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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Cool Jewelry, Cloth Dolls & Fabric Wrapping

September 27, 2009 – 8:44 pm

As National Sewing Month draws to a close, I hope you’ve used your skills to help teach someone to sew, perhaps helped a community group like Project Linus or the Girl Scouts, and that you’ve enriched your own repertoire of sewing expertise by reading some really good books. If you haven’t gotten around to the latter [...]

By LindaG | Posted in Sewing, Quilting, Embroidery & Craft Products | Comments (0)

Repairing Sheers, Cleaning Irons

September 21, 2009 – 11:50 pm

How do I repair a tear in a sheer fabric?
Fixing rips in sheers can be tricky and it’s inevitable that it won’t be totally invisible, but you can get close. The easiest way is to use a mending product like BoNash Bonding Agent, powdered fusible, to adhere the torn edges together. When the product dries, [...]

By LindaG | Posted in General Information, Sewing, Quilting, Embroidery & Craft Products | Comments (0)

National Sewing Month contest update

September 20, 2009 – 8:46 pm

There’s only 10 days left to enter the National Sewing Month Reuse, Remake, Restyle contest. We are receiving entries daily and I continue to be awed and inspired by the project pics that are coming in. The contest ends September 30 and we’ll be picking the 3 winning entries by October 20. We’ll also be [...]

By SCAJanice | Posted in General Information | Comments (0)

Sweatshirt Surprises

September 14, 2009 – 10:00 am

Who doesn’t love the comfort of sweats–they’re soft, they always fit no matter what, and they’re warm? Sweats can be dressed up with the right accessories, or simply left as-is for at-home appeal.
But authors Carmen Webber and Carmia Marshall have taken sweats several steps toward real fashion in their latest book Chic Sweats. Personally, I’m sometimes [...]

By LindaG | Posted in Sewing, Quilting, Embroidery & Craft Products | Comments (0)

Sewing Machine Invention

September 10, 2009 – 12:45 pm

Did you know that September 10th is “Sew Be It” day? On this day in 1846, the sewing machine was born.
Look how far we’ve come since that great invention!

By LindaG | Posted in General Information | Comments (0)

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