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Sew Much Fun Hong Kong

August 9, 2010 – 12:01 am

If you’ve been thinking about an Asian sewing adventure, time is running out to sign up for the American Sewing Guild’s Sew Much Fun Hong Kong 2010 tour. This week-long adventure begins on November 30th as the group departs on a United Airlines jet from San Francisco and lands in this enchanted fabric mecca a few (OK, [...]

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Create Your Own Lunch Bags

August 2, 2010 – 3:47 pm

If you work outside the home, you know that taking your own lunch can not only save money, but it can also be a much healthier alternative to eating out. C&T’s new book titled Lunch Bags offers up 25 clever and attractive brown bag replacements to tote that lunch in style. Some are insulated, others [...]

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Piping as an Edge Finish on a Garment

July 9, 2010 – 1:54 pm

Can I use piping as the finish on a neckline edge? How do I make the underside look neat?
Piping can be used to finish any edge and you can find the specifics in Guideline 11.305. It protects the edge from added wear and makes a decorative trim at the same time. The underside of piping [...]

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Make Your Own Jewelry with Fabric

July 6, 2010 – 3:47 pm

When we have a passion for fabric and fashion, we’re always looking for new ways to showcase our favorite hobby and Heidi Pridemore’s Fabric Jewelry offers new options. Even if you’ve never made jewelery before, you can create 20 beautiful jewelry projects, including pendants, bracelets and necklaces. Since this book is part of the Create with Nancy series, [...]

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Oilguard Fabric to the Rescue

June 22, 2010 – 1:17 pm

We all know how great it is to collect fabrics of all sorts, but a new fabric could help rescue the Gulf Coast residents from the oil pollution affecting the beaches.
The manufacturing company, HeiQ Materials, based in Bad Zurzah, Switzerland, has produced a fabric called Oilguard, a non-woven treated with chemical compound that selectively absorbs oil, while repelling [...]

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