Silky Sundress

Simple silk sundress with zipper down the side.  Silk moss green lining.

G Street Fabric's Cutting & Sewing Room, Vogue Vintage Gown

Project:  Vogue Vintage
               Original 1957 Design
               V2962

Joseph S. Domingo Display

My prior posting of Joseph Domingo was the enchanting pink chiffon gown.  His updated window display is an elegant gown of emerald green.  This picture was taken back in Aug of 2010 while I was visiting San Francisco.

How To Test Your Thread Tension

Some machines have "self adjusting tension".  For those of us who don't have these types of machines, we need to pay particular attention to thread tension, especially at the beginning of a new project.  Imagine the needle goes down into the fabric and a sharp hook catches the needle thread and wraps the bobbin thread around it.  If the needle tension is stronger than the bobbin tension the needle will pull the bobbin thread up through the top side of the fabric.  Likewise if the bobbin tension is too strong, it will pull the thread through the fabric to the underside of the material.  Perfect tension is where the threads locks together between the top and the bottom layers of fabric.

These videos will show you how to determine if your tension is set properly.

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