In our selection of Lifehakov, you will find useful "tricks", which dressmakers are collected for years. All of them will be useful to those who want to go out for the usual framework of needlework: to be able to not only sew a button to a shirt or patch the sock, but also with ease of bending the seams.
Useful advice
These secrets sewing will enjoy those who want to abandon the services of Atelier. A little practice - and you can independently shorten the pants and sunmate the dresses, as well as treat not easy loops.During sewing, we often encounter small problems that prevent us from achieving the perfect result. Our useful tips will help to cope with difficulties.
How to work with skin without pins
The details of the skin of the skin is best to connect with each other by stationery clips, adhesive pencil or scotchpie (small pieces of scotch stick not along the seams, then they can be easily removed). Who can't completely abandon the pin, run them along the seam lines and only on the allowances.
Why the seam is tightened
The reason may be too thick threads or not the correct needle (for thin tissues, always choose the needles of MicroTex, №№ 60-70). If these two options you excluded, check the tension of the upper thread: it is likely that it is too tight. The optimal way to avoid staging of the seam is to lay trial lines on the flap of the fabric, slightly pulling it into it, until the seam is adjusted. If this does not help, pay attention to the stitch length: small stitches reduce the likelihood of stitching seam.
How to sharpen scissors at home
It is not necessary to do this. The scissors have a sharpening angle from the knife, so it's best to contact a specialist.
How to sew metallic threads
This requires special embroidery needles for metallic threads. Such needles have a particularly long ear, so that inhomogeneous thread thickness easily passed through it. It is also very important to sew slowly, with a weak tension of the upper thread.
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