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Sewing with kraft-tex: When Paper Meets Fabric
If you love experimenting with unusual materials, kraft-tex deserves a place in your sewing room. Sometimes described as washable paper fabric, this innovative material combines the look and feel of leather with some of the flexibility of fabric. It can be cut, stitched, embossed, painted, stamped, and even washed, making it an exciting choice for […]
Sewing Q&A:
Q: Whenever I appliqué a light color fabric over a darker or patterned base, the color shows through my appliqué fabric and doesn’t look nice. Is there a way to prevent this? A: Two things will help with this show-through issue. First, apply fusible web only to the outer edges of the appliqué fabric, not to […]
Why Isn’t Recycled-Cotton Fabric 100% Recycled?
Recycled cotton sounds straightforward: old cotton textiles are collected, broken down and transformed into new fabric. Yet when shoppers examine a fabric label, they may discover that the material contains only a small percentage of recycled cotton blended with virgin cotton or another fiber. While the majority of recycled cotton is made from pre-consumer waste, […]
