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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Use a wooden coffee stir stick as a guide to make even stitches and even spaces between stitches. If needed, chalk the sew line &
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
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
1 – Weight pattern to a clean piece of paper. 2 – Join two pencils with a rubber band. 3 – Trace around pattern.
At PFI, we aim to make your sewing easy and professional. Here is the latest in our series of sewing tips everyone should know.
Italy may be the first to show new directions in menswear but Portland is — for the first time — fast on the heels of
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
One of the original natural fabrics. Linen comes from flax – from the Linum genus native to the middle East. To turn flax into linen,
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
Yes, we live in the Northwest where black, grey and neutrals reign supreme. Just for fun, let’s brighten our day with a pop of color
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