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    How do you end a stitch on a sewing machine?
    Andrea Beaulieu
    Professional Tailor & Fashion Designer
    Andrea Beaulieu is a Professional Tailor, Fashion Designer, and the Owner of MOORE, a Brooklyn, New York based storefront and apparel workshop for gender-neutral, contemporary streetwear as well as custom-tailored products. Andrea has over 20 years in the fashion design and marketing industries and specializes in pattern making, draping, and the construction of garments. She holds a BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
    Andrea Beaulieu
    Professional Tailor & Fashion Designer
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    Cut your thread close to the fabric, not the needle. That way, your machine will still be set up to stitch. If you cut too close to the needle, you could pull out the thread.
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    Why do my ending stitches keep coming loose when I'm using a machine?
    Andrea Beaulieu
    Professional Tailor & Fashion Designer
    Andrea Beaulieu is a Professional Tailor, Fashion Designer, and the Owner of MOORE, a Brooklyn, New York based storefront and apparel workshop for gender-neutral, contemporary streetwear as well as custom-tailored products. Andrea has over 20 years in the fashion design and marketing industries and specializes in pattern making, draping, and the construction of garments. She holds a BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
    Andrea Beaulieu
    Professional Tailor & Fashion Designer
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    Before you end your stitches, back stitch a few times, then go forward to the end of the fabric again. This will secure your thread so it won't unravel.
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    I'm confused. When I make the loop, do I pull through both pieces of fabric or just the one? Like when I make it a loop, do I just do one layer of fabric? I'm used to a sewing machine.
    Cathy Mackenzie
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    Loop? As in back stitch loop to end a stitch? Both pieces of fabric for strength, in my opinion.
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    The knot always comes loose whenever I do this. Do you have any other ideas on how to end a stitch?
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    It says above to keep repeating until the knot is secure so if you keep doing this, your knot shouldn’t come lose.
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    When I have an extra string when hand sewing, do I cut it off?
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    Yes. Be sure not to cut the knot, though, or any of the completed stitches.
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