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  • About
  • At a Glance
  • SewSpark Kids
  • Garments
  • Quilting
    • Baby Quilts
    • Quilt Projects
    • Quilt Blocks
  • Altering and Upcycling
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    • Notions, Tools, & Fabrics
  • Crafts & Other
    • Craft Projects
    • Christmas Crafts

Altering & Upcycling

How to Hem yoga pants

 Learn how to shorten a pair of yoga pants from measuring and folding the adjusted hem to sewing and finishing. The video features twin needle stitching. 

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how to replace a hoodie zipper

 Learn how to replace a zipper in a hoodie with a facing.  Video also shows how to shorten a metal separating zipper. Zipper insertion would be similar without the facing. 

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how to resize a sleeveless knit dress (& keep the pockets!)

Follow this tutorial to see how easy it can be to take in a sleeveless knit garment. Included is how to move pockets and incorporate slits at the hem. I used both my sewing machine and my serger to do this alteration, but it can easily be done with just a sewing machine, by replacing the serger stitching with a knit or zigzag stitch on your machine.

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