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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Trained Sewing Instructor workshop scheduled for San Francisco

We’ve finalized the details for the Trained Sewing Instructor workshop in San Francisco. The dates are June 10-12, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, San Francisco Airport North, 670 Gateway Blvd,  South San Francisco, CA 94080. The TSI workshop was recently noted in an ASG Notions article on Sewing for Fun… And Profit. Here’s your [...]

Amish Country Quilt Show update

We’re expecting the Buckeye Event Center in Dalton, OH to be a busy place at the Amish Country Quilt Show this year! As some of you know, we moved the event to Dalton from Walnut Creek – the site of last year’s Expo – because the Expo Center we were using has closed. The new [...]

Sewing Clothes Kids Love and even learn how to make a child’s dressform

Admittedly I’m not a mom, except of three canine fur children, but I love looking at children’s clothing and some of the whimsical touches it offers. Nancy Langdon and Sabine Pollehn’s Sewing Clothes Kids Love is a mecca of fun, colorful and innovative ideas–many of which can be incorporated into adult clothing as well. Both are [...]

Convert a Sweatshirt into a Cardigan Jacket

Many of us like to wear sweatshirts–they’re comfy and cozy for winter days at home. It’s easy to convert a sweatshirt to a cardigan and use it as a basic canvas for embellishing. Just follow these easy steps: Find the center front of the shirt by matching the “side seams”. Many sweatshirts are knitted in a [...]