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louise87
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Inheriting a pass-me-down sewing machine as part of a wedding gift, i decided to give this sewing thing a try. I've always dreamed of making my own clothes but never thought i could actually do it. I'm still learning and don't dare try altering a pattern or free-styling it.
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- March 11, 2009
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Jun 17, 2009, 10.24 PMby elektrocute
thanks! it’s very simple…pretty much all you need to do is take a long piece of fabric, and on the top and bottom sew an encasing – flip over however much material you need for the width of elastic you’re using – for the elastic to be inserted into (ex: the elastic i used for this was approx 1/2", so i made a 1" flap and sewed a little less than 3/4" down). Then you take your strand of elastic (for me, for the bust area i think i used like 28") and then, using a safety pin to lead the elastic, i scrunched the material onto the elastic, which created that gathering effect. i hope i didn’t make that sound confusing :). but you should definitely try it!