It’s never too late to be ready for back-to-school! Having sent two kids off to school each fall for over ten years now I know it’s important to get ready for the big day as soon as possible. To help, we’ve put together what we think is the ultimate back-to-school sewing … Continue reading
Just a quick reminder to everyone that the $1,000 Fabric.com Giveaway ends SOOOOON! There’s still time to get another couple entries in before the competition closes at midnight, US East Coast time Monday, July 31. Also, we’ve made a final update to the “Tell Us What You’d Make” entry where … Continue reading
We were particularly excited to learn recently that our YouTube Channel reached the milestone of 100,000 subscribers! Thanks for all our readers, viewers and subscribers! YouTube has a fun tradition of sending “play button” awards to YouTubers as they reach certain milestones. While we’ve only hit the first milestone at this … Continue reading
During most of the year, I try to provide our readers with a variety fun and informative sewing-related articles as well as at least one free sewing project and pattern each and every week. However, as I mentioned in a recent email, I’m away on vacation with my family now. You … Continue reading
Summer Party Sewing! Summer is the time for fun at the beach and all kinds of outdoor activities. It’s also the time when friends and families get together for barbecues, cookouts, block parties, and garden soirees. I don’t know about you, but I always seem to be missing something when … Continue reading
I just wanted to let everyone know that the new $1,000 Fabric.com Giveaway is well underway. However, there was a problem with the “Tell Us What You’d Make With This” option to enter with a comment on the page. Unfortunately, only a small portion of the comments that readers wrote … Continue reading
We’re pleased to announce our biggest Fabric.com giveaway yet! Just in time for summer. This new $1,000 shopping spree giveaway is sponsored by our friends at Fabric.com. We’ve done a couple of $500 giveaways in the past with them, but this time we wanted to really push to help reward our … Continue reading
Our regular readers would know we occasionally highlight interesting sales for our readers. What’s particularly good about this sale is that you can buy and save on as many courses as you want. Most other good Craftsy sales limit you to saving on only one course. Here you can save … Continue reading
This is the second part of the walking short sew along. In this post, we will be working on the slant pocket and the front zipper. The slant pocket is the “darling” of pockets. It is easy to make, slimming and practical. It is the type of pocket we wish … Continue reading
This is our fourth part of the easy pleated sew along and contains the key to making a beautiful looking skirt. Today we are talking about how to alter your pattern to increase or decrease the waist of the pleated skirt to suit your own measurements. This tutorial isn’t about … Continue reading
When I wrote in a recent article that we were already on our sixth pattern of the Workout Wardrobe that we kicked off back at the start of the year with our New Year’s resolutions, a number of readers wrote to ask for a summary of all the patterns to make … Continue reading
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