Fabric Care: Sewing

Fabric can absorb odors like a sponge and getting those orders out of the fabric may not be as simple as washing the fabric. Luckily there are ways to de-stink the material and have wonderful fabric to sew something great.

Some fabric wants to fray by shedding threads and falling apart before you can sew it together. If it falls apart in to the seam allowance, it becomes difficult accurately put the pieces together. Learn ways to curb the fraying and preserve the fabric to have a lot less frustration and accurate results when you are finished sewing with the...

A bag full of scraps can seam like a treasure until you want to sew something with them and you don't know if the colors will run or if two fabrics are washed the same way. Learn what you need to know to identify fabric scraps and put them to use.

Have you seem squished up, puckered fabric and tried to find it. You can make your own using this special notions. Learn about it here.

Choosing your first piece of fabric requires a bit more than what looks pretty. Learn about the things to look for when you are going to buy fabric, before you go to the fabric store.

Not all fabric is sewn in the exact same way. Sewing Pleather or synthetic leather requires a few little changes. Learn how to sew Pleather here.

Once you start sewing, a great piece of fabric is hard to resist... and usually will come home iwth you even if you don't know what yu are going to make with it right away. The problem becomes safely storing the fabric they you "just had to have". Learn to preserve your fabric stash.

Place the pattern piece on the lengthwise grain of the fabric... wonder what they mean? This page has the answers you need to understand everything about fabric grain.

The fabric store is not the only resource you have to find fabric. There are a lot of very economical sources you may not have thought of. The information you need to guide you to economical fabric sources can be found here.

Fleece fabric can look identical on both sides. But there is a difference in the sides of fleece and you can tell them apart. Learn more here.