Sewing with Polar Fleece

Written by Cyd Klein


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100-weight fleeces can be one- or two-sided, which means they're fuzzy on either one or two sides. Slightly heavier thanrepparttar micro fleeces, these fabrics are aboutrepparttar 116066 same weight as sweat shirting. The 100-weight fleeces are great for high-tech sweatshirts and leggings, jacket linings, and lightweight gear for heads, feet, and hands.

Medium-weight fleeces are probablyrepparttar 116067 most common and versatile onrepparttar 116068 market. They're perfect for jackets, pants, hats, mittens, socks, slippers, and vests, and there is a lot of medium weight fleece available.

Stretch Fleeces are great for leggings or comfy long johns under your snowmobile suit. They are also great for socks, mittens, gloves, and hats.

I recommend a size 14 universal or sharp needle on your project. Keeprepparttar 116069 presser foot fairly tight , somewhere between 4-5. Try it on same scraps first, looking forrepparttar 116070 adjustment that allowsrepparttar 116071 fleece to feed through evenly.

Tips

Whether serging or sewing, haverepparttar 116072 bottom piece extend beyondrepparttar 116073 upper piece by 1/8 of inch. That way you can see it while you are sewing to make sure both layers are being caught inrepparttar 116074 stitch.

Take Caution when ironing, use a cool iron and a press cloth. Lucky forrepparttar 116075 sewer, fleece does not need much ironing.

Once I know which side is which put a big chalk X onrepparttar 116076 wrong side of each piece when I cut outrepparttar 116077 pattern.

Cyd Klein, Sew Help Me.com



Cyd Klein has 21 years experience sewing for others. Her vocation is designing and manufacturing Costumes which are then marketed locally and on-line at http://www.nbr-1-costumes.com. Ms Klein also maintains a sewing help site at http://www.sew-help-me.com


Landscape Photography

Written by Colin Hartness


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If you are serious about landscape photography, you should take a course. You may have already had a course in photography but you will want to take one specifically for landscape photography so you can learn how to getrepparttar best pictures possible. You will want to learn what film to use and how to work withrepparttar 116065 sunlight or other natural light. You will also learn about achieving a sense of balance and scale, how to photograph running water and similar issues that a landscape photographer might face.

If you can’t find any appropriate classes in your area, you can find them onrepparttar 116066 internet. You can also find many groups and message boards designed for landscape photographers to meet, share photos and tips and ideas. You can get tips and advice for your questions if you join these groups. You can also viewrepparttar 116067 work of others, some that may be much more experienced than you. You can learn from them and their photos.

How to Make Money with Landscape Photography

If you are considering landscape photography as a career (even part time),repparttar 116068 first thing you are going to want to do is learn as much about it as possible; read books, take classes, visit websites. Then you are going to want to practice, and build a portfolio. Your portfolio should be updated often and only include your absolute best work. You may want to send some of your best photos to photo contests or magazines. These are good ways of breaking intorepparttar 116069 world of professional photography when you have no experience. .

Looking for information about Photography? Go to: http://www.asaphotography.com 'ASA Photography' is published by Colin Hartness - An excellent resource for Photography! Check out more Photography articles at: http://www.asaphotography.com/archive


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