Here’s a great tip from So Sew Easy How to do quick and easy gathering with dental floss!
Have you ever tried to gather a longer fabric into a shorter fabric piece? Well Deby has…”No matter how careful I was, how slowly I did it, I kept on breaking my gathering threads. Over and over again. And I’d have to unpick and start again. And again. My fabric was starting to fray and really suffer and I was getting no where. That’s when I threw it all the floor in disgust and took a break for coffee and a Creme Egg. I like to brush after eating sugary snacks, and when I opened the bathroom cabinet to get my toothbrush I had a eureka moment! My eyes fell on the dental floss.” Read more here….
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Thank you so much for sharing this tip. I don’t gather a lot, but there are a couple of friends with babies on the way so it could be very useful for the future.
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This tip is awesome! Thank you for sharing! I would have never thought to use dental floss! Awesome!!!! 🙂
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love this DIY and how simple it is 😀
Im a Swedish fashion blogger based in London, would love it if you could check out my blog 😀
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Sure! 🙂
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Sure!
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Thank you 🙂
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WOW! What a great tip. I will keep this in mind for sure. To remind myself I’ll transfer some dental floss to my gadgets drawer in the sewing room. You have saved me a great deal of difficults at some future date.
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That’s great! Happy sewing!
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