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Sewing New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! It’s now official–the holidays are over and we’re into trying to make good on our New Year’s resolutions. I’m guessing that many of you have some similar to mine–clean and organize the sewing room, get rid of some old sewing magazines and save those stories that you want to keep (and file them [...]

Online Sewing Classes

Whether you live in an area without live sewing classes, or you simply like the convenience of learning in your own time and space (OK, perhaps in your jammies!), take a look at some online sewing classes. More and more companies are offering lessons online, some taught by notable names in the industry…it’s as if [...]

More Sewing Answers

It’s 22 degrees outside and we have 10″ of snow, topped with a thick layer of ice on the ground. What better time to stay inside and answer a few sewing questions from blog readers. Keep in mind that I can’t answer all the questions I receive, as some require extensive how-to information and illustrations, [...]

Sewing Tool Carrier

I don’t know about you, but I occasionally take sewing classes and must carry seemingly all my worldly possessions to the class, because heaven forbid that I need something I have one of at home. Getting things to class is sometimes a challenge, but I recently found a great little “wallet” that takes care of [...]

Notion Commotion

It’s not everyday that I get really excited about a new sewing notion, but today one arrived at my door that I’m quite smitten with. It’s the new Clover 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, designed by Nancy Zieman. This handy tool does the basics of measuring and spacing buttonholes, but the two things I find great about it are [...]