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Trained Sewing Instructor Program teaches business skills for becoming a sewing teacher

January 26, 2010 – 2:49 pm

2010 Locations include Dalton, OH; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; and coming soon to the Midwest
If you are interested in a business or career teaching sewing to others, you may be interested in the Trained Sewing Instructor program. The intense 3-day workshop, located in various cities each year, is business training to help [...]

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Fall Quilt Market 2009

October 13, 2009 – 3:09 pm

Each fall quilt shop owners descend upon Houston, Texas for the extravaganza of the season–Quilt Market. They come to buy things that they later sell to us in their stores. As a writer, I’m allowed in to look for new products and network with the various companies in attendance, so I can share their news with you [...]

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Reuse, Remake, Restyle Challenge

September 1, 2009 – 10:26 pm

We want to see your most creative ideas! How have you implemented environmentally-sound sewing into your life? Have you designed a clever method to reuse a garment that you made and no longer wear? Do you shop thrift stores and garage sales for designer cast-offs that you restyle into bags, totes or ‘vintage’ style garments [...]

By SCAJanice | Also posted in General Information, Home Decorating | Comments (0)

September is National Sewing Month!

September 1, 2009 – 8:46 pm

Reuse, Remake, Restyle – that’s the theme of the 2009 National Sewing Month celebration. National Sewing Month is co-sponsored by the Sewing & Craft Alliance and the American Sewing Guild and is a month-long celebration of the art and craft of sewing. All through September, sewers from across the country will be attending classes, workshops [...]

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National Sewing Month

August 10, 2009 – 1:50 pm

As you’re harvesting veggies from your garden and perhaps still stitching some warm weather wardrobe components, think ahead a bit to the month of September. Every September is National Sewing Month, and this year’s theme is “Reuse, Remake, Restyle.”
A topic very apropos to today’s economy, this theme opens up the option for many types of [...]

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