Threads December 2000 January 2001

CONDITION  Good, unmarked pages, reading wear

CONTENTS

Design

Abstract Fabric Collage – Turn small pieces of fabric-even scraps—into elegant material for out-of-the ordinary garments. By Kayla Kennington

Best Bets in Fall/Winter Patterns

Take a Pattern to the Max – Unearth many fine garments hidden in a single pattern. By Gayla Gardner

Fit & Fabric

Making a Muslin – Three’s no better way to ensure that you’re garment will fit and look great than by first sewing a full or partial muslin. By Abby Riba

Sequin Smarts – Tips for Smooth sailing with this sumptuous fabric. By Karen Howland

Softly Tailored, One-Seam Trousers – Convert any well-fitting pants pattern to soft, quick-to-make slacks with an in-pocket zipper and no side seams. By Shirley Smith

Introducing Decorator Fabrics – There’s an astounding fabric source out there that most sewers don’t know a thing about. Here’s how to find it and shop it. By Laurel Sprigg

Techniques

Copying Complex Garments – Even if your garment has lots of shaping and unusual pieces, making a pattern from it is straightforward—and doesn’t require taking the garment apart.

Beginners’ Silk-Ribbon Embroidery – Hand-embroidered exquisite designs with a few basic stitches. By Karen Kieppe

Details – Sewing on a Button – It may sound like Sewing 101, but there’s more to attaching a button securely than meets the eye. By Claire Shaeffer

Departments

Letters – Medicinal dragonflies; real-world bravos

Tips – Effortless fabric cording

Questions – Vertical-welt pants pocket; pinking shears

Basics – Must-have tools

Fitt5ing – Makin and fitting hip-huggers

Tools of the Trade – Baby Lock Line Hemmer BL101

Quick to Make – Take the ribbon road

Books – Quilting, tassels

Delicious Deails – Pockets, utility and decorative

Index – Issues 87-92

Advertiser Index/Web Directory

Closures – “Barbie Doll Wars”

Back Cover – 1920s rayon dress embellished with buttons

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