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    Choosing fabrics for your sewing projects


    If you love sewing but don’t  know so much about choosing the right fabric for your project, you may tend to pay attention to the patterns alone and best case scenario, the drape. Although these are important fabric qualities, they are not all that is important, so try not to ignore the others. Wear, thickness, […]

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    Choosing fabric for childrens clothes


    A guide to choosing childrens clothes fabric in our sewing project fabric guide series. Children’s Clothes So you have decided to make some children clothes, great! You have come to the right place. When choosing the right fabrics for children’s clothes a good place to start is to read the fabric specification and recommendations to […]

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    Choosing fabric for curtains


    A guide to choosing your curtain fabric from our sewing project fabric guide series. If you want to avoid making an expensive and time consuming mistake, take some time to think about the practicalities of your curtain fabric choice before making a purchase. Although colour and pattern are key elements in choosing curtain fabric it’s […]

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    Fabric for chair and sofa cushions


    Scatter Cushions This is part one of our fabric selection articles for interior design, see the other articles here. The basic rule of thumb for interior design is to use 3 colours, too many looks busy and fussy and too few can look bland. There are exceptions to this rule, but it works really well. […]

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