Mastering Silk with Sandra Betzina

Here, Sandra Betzina, TV host and author, takes some of the guesswork out of sewing with this slippery fabric. You'll learn which needle, thread, and stabilizer to choose, how to preshrink the fabric and press it like a pro, plus many more smart tips.

Category:

Howto & Style

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• Sew
• Stylish
• Taunton
• Silk
• Sewing
• Sandra
• Betzina
• besewstylish

[FionaStolze]

Thanks Sandra. I saw this video a while back and loved it. Really useful for the silk painting community. :-)

[YoBootyStinks]

i bought silk thread :(

[YoBootyStinks]

Classic!

[xtasia79]

Sandra, this was such a great video. thank you.

[DimplesDeep1]

Thanks for sharing :0)

[nidzrulz4eva]

so helpful. Thank you. Im sewing silk the first time. Actually not realling sewing but altering a silk blouse i got from banana republic. Im not worrying too much about shrinking/ shampooing the silk but the thread and needle choice and using paper in between layers was definitely helpful. Thanks for the video

[mammabutterfly75]

do you needd to use a different foot for satin material and can you use the same thread and needle as you used for silk ? I keep trying to sew and the material gets sucked into the machine or caught on the feed

[LottaTroublemaker]

Thanks for a great video! Good to hear that I'm not the only one washing silk with hair shampoo! I also wash wool with hair shampoo, and it works great. Instead of fabric softener, I usually use hair conditioner. Also works great. I just tried it years ago, since it just made sense to me to use a product meant for hair on animal hair fibers fabric, and ever since I have not wasted my money on expensive wool/silk detergents.I just buy a cheap generic brand that is of good quality, nothing fancy.

[vermilionknyte]

Thank you so much for all these great details! Very informative video :)

[KristyBond1]

Thank you so much for this video :) I feel much more confident now. Thanks