sewing fleece jacket
The Latest Home Business Trend is 150 Years Old
A century and a half later many women, and men too, are earning a living with home sewing. The Small Business Administration estimates that as many as 14 million Americans make their living from home. Sewing has a proven track record as a home-based business in dozens of niches, including upholstery, bridal wear, crafts and quilts.
Sewing machine manufacturers have responded by producing "prosumer" models, such as the Janome Professional Series, with professional performance but consumer-friendly ease-of-use, making it possible for even more entrepreneurs to start home-based sewing and craft businesses. In a world of mass-produced products, shoppers value custom-made items, and many are willing to pay a premium for them.
Dianna Grundhauser ran her own quilting store on Maui, Hawaii. After five years, she decided the long hours necessary to run a retail location weren't worth it and began running the quilt-making portion of her business out of her home.
"To do the kind of work I do, I needed an industrial machine. But I didn't have the room," said Grundhauser.
She purchased a Janome 1600 Professional, a high-speed, straight stitch machine with the performance characteristics of an industrial model - speed, power and durability - and the size and convenience features of a home machine. Grundhauser now has a successful home business and sells her quilts online, which helps keep overhead costs low.
But home sewing businesses don't always stay small. Scott Jones didn't even know how to sew when he decided to make a custom-fit fleece jacket for himself as a college junior. His company, Beyond Fleece, now sells to serious outdoor enthusiasts around the world.
In addition to the 1600P, Janome's Professional Series includes the 6600P full-featured sewing machine and the CoverPro coverstitch machines.
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Burda 9763 Boys Sweatshirt & Fleece Jacket Sewing Pattern Size 11-16 $5.94 |
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Simplicity 2504 Misses Jackets Great in Fleece! Size 16-24 *Buy 5, Get 6* $5.50 |
sewing help!?
i'm starting to sew with my grandma & i was wondering if i could make a fleece jacket kinda similar to the ones in good name brands?
i want to save a lot of money this winter, plus we cant have decorated jackets in school so i can make a plain jacket like that.
& can i turn bootleg jeans ect. into skinny jeans if i undo the seam & hem & stuff?
(no stupid answers please)
thanks:)
Polarfleece jackets are pretty easy, and the fleece can hide a multitude of sewing sins. See if your library has a copy of Nancy Cornwell's first book on working with fleece, which I think is "Adventures with Polarfleece" , or Rochelle Harper's book "Sew the New Fleece " (might be 'sewing the new fleece')
Rules the regular pattern companies don't tell you for fleece:
1) Fleece has a crossgrain stretch (it's a knit) and some fleeces have lengthwise or all over stretch. Because it's a knit, it doesn't ravel, so you don't need edge finishes or huge seam allowances.
2) Most fleeces do not need interfacing. Despite what most of the Vogue/Butterick/McCalls/Simplicity patterns say. Fusible interfacings are particularly difficult with fleece. When I do need interfacings, I use similar fabrics like microchamois (which makes wonderful pocketbags, btw), or stable polyester knits.
3) Buttonholes in fleece can be tricky. Loop and button closures or a simple stitched rectangle are usually the neatest of the buttonholes. Machine made buttonholes usually distort pretty badly. Some folks have reported success with machine made buttonholes if they put something like Totally Stable behind the fleece for stitching. Try several test buttonholes with different methods before you decide what you like.
4) Zippers in fleece are easy if you know what you're doing:
A) baste in the zipper with the fabric lying flat on a tabletop.
Use Collins Wash A Way Wonder Tape (about $3.50 for 10
yards) to baste in the zipper. Do not let any part of the fleece
overhang the edge of the table while you're basting. Then
sew in the zipper. The tape disappears first time the jacket
is washed. Also good for basting patch pockets.
B) Use a good quality "sports zipper" for most purposes.
5) Buy good fleece. Unless you have experience with determining the quality of fleece on a roll, stick with Malden
Mills or Huntingdon fleeces, imo. Most of the chain store fleece looks awful after a few washes. There is a Malden Mills online outlet: http://www.milldirecttextiles.com/ that has
the good stuff, and the fleece throws they're offering at $18,
free shipping, are excellent value and just about the right length for a jacket, maybe a jacket and vest. Or check http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com for a list of other fabric sources -- many of them carry good fleece.
6) Good patterns for polarfleece tend to come from some of the smaller pattern companies. I can personally vouch for patterns from Kwik Sew, Stretch and Sew and Jalie.
Hang on to your "fat jeans" -- looks like they're coming back
according to some fashion forecasts. It's really not very practical to convert bells to stovepipe jeans after the fact. It
can be done, but it's actually faster to sew new ones from
scratch. And they'll fit better.
If you're determined to refit your jeans, drop me a note and I'll dig up an old post of mine on how to do it. I also have an old faq on working with polarfleece I can send you.
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