If you have a pattern that you love to use over and over again, this quick tip is for you. Jessica Giardino tells us how we can stabilize our favorite sewing patterns so that they will stay around for a long time. Jessica gives us two quick options for stabilizing patterns in this sewing tutorial.
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I’ve got hearing loss, and found this brief video difficult to follow without subtitles. Especially as it is necessary to show the pattern piece, so lip reading isn’t possible for these segments.
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I also trace my patterns on to the fabric used for weddings, the roll used by brides for walking down the aisle. I pick it up cheap in thrift stores.
i have being doing this for years old news
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I also had a problem to get this video to play until I enlarged the screen (small icon, bottom right). Once enlarged, all was good.
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