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Materials

Sewing Directions

• Jeans

• Brother Pacesetter medium weight,

adhesive tear-away stabilizer (SA5815)

• Brother Pacesetter lightweight, adhesive

water soluble stabilizer (SA5906)

• Marking tools

• Brother embroidery thread

• Seam ripper

• Any Brother sewing machine that has a drop feed

feature (i.e., ability to lower the feed dogs)*

• Spring action quilting foot (may be included with

your machine, or can be purchased separately)*

*Refer to your machine’s user manual for features

and included feet

Use a seam ripper and remove the stitches

of the pocket. (Mine had metal snaps at the

top corners, so I just removed the stitches up

to that point.) Most denim pockets will have

heavy stitching here, so if you don’t want to

hassle with removing the entire pocket, just

remove up to that point.

Free Motion

Sewing on Jeans

I love the trend of embellished

denim. You can achieve this look

with your sewing machine using

a technique called “free-motion

sewing”. This is done by dropping

the feed dogs and moving the

fabric under the needle to draw

the designs you want. You can do

this on most garments with the

right stabilizer.

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Summary of content (5 pages)

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Free Motion ns Sewing on Jea I love the trend of embellished denim. You can achieve this look with your sewing machine using a technique called “free-motion sewing”. This is done by dropping the feed dogs and moving the fabric under the needle to draw the designs you want. You can do this on most garments with the right stabilizer.
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Free Motion Sewing on Jeans Sewing Directions (cont’d.) 2 Place a medium weight adhesive tear-away stabilizer on the back of the pocket. 3 I use two different techniques for doing free motion. The first one is to use a fabric marking tool and draw the design directly onto the pocket. The second one is good for a design with more detail. Read through and try the instructions for both techniques to see which works best for your project. PAGE 2 Designed for enthusiasts — by enthusiasts.
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Free Motion Sewing on Jeans Sewing Directions (cont’d.) 3a Free motion technique #1 • Draw your design onto the pocket using a fabric marking tool. • Set up your machine to free motion: Place the spring action quilting foot on, and drop the feed dogs. Use the default straight stitch length. Use embroidery thread to enhance the design. • Like anything, it’s a good idea to practice with similar material prior to the final project. Find a point to start and begin tracing the outline with the needle.
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Free Motion Sewing on Jeans Sewing Directions (cont’d.) 3b Free motion technique #2 Now for the other way to do this, which is good when creating a design with more detail. Use adhesive-backed water soluble stabilizer, and trace your design onto the stabilizer. Then cut to the size of the pocket. The stabilizer is self-adhesive, so you can just stick it directly onto the top of the pocket.
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Free Motion Sewing on Jeans Sewing Directions (cont’d.) 5 Once finished soak it in water till the stabilizer dissolves. Once the design has dried you can go over it for some added details. 6 Sew the pocket back on. This project created by Laura Pifer Laura is the blogger and designer of the DIY fashion blog Trash to Couture. Trash to Couture was created in 2010 to inspire a less wasteful approach to the mass-produced fashion mainstream through DIY tutorials and repurposed fashions.