it... find the answers here
Fabric Storing Tips
Storing your fabric is vital to protecting certain fabrics until you are ready to sew it. Find some quick tips that you need to know here.