Cross the long
ends of the fabric so that they form an X shape on your chest that is tucked into the waist portion of the wrap.
Not exact matches
To do this, fold your wrap in half lengthwise
so that both long open
ends of the
fabric are facing upward.
Pull the long
end of the wrap behind your body and then around the front, spreading it out over your chest and stomach
so that the
fabric is kept wide.
Making your own bias tape, knowing right side from wrong side
of ribbing
fabric and
so much more... and you
end up with a great towel bib that doesn't need to go over the baby's head.
Lighter weight thread is used when sewing the
ends of the diapers
so the thread may wear out faster than the
fabric does.
For each egg, cut the
fabric so that you have enough to cover the egg, wrap the new
fabric around the egg, twist a twist tie around the
end of the egg (on top
of the other twist tie) and tighten the light - colored
fabric as you did with the tie material.
It has opened up
so many doors
of innovation for me, because now I am able to think
of how the
fabric would be used in the
end result, and design from there.
So many times I have gone into various stores that sell maxi dresses that
end up being completely see - thru in certain lights due to the thin, light
fabric, and lets just say I am certain many find this out the hard way after already wearing the dress out in the light
of day!
Initially I was going to use seam binding on the edge but
ended up slightly miscalculating how much extra
fabric to leave after the cuff and where to run my line
of stitching,
so I just left it.
I
ended up safety pinning the back
so the cutouts would lay flat... it is meant to have a tight fight
so I had lots
of extra
fabric.
It is a line for Kmart however,
so you have to have reasonable expectations, it's not super high -
end with high
end fabrics; but I didn't pick up a couple really cute pieces and a steal
of a price.
So, as you can see, I loved something about four
of the five items but in the
end it was the fit and
fabrics that just didn't do it for me.
My own way
of fixing pointy darts is to extend them slightly
so that the last half inch or even a little more
of the stitching is on the very edge
of the
fabric, barely catching, and then to tie the
ends off in a square knot and use a tailor's ham to press the dart on both sides
of the
fabric.
I like to mark the
ends of the zipper onto the
fabric with a wash away pen
so I have a guide line when sewing the two sides together.
Don't need too much
fabric so can buy small amount
of higher
end designer
fabric to put on top side.
Then I turned the place mat over
so the right sides were together and pinned it, paying extra attention to the
ends where the two pieces
of shirt
fabric were buttoned together.
It is made out
of the softest
fabric that has a tiny bit
of stretch
so I will be able to wear it through the
end of my pregnancy.
1999 ARCO International Artist Project Room, ARCO, Madrid, Spain Best
of the Season, The Aldrich Museum
of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA The Self, Absorbed, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, USA Search Light: Consciousness at the
End of the Millennium, The CCAC Institute, California College
of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, USA As Above,
So Below: The body «s equal parts, The
Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, USA Digital Sites, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA Transmute, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA Niños de la calle (Street Kids), Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
The Dutch started to produce these
fabrics industrially for the Indonesian markets towards the
end of the nineteenth century but the industrially produced versions were not popular there,
so they tried West Africa.
Use it to cover the following: an air mattress with a not -
so - great comforter (cover the comforter with an over-sized sheet, and then place a nice
fabric in the middle or
end of the bed).
Don't need too much
fabric so can buy small amount
of higher
end designer
fabric to put on top side.
Little
fabric trays are
so useful for holding lots
of odds and
ends in your sewing room, or around your home.
Fortunately, the red work had pretty lace edges,
so I just strategically wrapped the
fabric around the pillow and tied it at either
end with a length
of Baker's twine.
So I hot - glued the
fabric to the
end of each slat, much better now.
I have been eying those outdoor rugs, because our deck is hideous... lol I just wish I could find or build some simple «blinders», my backyard is like a fish bowl to the rest
of the neighborhood, we are the second house from the
end on a flat street at the side
of a hill,
so the WHOLE row
of house on the hill can see into my yard (because I can see into theirs - not that I intentionally look) but that's just it - you don't have to try... I want like a free standing portable frame that I can hang some
fabric (or drop cloths from) Or framed lattice sections I can move around..
She
ended up returning the pillows because they were a couple
of different sizes, and I found the
fabric (Magnolia Home Fashions Sidney Tropic) at
fabric.com
so we could make them ourselves in the right size.
BTW — When you are upholstering, make sure that you staple once in the middle
of each
of the four sides and then continue stapling around the piece, going from one side to the other and
end to
end,
so that the
fabric stays straight and taunt.