Every time you slice a button hole, do you worry about cutting through the button hole and slicing into the garment?  One way to prevent this is to insert a pin at one end of the button hole, and slice towards the pin.  That way if you do miss, the pin will stop you cutting […]

Try hanging your wedding dress in the bathroom when you have a shower.  The steam from the shower should help to take out creases in the dress.
 Happy sewing
Judith aka genie

The band fits perfectly, but the sides stick out like junipers.  If you don’t want to unpick the band, then you can begin sewing just below the band.  If the sides are over locked together, then you can sew one side from the top down, and the other side you can begin sewing a little […]

If you don’t have a sewing machine, then hemming tape is an option, HOWEVER, I do not believe it is a good option.  The problem with hemming tape, is that if the person changes their mind and wants the garment hemmed properly after the hemming tape has been ironed on, the sticky on the tape […]

For those of us with eye sight challenges, here are a few tips for threading your needles:-
1.  Instead of cutting the cotton straight across (blunt) cut the cotton on an angle.  The thread slips into the eye of the needle easier.
2.  Use a pair of tweezers to thread your sewing machine needle.  Once you get […]

I recommend you pin the hem under, rather than out when shortening pants.  Also I do not believe pinning up at the knee area is a good idea, because pants that are tapered or flared with be different when altered from the base, so you are better off seeing what it will truly look like, […]