Hey, you gotta come over to I MUST SHARE THIS to read my interview with Pink Grapefruit Style shoppe owner. Her name is Holly and she is very nice and offers us some great ideas for us Etsy people. She has the most awesome vintage findings in her shop and you have to keep watching her because she adds new things all the time and they go fast. So please come and take a look! Hugs to all and enjoy the long weekend.
The top handbag is my most recent piece of art. LOL. Sewing on "marine vinyl" is not for the weak hearted. I had to "google" every trick in the book. You need to understand some of the basics of Vinyl before you start a project. I'm telling you this because I started the project before I knew.....which is typical of all of my projects. First, let me just say that vinyl is sticky and does not like to feed forward. It sticks and refuses to move without feeding with your hand from the back side and pulling from the other hand from the inside. Plus, after much research.....I learned that you must get a teflon foot which helps to feed the material through. You can also tape your foot with scotch tape-but the teflon foot was like 3.00 and well worth it. You will also want to do some trials on some pieces of the fabric (vinyl) that you are going to use to test out the tension and stitch length. Apparently, the weight of your thread is important, and you wa...
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Hugs, Jo Anne
Have a wonderful week!!!
xoxox...jenn