#threads magazine

[elizabethplaid]

Threads Magazine - July 2001 - pin cushion mannequin

Saved from an old copy of Threads Magazine.

Might be useful for making mannequin props or as a cute pin cushion. Tag me if you make one!

[lisamarie-vee]

[wtfcl0ud]

if anyone has a workaround to threads magazine's paywall pwease let me know cri

[professorpski]

Threads Magazine, Winter 2022

This issue offers a lot of special items for fancy occasions, but it also offers coverage of more common sewing projects.

It begins with a seasonal dress-up fabric, velveteen, see the rich purple jacket on the cover. Sandra Betzina offers advice on using this fabric, and that jacket which is BurdaStyle 6661, offers a clever embellishment with golden beads and buttons shooting like comets. The Up Close feature on the back of this issue is a jacket with a doubled peplum which Kenneth D. King explains how to copy. In between we get an an article by Katherine Seeburger on her “opera dress,” which you see in the floral brocade, a special occasion dress which she planned and created with the help of King and Susan Khalje. And we get the winners of the Make It With Wool contest which includes this felted white wool coat, embroidered and embellished, by Kim Vogley which comes with a dress.

Duane MacLeod offers a technical article on sewing welt pockets which I am ready to try, and Linda Lee offers advice on creating a capsule wardrobe, an old idea of coordinating colors and shapes which is always worth reviving to my mind. There is also a gift section suggesting everything from a new machine to a trip to France. All this plus reviews of new patterns, and interviews including one with Natalie Chanin known for the Alabama Chanin company and its striking but simple embellishments.

You can find it at your local fabric store, newsstand or online here: https://www.threadsmagazine.com/

[mockva]

[alexjcrowley]

Btw I can't believe all the Hamilton edits with Hamilton the musical, especially to Wait for it but when they're done with Carlos

Like girl be fr if someone is his Burr that's not Carlos that's Nico fucking Rosberg, he owned that role

Carlos and Lewis have had beef for a month because Vasseur gave Lewis Carlos's job, you want bitter soul crushing rivalry that's been destroying another guy's life step by step, that's been booked by Britney since day one

[silvianap]

Gwendoline Christie today signing copies of "Perfect Magazine" Issue Six 💎

📌 Dover Street Market (London)

📆 February 18, 2024

(-> twitter thread)

[goldennika]

Translations of the Hueningz GQ interview are coming out and i’m not okay 🥹

[knittingmagscans]

McCall's Needlework & Crafts Summer 1978

Pages 61 – 72

Page 64 is missing

[ineffable-gallimaufry]

forums were great actually. i think we should bring this back

[venusimleder]

Only now I realized that the name of the Italian magazine is Gioia, not Giola.

[lisamarie-vee]

[professorpski]

Threads, Fall 2022

 This article has a good range of topics from making use of quilts to replicating a vintage collar to fitting and embellishments. The cover story by Judith Neukam on quilted jackets ponders re-using a vintage quilt as well as collaging with new fabric scraps. Related to this accidentally is the article by Lindsay Ostlie who offers a zero-waste blouse which you see here in brown with cut-on dolman sleeves and the fabric selvedges used as trim along the buttoned opening. Now, if all the dressmakers could get together with the quiltmakers, I think we could put to good use all those fabric scraps from more conventionally cut garments.  

Anna Mazur explains how to create a flower motif using self-fabric petals with sealant applied around the edges and paillettes, crystals and beads. You see here the pale green blouse that results. You can well imagine different designs to develop using this technique from the quieter self-trim like this  to more dramatic contrasting colors.

Kenneth King analyzes the circa 1940 dress in black, white and red on the back cover with an unusual collar created with a center ring through which the two scarf collar edges loop to button down high up on the bodice. He explains how it can be done and his version is quieter than the playful version on the back cover with two-tone covered buttons in order to avoid what he calls a “costumey” look. If on the other hand you are interesting in theater costuming, you will enjoy the articles on Bernadette Banner who recreates period clothing from the late 19th and early 20th Century and on Arnold S. Levine, author and millinery, who does Broadway and carnival millinery work of all kinds and who shares some of his favorite supplies.

There are also more technical articles on ways to make knit pants, on fitting garments through the shoulders, bust and torso, plus reviews of new patterns and fashion trends for fall.

Threads is my favorite airplane reading as you can enjoy the pictures when your brain is tired or dig into the details of a new technique and learn how to do it.

You can find it at your favorite bookstore, fabric store, or online here: https://www.threadsmagazine.com/

[bevanne46]

A Tug of War! Bobbins Get Set, Then Go!

Think of the top thread and the bottom thread on your sewing machine as having a tug of war. If the threads are identical and you are sewing on a single layer of fabric, both sides have equal strength and the result will be a draw.

However, in the real world, the teams are rarely equal. One team will be stronger or bigger or faster than the other. We use decorative threads on top. We often use different fibers for the top and bottom threads. We also add stabilizer or batting to our projects. Sometimes we might use a cotton bobbin thread and other times we use a polyester bobbin thread. All these factors make it necessary t adjust the tension for each project.

By adjusting the top tension either up or down, we are able to add or take away strength on the top thread team to equalize the tug of war battle. How much to loosen or tighten the tension depends on your machine. Experiment with new settings until you get the desired results.

Taken from the “Quilt” Magazine Summer 2003

[rares-posts]

They slayed

[silvianap]

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ole Bornedal & Ulf Pilgaard for Børsen Pleasure 📸

📆 December 2023

(-> twitter thread)