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Six simple steps to sewing with elastic thread successfully (otherwise known as shirring). Learn how to master these basic techniques.

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white polyestere webb with double sided end, 3 / 8 inch long and 1 / 4 inch wide

Elastic White Flat Sewing Elastic Ribbon 25mm (1 inch) Ideal for Sewing Waistbands and Crafts 10 Meter Length : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

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two pairs of pink pants with ruffles on them

For many people, elastic waistband is a synonym of comfort. Most commonly seen on skirts, pants and dresses, a garment with elasticized waist is easy to pull on, will stay in place all day and live with your body. Elastic waistbands also allow for small variations in fit and work great for most body types....

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Elastic Gender | NOT JUST A LABEL

The nuances between masculinity vs. femininity and the sexes have always been fluent and when you look historically or anthropologically at how men and women dress you will see that defending one type of clothing as combined to one gender is not possible. However there are still in the society today a very strong opinion on what clothes are appropriate to what gender - especially the boundaries for which men have to dress to fit in to the masculine norms are very tight.

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the sewing pattern is showing how to make ruffles

So have you ever had trouble getting nice gathers on stretchy fabric? Well here’s my little trick: put a bobbin of elastic thread in your machine instead of your regular thread, and sew two lines of stitches at the longest stitch length. I normally sew them at 3/5″ from the raw edge and just under 5/8″ from the raw edge. The fabric will gather up automatically and evenly! Perfect gathers every time. It even helps prevent those icky wavy seam joins that can happen with knits. Just make sure…

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