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FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO SEW
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1997
NUMBER
69
A TAUN T O N M A GAZI NE
Trim with Trapunto
(It's Easier than
You
Think!)
Faster, Simpler
Bindings
The Serger Stitch ,
Right and Wrong
Make a Slim
Skirt
Really
Fit
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CAN $7.00
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design
38
Quilted Landscapes
textured pictures
by DOTTIE MOORE
from Straight Stitches
Simple straight, zigzag, and darning stitches create
49
Adventures with Ultrasuede
A
new generation of designers loosens up a classic fabric
by ANNETTE AMES
o n the cover:
techniques
32
Make Buddies with Your Binder
Look at the variety of jobs the binder foot can simplify­
and speed up!
by ANDREA MOORE
Trapunto embellish m ent elevates an
ordinary garment to the extraordinary.
For how-to details, head for p.
Cover ph oto by Jack Deutsch; hair
and m akeup by Craig Vandenbrulle.
28.
Interesting found
and natural objects
like those above
can have a second
life on the fash ion
runway. To see
how, turn to p.
54
Demystifying the Serger
This tool only
by MILLIE SCHWANDT
58.
lo ks
complicated-it's really a snap to use
details
28
Add Texture with Trapunto
Borrow a vintage technique to create beautiful lines
on a simple garment
by JANE CONLON
58
Discovered Buttons
Look again at the small objects around you.
They might be buttons in disguise.
by NANCY NEHRING
64
Dyeing with a Pleater
Shibori-inspired textures and patterns from
The object above is:
(a) a can opener; (b) New Age
guitar pick; (c) ages-old hair
curler; (d) none of t h e above.
The answer is on p.
a smocking machine
by ANA LISA HEDSTROM
32.
The remarkable fabric in the vests
above has two entirely different sides,
and needs no facings, interfacing, or
lining. Take a closer look at how to
work with double cloth on p.
60.
The exquisite patterns and
textu res on these scarves
all issue from an unlikely
source: t h e sm ocking pleaterl
Intrigued? Turn to p,
64,
fit & fabric
42
Draft a Slim Skirt That
Fits!
than to alter a commercial one
by
KAREN HOWLAND
It's faster and easier to draw up your own skirt pattern
46
ANew Hemline for an Old Jacket
Revive a jacket by shortening the existing hem or entirely
changing its shape
by
MARY SMITH
60
The Cloth withNo Wrong Side
Double cloth doesn't need facings, interfacings, or linings,
and it's naturally reversible, Here's how to sew with it.
by
MARY E LLIOT
T
departments
6
Letters
Stabilizer tips, triangle
appliques, cobweb-lace
concerns, shows, stitch-
70
Notes
Exhi bits, workshops,
new products
an d-slash history
12
Questions
14
Tips
Polished pipi ng,
76
Quick to Make
Stitch an easy bra-slip
Tencel update, wider
sewing-machine neck
80
Books
Sewing, sources,
and headwear
For a new approach
to the buttery
pleasures of
Ultrasuede fabric,
see p,
untangling thread,
and buttons
combining snaps
86
Calendar
98
Closures
Exhibits, tours, special
events, workshops
49,
18
Basics
Bias strips made easy
Test your sewing skills
22
Fitting
Fitting a bodybuilder
100
Back Cover
by Paul Poi ret
Leather appliques
Threads magazine
Postmaster:
(ISSN
0882-7370)
is published bimonthly, Feb-/Mar.,Apr/May,June/Ju]y,Aug/Sept., Oct/Nov., and Dec/Jan., byThc Taunton Press,inc.,
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1997
by
The
Taunton
Press,
Inc. No reproduction without permission of the publisher.
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the
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