Fabric + sewing machines + kids = let the good times roll. There is really little that ismore fun that a studio full of kids working on a sewing project. The energy and comraderie is just amazing, and being around these young girls definitely makes you feel all is right with the world. They like…
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Tutorial: How to Create Perfect Edgestitching
Some things are just slower than molasses in February to accomplish. Like learning to edit videos, for example. You would think that someone who is very technically astute would be able to pick up learning a new software program rather quickly, but it sure did not happen that way around here. But enough griping, and…
Creativity + sewing skills + grand-daughters = adorable
It is awesome to watch my beginning students really get bit by the sewing bug. Once they get comfortable operating a big, scary piece of machinery (aka a “sewing machine”), there is no stopping them. One of my new students this fall has 3 grand-daughters, and she had a vision of what she wanted…
10 Lies Sewists Like to Tell Their Husbands about Sewing Retreats
Drinking while sewing is not allowed. There is no wifi at camp. Fabric shopping is not possible – after all – retreat is at a summer camp in the mountains. Lights are required to be out at 10:00 p.m. every night. I don’t want to be away from you for the weekend, but since…
Tutorial: Seam finishing (part 1)
Don’t you just love the clarity in today’s pattern instructions? One of my favorite instructional sentences found in many patterns today is “Finish seam.” Wow. How do you begin to follow THAT? What does “finish”mean? Are there different kinds of seam finishes? When do you choose one over another? What is the purpose of a…
How (NOT!) to sew pajama pants
Pajama pants are one of my go-to projects for beginning sewists because they: consist of only 1 or 2 pattern pieces usually can be completed in 1 or 2 lessons provide stitching practice on a garment that is not generally worn in public, so not matter how awful the stitching is they can still be…