Yesterday I decided to have another go at making.
Never 1 to shirk something challenging I decided to make a t-shirt
Really simple pattern
But
It involved working with t-shirt fabric and bias binding
never used either before
what a nightmare
Its stretchy!!
loved the fabric
loved the colours
loved the pattern
My machine didn't
in retrospect I should have done a bit of research on working with stretchy fabric
My poor machine ate so much cotton it give up the ghost!
Lessons I have learned
1} use a needle specifically for stretchy fabric, apparently you can get ball point needles?
2] use the right stitch type, straight doesn't work, use a zigzag
3] use the right foot on your machine, there's a nifty little walking foot
simple when you know how
finally. here's the unfinished , put back into the stash drawer t-shirt
Spot the many mistakes......
That's 2 projects done, neither of which I will wear, good job its cheap fabric that I can refashion when I have worked out what to do with them!
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