Sewing Q&A


Sew News "Sewing Q&A" is a growing archive of questions answered in the print edition of Sew News since January 2000.

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• What is the correct way to press a cotton shirt?
  
  
• I burned a hole in my nylon shirt with an iron that was too hot. Now my iron has nylon stuck on it. How do I remove it?



• I would like to make a vest from felted wool. I'm confused as to the difference between felted wool and wool felt-and what about boiled wool?
  
  
• I have a pattern that suggests loden or wool fleece. I've never heard of these, is there an alternative?
  
  
• Can I wash wool, even if the label says to dry-clean?
  
  
• Am I supposed to cut my projects with the fabric wrong sides or right sides together?
  
  
• When I wash and dry burlap it gets so wrinkled it's hard to press smooth. Do you have any suggestions?
  
  

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RESOURCES
Check your local fabric store, bookstore or library for the books listed.

Sewing 911 by Barbara Deckert;
published by Taunton Press, 2001.

Vogue Sewing; The Butterick Publishing Co., 2000.

Singer Sewing Reference Library: Sewing Activewear; published by Cy DeCosse, 1986.

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