How to thread the machine. Why the thread keeps nesting underneath. Which needle for which fabric. What a serger actually does. Short answers first, no assumed vocabulary, and no pretending we tested something we researched.
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Fabric makers' own shrinkage figures by fiber, when to prewash and when to skip it, how to handle precuts and dye bleed, and a swatch test for your fabric.
Every standard quilt size in one chart: the mattress each covers, the drop it assumes, the batting to buy, backing yardage and binding strips.
