For Beginners in Sewing

On The Twelfth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Rotary Skip Blade Make the Bookmark 1. Start with a piece of fabric with fusible web applied and the paper backing torn off.In this case, I used the leftovers from the labels. 2. Fold the fabric onto itself with fused sides together. This creates [...]

On The Eleventh Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Snip-A-Stitch Finish the Edge 1. Use the same thread in the top and the bobbin of your sewing machine. Choose a nice edge finish stitch. I use an edge foot because the stitch seems to look so much better with it. Snip-A-Stitch is a [...]

On The Tenth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Rotary Pinking Blade Make the Back Label and the Spine Label 1. Apply fusible web to fabric before cutting.This will keep the back label and spine label from fraying. 2. When using this blade, be sure to hold it upright so that both sides [...]

On The Ninth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The Rotary Wave Blade Make the Border 1. Choose your border fabric. The color you choose will frame the project,so it can be subdued, or as I chose, something that would be bright! 2. Measure the size of your borders and add 1/2″ for overlap.The [...]

On The Eighth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love IsThe 7″ Serrated Sewing/Quilting Scissors Make the Lining 1. I used polyester taffeta lining fabric for the lining. I traced the correct size of the lining onto the fabric with a fine line marker and then cut it out with serrated scissors. Havel’s serrated scissors are [...]