Want to take your waistband game up a notch on your pajama bottoms or workout pants? Try adding a drawstring to your elastic waistband in order to tighten this area even more. You can use this method for most patterns that have an elastic waistband and give an extra little touch to your garments.
Drawstring Elastic Waistband
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One Step Buttonhole
Did your machine come with a one step buttonhole presser foot and you're unsure how to use it? Watch this video and learn how to create easy, perfect buttonholes every time.
Buttonhole on Stretch Fabric
Avoid a wavy buttonhole on stretchy fabric. This demonstration offers two different methods to make sure your buttonholes end up nice and flat even when sewn on tricky fabric like knit.
Corded Buttonhole
If you need to do a buttonhole on a stretchy fabric, you should do a corded buttonhole for added stability and strength. This tutorial shows you how to tackle one on your sewing machine.
Button Placket
You can create your own simple pattern for a button placket and learn how to sew it to a top or bodice.
Poncho Assembly
Stay warm and fashionable with a simple poncho. Professor Pincushion shows you how to use your patterns to sew your own.
Button Band Pattern
For a buttoned down shirt, you'll want to create a button band pattern. Using our shirt bodice as a foundation, we go through each step on creating this pattern.
Button Band
The button band is an essential element in the sewing of a buttoned down shirt. See the step by step process on how to create button band for buttons and buttonholes.
Bound Buttonhole – 2 piece technique
Add some couture style details to your garment with a bound buttonhole.
Machine Buttonhole
Get over your fear of buttonholes and learn how to create them on your sewing machine.