Goof! Plaids and How NOT to Match 'Em!

Hand basted the seams with fusible thread. All nicely lined up!

So back in Beginning Sewing Construction I learned about fusible thread. Apparently a great way to use it is for basting plaid pieces together to avoid fabric slipping around when you machine stitch.

You can see the stitches, because not yet fused

Thought I'd test the technique out on a sample doll's dress, as practice for upcoming plaids and tartans sewing projects.

There must be a secret to the actual fusing, because all that happened was, that when I pressed the basted seams, the thread fused onto one of the seam lines, and disappeared from the other. I would have been better off, simply basting with regular thread, before doing my machine stitching.

My lovely fusible basting thread melted into the fabric, but didn't meld the seams!

Onward and upward. This is the reason we do sample sewing!

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Jeans Sewing: JeanAge WaistBand

JeanAge WaistBand

Sing it to the song (and especially the chorus)  of The Who’s, Baba O’Riley*

(That song is often known as Teenage wasteland)

Out here in the fashion lab...I fought for that fly front

Then got my back into drafting – what comes above

I don’t need to fight

To prove I’m right

I just gotta get the fit tight

Jean age waistBand

It's only a Jean age waistBand

Jean age waistBand, oh yeah

Jean age waistBand

It’s all stitched now

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Resources

A great fly-front zipper youtube video, I've used several times by "Fashion SewingBlogTV" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gO3iE7YOU

* Baba O’Riley is The Who song that starts out

Out here in the fields

I fought for my meals

I get my back into my living

I don't need to fight

To prove I'm right

I don't need to be forgiven

 the chorus

Teenage wasteland!

It's only teenage wasteland.

Teenage wasteland, oh yeah.

They're all wasted.