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Sewing Tip: SHORTEN A LONG COIL ZIPPER

1 – Place zipper stop at bottom of opening so excess is at top. Sew zipper. 2 – Unzip zipper below waistline. 3 & 4

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Sewing Tip: MAKE EVEN RUNNING STITCHES

Use a wooden coffee stir stick as a guide to make even stitches and even spaces between stitches. If needed, chalk the sew line &

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Sewing Tip: MAKING EVEN BLANKET STITCHES

 1.  With a marker, turn your thumb into a ruler. 2.  Make marks ¼” or ⅜” apart. 3.  Hold your thumb at the same level

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12 hems in a hurry

Is it Summer? Do you want to finish that hem so you can wear that dress? Check out these 12 hems in a hurry for

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Pattern Tip: ADD SEAM ALLOWANCE TO A PATTERN

  1 – Weight pattern to a clean piece of paper. 2 – Join two pencils with a rubber band. 3 – Trace around pattern.

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Sewing Tip: Quick & Easy Gathering

At PFI, we aim to make your sewing easy and professional.   Here is the latest in our series of sewing tips everyone should know.

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Men’s Trends for Spring/Summer 2020

Italy may be the first to show new directions in menswear but Portland is — for the first time — fast on the heels of

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5 Easy Ways To Go Sustainable

Fresh off its successful April Eco-Month, PFI pulled comments from its Advisory Board members and asked new teacher Annin Barrett from the Textile Hive to

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Fabric of the Month: Linen

One of the original natural fabrics. Linen comes from flax – from the Linum genus native to the middle East. To turn flax into linen,

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Can fashion be sustainable?

Why is sustainable fashion on everyone’s minds now? That’s because fashion has a massive environmental cost. – It is one of the largest polluters and

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