Top 10 Tips for Working with Silky Furry Fleece

1.  Accept that sewing with Silky Furry Fleece will turn your house into a Muppet barber shop.  The mess won't stay contained to your sewing space either -- you'll track it all over the house.  If you would never shave Chewbacca in your living room just for the joy of the thing, this is probably not your fabric of choice.

Okay, now that we're over that hurdle, read on.  (Take comfort in knowing I'm a classic Type-A freak.  If I can work with it, anyone can.)

Best Practices: Changing Your Needle (Secret Tip!)



 



UGH! Changing out your sewing machine needle can be a total pain.  Once you pop that little lance out of the package, it's tough to tell what size or type it is.  That's no problem if you slide a new one in for every new project, as many experts recommend, but some projects are small and don't put much wear on a needle.  I try to get somewhere between 6-8 hours sewing time out of my needles.  (No, I don't keep a stopwatch by my machine.)