#sewing hack

I’ve reorganised my sewing needles using spare blood tubes from the hospital! It is such a great way of storing needles because:

1. I can stab them into the rubber thingy at the top so they stay organised and I don’t need to tip them out into my hand (the rubber is thick enough that they don’t poke out the other side)

2. They stay sealed in the container with anti-moisture beads so that they don’t go rusty

3. I can colour-code the tube lids depending on what is in them

In this post, you will learn faux shirring hack to create dresses without the need of a zipper. Have you ever admired those shirred dresses that look so chic and comfortable, but thought they were too complicated or expensive to make? Well, you’re in luck, because in this faux shirring tutorial, I will show you how to create your own shirred dresses with just an elastic band and some…

I saw a thing where you turn the top basket of your cart upside down and run zip ties between the ironing board and basket...so I bought a cheap small ironing board to try it and it was super easy! I tried to keep the zip ties towards the edges where I won't iron as much to avoid melting them. I haven't gotten a chance to try it out yet but I'm excited!

Doing some quick bleach tests to see if the gold fabric I bought two years ago actually is silk cause it didn’t feel like it, and there was some concern about the fancy blue “silk” I bought over the weekend. I used a scrap from my green poly 1927 day dress as the control subject. The green poly never discolored nor lost integrity. Meanwhile the gold broke down easily with some agitation, as did the blue plus it turned to an ugly yellow and brown after 20 minutes.

Friendly reminder kids, do not bleach your silks nor your wools unless you want to see if they’re true animal fibers and not fakes. If there’s a stain try brushing it off and taking it to a dry cleaners.

Metric ruler (easiest)

Hold the fabric as shown above with your left fingers at "0", right fingers above "10 cm".

Stretch until you feel resistance and look at the number.

If it stretches to 16, it means you have 60% stretch, if it stretches to 12, it means you have 20% stretch.

Imperial ruler (requires you to do a little math)

8-5=3

3/5=0.6

0.6 x 100 = 60%

If it stretches from 5" to 5 1/2" = 10%

If it stretches from 5" to 6" = 20%

If it stretches from 5" to 7" = 40%

If it stretches from 5" to 8" = 60%