Don’t you love it when people show you a quick tip that changes your sewing life? I absolutely love it. My sewing mentor recently dropped this little gem on me so I thought I’d share!
When attaching gathered fabric to flat fabric you can use this little tip to keep your gathers PERFECT. So next time you attach gathered trim to a sleeve, a skirt to a bodice, or gathered trim to beading, this is a quick trick that will make your life easier.
- Gather your fabric (in my case trim) as normal. Making sure gathers are nice an straight and evenly spaced.
- Lay a paper towel down on your work space.
- Place a piece of stabilizer (this is stitch and ditch) on the paper towel
- Spray the stabilizer with a spray adhesive (I used kk 2000)
- Press the edge of the gathered fabric to the stabilizer.
- Et VOILA! The edge of your gathered fabric is now stuck…proceed as normal and don’t worry about pinning-your gathers will remain perfectly spaced as your sew.
I hope this changed your life like it did mine! Feel free to comment or message any questions!
One Comment
Janie
Wow!!!!! That’s a good tip. Ive always suffered through shifting gathers much to my dismay.
Hope you are feeling well!