Hi Everyone! This week is packed with tips and tricks for sewing buttons with loop closures! In the video below, I'll show you how to do three different types (the time stamp to get to each one is provided below).
2:05 How To Sew a Thread Loop (for a button or a hook)
12:05 How to Sew Fabric Loops
25:56 How to Make Your own Frog Closures! (Thanks for the suggestion - Bee!)
Watch the video below.
Pattern Overview: For this topic, you can choose to sew with any pattern you already have. Below you'll find a list of the Liberty Jane patterns either shown in the videos or ones that highlight the specific types of closures mentioned.
Liberty Jane Piccadilly Sweater (available for 18" AG, Ellowyne, Welliewishers, Disney Animators, HFHG, and BFC, Ink Dolls)
Week Two Assignment: Time to practice what you've learned! After you watch the video, play around with one (or all) of the techniques mentioned. Post your projects in the Facebook Group - we'd love to see what you've made!
Resources (links go to Amazon):
Soutache Braid Trim - This trim type can be used to make the frog closures or tiny trim loops. You can find this type or trim at any fabric or craft store, as well as fabric.com
Other tools for turing narrow spaghetti straps would be: A bobbi pin (shown in the LJ Maxi Dress Pattern), A Bodkin Turning Tool Dritz or Clover.
You can find 1/4" Steam-A-Seam Lite or 1/4" Pellon® Lite EZ-Steam pretty much anywhere sewing supplies are sold. You can use this product on any seam that needs stabilization that doesn't need stretch. We use this in all our Janes shoe patterns too!
Next Tuesday - Week 2: Buttonholes - tips and tricks for success!
11 Comments
Elaine
May 18, 2017
Wow Cinnamon! You are really impressing me with your Heirloom technique of making frog closures out of soutache and satin cording from scratch. This is what I am talking about. Forget the velcro, I really always have loved the old fashioned way of making doll clothes that look authentic like a human being’s clothes. Besides, the velcro gets attached to doll hair, and cording from the AG dolls necks and sometimes satin and makes it so pilly. I love the original way of doing doll clothes. Thanks for reminding me of all of this. It is wonderful to learn how to make these things ourselves because as the big Craft Dept. stores are getting more Modern, we as customers lose out of these simple elegant items to really enhance our doll’s clothes and ensembles. It is getting so hard to find good quality items anymore. So thank you so much for that tutorial. Looking forward to more Antique/Heirloom skills and techniques. God Bless You.
Margaret(Peggy)
May 13, 2017
You have made this seem so easy. I love how you take your time showing how to do each project and talking us through it. The first one with the thread closure I have already used on the 3 sequin dresses. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHappy!
Haleemah Muhaymin
May 11, 2017
Hi, I don’t see the download link after clicking ‘download video link’
Cindy
May 10, 2017
What would you use for the super small loop for the hook like the dress example you showed as an example.
Susan
May 10, 2017
I wax the thread with beeswax before starting. This makes the thread nice and pliable to work with. I then press the finished loop (careful to avoid the fabric) to seal the loop. This technique also works well for belt loops.
Maurine
May 10, 2017
Awesome. I learned a new technique for turning small straps as well as inspiring me to make my own frog closures. Thank you again Cinnamon for sharing your knowledge.
Dolls R Great
May 10, 2017
AWESOME lessons! I love the out-of-the-ordinary, decorative closures! These tips take the final finishes to a beautiful, new level! Thank you!
Ruth
May 09, 2017
Yes, please add downlink arrow for video. Many thanks. I love Oriental dresses and the video makes more sense than even step by step pictures.
Jean
May 09, 2017
This lesson was awesome! I’ve been sewing for many years and never knew how to make a thread loop. Can’t wait to try these closures!
kim
May 09, 2017
Very informative, could you please have a picture tutorial for these techniques for those of us without internet to refer to at home when trying these? i really have learned a lot in this group. Thank you!
Pat
May 09, 2017
I do not see the download link after clicking on the ‘download video link’
Elaine
May 18, 2017
Wow Cinnamon! You are really impressing me with your Heirloom technique of making frog closures out of soutache and satin cording from scratch. This is what I am talking about. Forget the velcro, I really always have loved the old fashioned way of making doll clothes that look authentic like a human being’s clothes. Besides, the velcro gets attached to doll hair, and cording from the AG dolls necks and sometimes satin and makes it so pilly. I love the original way of doing doll clothes. Thanks for reminding me of all of this. It is wonderful to learn how to make these things ourselves because as the big Craft Dept. stores are getting more Modern, we as customers lose out of these simple elegant items to really enhance our doll’s clothes and ensembles. It is getting so hard to find good quality items anymore. So thank you so much for that tutorial. Looking forward to more Antique/Heirloom skills and techniques. God Bless You.