Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Sewing Christmas Gifts - 7 Useful Tips

Sewing Christmas is stretch a fun way to your vacation dollars, and create one-of-a-kind presents. It is a great option if: You are fighting the hordes in the big box stores tired, sick, repackaged by the same old merchandise for the Christmas rush current or frustrated with poor quality goods to sell on quality prices.

Once you have decided to order items for those who sew, you are on your gift list, you must come with a battle plan as well as helping out a timetable for you to be successful.Here are seven tips to get you started:

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 1
Now is not the time to learn, how to make a lined jacket or a fitted dress. Save this for you if have more time and a bigger budget. Stick with projects that are set in the current capabilities.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 2
Keep it simple. Simple does not mean "boring." There are simply too many substances and since cutting out anything boring ever again.

SewingChristmas - Tip # 3
If you decide to sew clothes, choose a forgiving pattern, something that does not require a fitting session.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 4
In the preparation of gifts, it is less stressful if you have a fabric that you are familiar with use and do not break my heart if you make a mistake and destroy. Sewing on cotton is made much easier than with smooth fibers.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 4
Did not overestimate your speedskills and knowledge. Be realistic, if you find out how long it will take to you to make an item. The large sample manufacturers have hundreds of patterns with the title "The 2-hour-shirt" or "The 4-Hour jacket." If you propose one of these patterns, twice as much time. Do not forget, you're probably not just sew gifts, but work or go to school and maybe even running a budget as well.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 5
Feel the sweat shop.

Deleting aRoom large enough to create, perhaps in a place where you can leave everything and do not have to endure after each sewing session.
Make the same product for several people on the list. Repetition creates confidence. Confidence test speed.
If you make four pairs of pajamas, for example, sew each of them will be in a different patterned fabric, but all the same color family. This way, you are not constantly changing themes.
Wind several reels before you start sewing.
Havemany pins.
When it is time to sew, follow the same step for each of the elements. For example, Sew inseams all at once. Then they take the ironing board and press the inseams the same time.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 6
If you do not have the feeling to have confidence in your ability to sew a complete garment, you can add your own embellishments into ready-to-wear products - like beads on the bottom edge of the jeans or little fabric yoyos to turn into flowers and bowthe underside of a little girl's skirt. Sew you bought a football patch on a sweatshirt for your nephew.

Sewing Christmas Gifts - Tip # 6
Sewing Christmas Gifts need not be about clothes. I love Christmas ornaments for friends and family that they can use to sew in their own homes: banners, dolls, reindeer, Christmas tree skirts, Christmas trees, garlands, table cloths, napkins, placemats, wall hangings, lap blankets and ornaments.



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