Sewing Boo-boos and How to Fix Them!

 Wow, time flies! Seems like I just posted last week, but I guess not.  So, today I'm going to talk about buttonhole markings on a dark, very busy fabric.  I made a blouse that has buttons up the front and two buttons on the cuffs. Even just sewing  seams, or top stitching, I had a difficult time seeing it well. So, when it came to making the buttonholes, I was concerned.  Then the light bulb turned on, and I got out the washable stabilizer again. I think I'm going to have to buy more of it.  But before that, I have to share how my 'new' machine makes awesome buttonholes. I have always had trouble with buttonholes. The ends are not always even, the length is not always the same, even though I measure and mark.  I think the buttonhole maker is so cool, I even did a video. The first thing you do is unplug the foot pedal! So, the following is all done without use of the foot pedal. No hands, no feet involved.  Ok, now on to marking on this darker, ve...

 Good morning and Happy Saturday! :)  I've had to come up with some different ways to thread my machine since I started having problems with my vision. And then I got a new sewing machine that had a needle threader, and I was so excited about that one feature! The needle threader worked twice, but never again. :( So, it's back to my ingenuity. (Like I'm the only person who figured these two things out!)  One of the vision problems I have is a lack of depth perception. So, when I'm looking at my presser foot/needle area, it all looks flat.  If I'm sewing with dark thread, I hold a little piece of white paper behind the needle.  If I'm sewing with light thread, I hold a little piece of black paper behind the needle. It works really well.  The second thing I do is use a hand-held needle threader. All the hand-held threaders say they work for hand or sewing machine needles. But they only work for your sewing machine if you pull the thread from the back.  Y...