u/Realistic-Today-8920

Hi guys!

I'm trying a new pattern, and it's my first intended for woven fabrics. I like to try new patterns with fabric I don't really care about and that I got for free, and so I cut this thin polyester someone gave me for the pattern, but the fabric is so old it is litterally falling apart. I loose a milimeter off the cut sections every time the fabric moves or is articulated. I've thought about stabilizing it with a lighter (thoughts?) but the fabric is super old and may just be expired.

If this fabric doesn't work out, the only other free fabric I have is a non-spandex minimal stretch woven fabric that is a touch on the thicker side (I could use it for a dress, t-shirt, or joggers kind of weight).

I know woven fabrics won't work for a patter that assumes stretch, is the opposite also true? I kinda think it could work, but I'm at the point in my sewing journey that I know enough to be dangerous but not so much that I don't make mistakes....

Any and all advice with either issue is greatly appreciated! Thank you all for being my community and answering my questions, no one else in my life sews, so I'm all alone out here.

Hi everyone! I'm doing a lot of sewing (about one garment per month hand stiched) and I don't have any scissors except my fabric shears. I only have space for one smaller pair of scissors and I'm wondering which are more versitile: 4 inch embroidery scissors or thread snips.

I've heard you can use thread snips in leu of a seam ripper, is that true? Can you do the same with embroidery scissors? If you had to choose one, which would you choose and why?

If it helps any, hubby has offered one or the other from Ernest Write as a mother's day gift (and a bifl pair of scissors would be great).

Thank you in advance for all your thoughts and suggestions!