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Tips on recycling neckties and on clothing construction for quilters from an award-winning designer.
email: frances@franceskacreations.com
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PO Box 54, Old Mission, Michigan 49673
fax: 231-223-7166
website: www.franceskacreations.com
PO Box 54, Old Mission, Michigan 49673
Fran's Tip of the Week
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- Sweatshirt jackets
- Necktie bias
- Preparing fabric for clothing
- Tie preparation
- Marking methods for clothing
- Wool ties
- Treating fabric for clothing
- Working with heavy-weight silk ties
- Stay-stitching a neckline
- A skirt from ties
- Saving fabric
- Bias ribbon from neckties
- Concealed raw edges
- Prepare a tie for use
- Using a fabric panel in clothing
- Fun uses for ties
- Combining fabrics in garments
- How many ties do you need?
- Altering a pattern
- Using the labels
- Clothing seam allowances
- Alternative tie drying
- Lining a simple skirt
- Taking ties apart refresher
- Using a foundation
- Neckties in clothing 2
- Threads for clothing
- Neckties in clothing
- Stitch lengths for clothing
- Pressing with ties
- Lining a quilted jacket
- Suggestive ties
- Add sleeve fullness
- Using new or cleaned ties
- Flat-fell seam
- Family ties with photos
- Stay-stitching
- Happy seasonal memory
- Preserve a favorite pattern
- Another memory project
- Cutting out a garment
- Designs for memory quilts
- Find a pattern that fits
- High Tied
- No problem zipper installation
- Modern art with ties
- Adding a collar
- Dad's ties
- Quilting for clothing
- Preparing recycled ties
- Finished seams
- Theme ties
- Fabric - to wash or not to wash
- Pin-woven "rug"
- Clothing seam allowances
- Woven from neckties
- "Unlined" patchwork jacket
- Pressing necktie fabric
- Colors for clothing patchwork
- Ties in clothing
- Threads for sewing clothing
- Textured polyester ties
- Measure, measure, measure
- Tie flower
- Re-using a pattern that fits
- Using the tips
- Choosing your cutting tool
- Necktie basics
- Shoulder adjustment
- Washing...again
- Finishing a hem
- A collection of ties
- Unlined garments
- Weaving with ties
- Sewing in sleeves
- Embellishments from ties
- Fitting a collar
- A ten-ties quilt
- Choosing a jacket or shirt pattern
- Memory quilts
- Allow ease for movement
- Use those labels!
- Add length to a sweatshirt jacket
- Wash to set dyes
- Reshaping a sweatshirt
- Weaving with neckties
- Balance in a jacket
- Fuse ties
- Finished seams on a shirt
- Make crazy-patch fabric
- Make your own quilted fabric
- Taking a tie apart
- Making a garment from quilted fabric
- Jacket with ties
- Sewing with cottons
- Interfacing one more time
- Cutting basics
- A tie quilt
- Hem facings
- Make use of the leftover scraps
- Securing a jacket lining
- Sewing ties for a skirt
- One more sweatshirt jacket thought
- Ties for embellishing
- Jacket from quilted fabric
- Silk yo-yos
- Simple sweatshirt jacket
- Ties as lapels
- Other sweatshirt thoughts
- Another lightweight interfacing
- Fitting a sweatshirt jacket
- Choosing ties for garments
- Check dart placement
- Now that you made fabric...
- Where to add width
- Make recycled tie fabric
- Before you cut
- The wrong side
- More on linings
- Those labels
- Add a hem facing to lining
- Washing and drying ties
- Adjusting for binding
- More recycling basics
- Pin, pin, pin
- Back to tie recycling basics
- Fine finishes to a jacket
- Coordinates for necktie projects
- Another seam finish for quilted garments
- More thoughts on interfacings
- Sewing a quilted garment
- Pellon interfacing for recycled neckties
- Match interfacing to fabric
- Using pre-tied ties
- More on jacket linings
- Stabilizing recycled ties for hand applique
- Add ease to a lining
- Preparing a tie for fusibles
- Jacket with foundation
- Cravat vs. necktie
- A nice lining finish
- More uses for tie parts
- Adding a lining
- Maximize use of a tie
- Multi-use travel bag
- Another interfacing for recycled neckties
- Trimming a sleeve seam
- Shameless pitch
- Lengthening a pattern
- Ties that coordinate
- Adjusting jacket waist length
- Ten ties
- Inseam pockets
- Working with a damaged tie
- One more thought on jacket facings
- More on tie "strips"
- More on fabric placement
- Ties as "jelly rolls"
- More thoughts on stripes
- Creating collage fabric
- Facings for jackets
- Embellishments from ties
- Using striped fabrics
- A finished silk bag
- Interesting shoulder adjustment
- Silk chenille
- Hip and shoulder adjustments
- Easy silk scarf
- Know your measurements
- Interface for longer life
- Add a collar
- Silk ties to bags
- Creating an illusion
- Make a collage fabric
- Make a pattern your own
- Tie collage
- Add a flange to binding
- Bag from a polyester tie
- Seam finishing 2
- Gifts for ties
- Seam finishing
- Tools for sewing with recycled neckties
- Binding a jacket edge
- Tie ornaments
- Add more room at bust and sleeve
- Weaving with ties
- Unlined quilted garments
- Pillow covers
- Choosing batting for quilted clothing
- Ties as 2 1/2" strips
- Another sleeve option
- Other tropical uses for ties
- Adjusting sleeve length
- Ties in the tropics
- Armhole seams - sleeves
- Foundation suggestion for ties
- Sewing for petites
- Washing ties revisited
- Measure, measure, measure
- Working with the bias
- Accomodating a larger bust
- Using the tie ends
- Garment details
- Mix ties with other fabrics
- Easy jacket pocket
- Using leftover bits of ties
- Adding an inseam pocket
- Removing underlining from a tie
- Pressing during construction
- Washing - yes, again!
- Adjusting length
- Create a theme with ties
- Armhole seams
- Polyester ties
- Pressing garment seams
- Skinny bias tape/binding from ties
- More thoughts on sewing curves
- Jacket ideas for neckties
- Sewing curves in clothing
- Flange from a tie
- Fabrics for clothing
- Storing ties
- Sizing for a quilted garment
- Ties as inspiration
- Adding fit to a jacket pattern
- Idea for a silk tie
- Altering a shoulder
- Ties in applique
- Threads for garment construction
- Washing disassembled ties
- Easing fullness in a sleeve
- Ties in clothing
- Raw edge finishes
- Leaving a tie whole
- What is underlining?
- Washing ties (again!)
- Seam allowance for quilted garments
- Seasonal Ties
- Adding a bit of shaping
- Tie facts
- Jacket facings
- Uses for tie labels
- Seams in quilted garments
- A durable tie purse
- Seam allowances for clothing
- Reminder for washing ties
- One piece bindings for small openings
- Watch for the rare ones
- Adding length to a pattern
- Mixing siks with polyesters
- Quilted garments
- Neckties in art quits
- Cutting on grainlines
- Sudoku ties
- Add embellishments
- Using stained ties
- Sewing smooth seams
- Using up those scraps
- French seams in unlined garments
- Yardage in a tie
- Adjusting a shoulder seam
- Flowers from ties
- Preparing fabric for cutting
- Using the textured polyester ties
- Straightening fabric
- Theme quilt with ties
- More tips for pressing clothing
- Crazy patch with ties
- Tips for sewing seams
- Shirts & ties
- Fabric grainlines
- Loose dyes in ties
- How to handle ease in a seam
- Using a whole tie
- What kind of interfacing?
- Raw edge applique with ties
- When to interface
- Those wide ties
- Layers for quilted garments
- Another skirt waistband
- Thread for sewing garments
- Skirt waistbands
- Interfacing a shirt collar
- Skirts from ties
- Easy bound buttonhole
- Stabilizing a tie seam
- Sizing a quilted jacket
- More tie websites
- Clothing construction resolution
- Necktie resolutions
- Relining a jacket or coat
- Christmas stocking with ties
- Hong Kong finish
- Sewing with neckties
- French seams
- Another idea for leather ties
- Flat fell seams
- Leather ties
- Placing buttonholes
- Wool ties
- Prewash washable fabrics
- Making the most of a tie
- Sewing with rayon fabrics
- Piecing with neckties
- An attractive patch pocket
- Storing ties for use
- Easy lapels for collarless jacket
- Neckties for handbags
- Pressing pleats or creases
- Tools for necktie patchwork
- To wash or not?
- Don't toss the polyester
- Stitch length for clothing
- Circle appliques from ties
- Cording alternative for piping
- Finding coordinated neckties
- Press with a ham
- Make use of the labels, too
- Underlining for body
- Ties as 2 1/2" strips
- Hemming a garment
- Patriotic tie project
- Lining an unlined jacket
- Making the most of a tie
- Add piping for a neat finish
- Jewelry bag from a tie
- Secure patch pockets
- A skirt from ties
- Add a little ease to jacket linings
- Another fun use for ties
- Cutting with proper tools
- Using striped ties
- Another cuff alternative
- Frayed ties
- Add length to a straight sleeve
- Theme ties
- Securing jacket lining
- Necktie compatible patterns
- Tools for cutting out garment pieces
- Prep ties for washing
- Sizing a quilted garment
- Ties in appliques
- Am I a petite size?
- Ties make fine chenille
- Straighten crooked fabric before use
- Tie tree skirt
- Grainlines
- A silk flower
- Test fit a pattern
- Tie scraps in a quilt
- Foundations for pieced clothing
- Tie scraps to fabric
- Manage a stretchy seam
- "Theme" ties
- Adding buttonholes
- Stretching a tie collection
- Help to ease in fullness
- Useful weblinks for ties
- Add a flange for accent
- Hand washing ties
- Make buttons to match
- Men's quilts from ties
- Staystitch before adding collar
- Those college ties
- Pressing a crease or pleat
- Random necktie observation
- Making a fold at a seam
- Don't forget ascots!
- Lining a simple dress, part II
- Make a cute bag
- Lining a simple dress
- Embellishments from neckties
- Stable buttonholes
- Cutting long strips from ties
- Secure knot for hand stitching
- More fabric from tie scraps
- Adjust a baggy armhole
- Ties as "fringe"
- Alternative sweatshirt jacket
- Prairie points from ties
- Adding a button-front
- More on bowties
- Beaded jacket binding
- Finding coordinating ties
- Matching design at center front
- Prepare ties to use
- Adjust a fitted sleeve
- Appliques with neckties
- Front facing for unlined jackets
- Seminole pieces with ties
- Create a lapel
- Using ties scraps
- Binding a sleeve hem
- Using bright ties
- Make a fitting muslin
- Skinny bias with neckties
- Colors for patchwork clothing
- Stabilize ties for appliques
- "Coloring" a zipper pull
- Making "fabric" with neckties
- Pressing seams in clothing
- Ties in a quilt background
- Seams in a casual shirt
- Take a dozen ties...
- Simple jacket lining
- Stabilizing a necktie before use
- Pressing a front facing
- Full use of neckties
- Choosing batting for quilted clothing
- Neckties as "Jelly Rolls"
- Using stripes in clothing
- Finding striped neckties
- Staystitching a neckline
- Using the "odd" neckties
- Collar construction
- Maximize recycled ties
- Adding ease to lining
- Neckties in a border
- Invisible zipper installation
- Finding coordinating neckties
- Lengthening a fitted jacket
- Neckties in quilts
- Adding length to a jacket
- Proper tools for neckties
- Adding beaded fringe
- Fully assembled ties
- Cutting slippery fabrics
- Sewing ties together
- Cutting jacket lining
- Neckties for appliques
- Shoulder adjustment
- Prairie points from ties
- Sloping or narrow shoulders
- how many ties?
- Using leftover sweatshirt ribbing
- Recycling bowties
- Wearable art pattern too small
- coordinates for necktie quilts
- Make it work
- Binding with neckties
- Too-long sleeve
- Recycling pre-tied ties
- Staystitching curves
- Bias trim from neckties
- Too-long sleeves
- Sleeves of ties
- Jacket sleeve adjustment
- Stabilize long tie seams
- Fit a new pattern first
- Memories from ties
- Sweatshirt jackets
- Curves with ties
- Custom cut pattern
- Cutting ties on-grain
- Curved seams in clothing
- Pressing ties
- Colors for wearable art
- Ties for bias tape
- Binding jacket edges
- Stabilizing ties for sewing
- Lengthen a sleeve
- Interfacing ties
- Sleeve bindings
- Foundation piecing ties
- Turning a lined jacket
- Heavy silk ties
- Lining a princess
- Taking those ties apart
- Adding lining ease
- Use those labels
- Lining for an unlined jacket pattern
- Cutting recycled neckties
- Beaded fringe
- Using worn ties
- Pattern markings
- Using faded ties
- Sewing in a sleeve
- Clingy ties
- Easing fullness
- Washing ties
- Tall or short pattern adjustment
- Tie tips
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- Wool ties
- Treating fabric for clothing
- Working with heavy-weight silk ties
- Stay-stitching a neckline
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