'Threads' Magazine is bi-monthly and one of
America's
top sewing magazine.
'Threads' is a technical garment sewing magazine for enthusiastic
sewers of all skill levels. It includes the best first-hand instructions on a
variety of sewing topics. In every issue you will find inspirational features
on design ideas for all your sewing projects, construction and finishing
techniques from sewing professionals on fitting, alterations, fabric,
embellishment techniques from beading to machine embroidery, for garments,
quilts, and home furnishings, and lots more.
In this issue (August / September 2012 ) there are features
on:-
- Elegant
Exposed Zipper – get a refined finish with this clever installation
- Get the
Ideal Silhouette – strategies for achieving the illusion of a perfect
figure with the garments you sew
- Tailored
Trousers – add impeccable details with classic menswear techniques
- The Mesh
Butterfly Challenge – presented with a surprise fabric, ‘Threads’
contributing editors design four unique ensembles
- Industry
Guide to Sewing Order – your go-to list for garment assembly
- Alexander
McQueen – brilliant designer, intriguing artist, and provocative showman,
he was also a master tailor who used traditional construction techniques
to achieve his artistic visions
- Notions - a textile house's stationery line, have pins at the ready, fashionable zippers, water-soluble stabilizer
- Tips - borrow a crayon from the children, homemade bobbin holder, simpler closures, keeping track of your stash, improve topstitching on the corners
All these features along with the regular letters, tips and lots
more