I did it. And I love it. My second ever quilt is finished. My first one was just a jelly roll strips quilt, but this one was following a proper (beginner) quilting pattern, and I made proper blocks and sashing and I suppose you could say it’s my first ‘real’ … Continue reading
I recently was working on a skirt pattern. It’s quite involved and it took me almost 3 days work to sew the skirt and along the way to make the tutorial video and take all the step by step photos. Then I had to edit the video and turn the … Continue reading
Hi SoSewEasy reader! Happy to be here again, after my latest post about your #1 serger’s must have features. I’m Irene and I usually blog at Serger Pepper. Let’s start with a fact: this year I must have been a Good Girl, because Santa decided I deserved a new laptop … Continue reading
14th Jan is National Dress Up Your Pet Day! As you might know, I’m a cat lover. I have 3 cats, all black and all a little bit crazy in their own way. Oliver, my 3-legged cat, is often the unintended star of my sewing videos and especially is very … Continue reading
2014 has now drawn to a close and it’s been an epic year! A lot of hard work, but a lot of fun and a huge steep learning curve for me as I tried to learn new tricks, improve my sewing skills and try my hand at some pattern designing. … Continue reading
New Year – new resolutions. Do you have any sewing resolutions for this year? I have two – I want to learn how to use my new serger and I want to learn how to sew bras, and make one that actually fits and that I would want to wear … Continue reading
Did you know that January was National Book Month and the third full week in January is National Book Week. Reading is SUCH an important part of life, for personal pleasure and enjoyment, for recreation, for learning, for reference and of course for employment skills and more. Make reading fun! … Continue reading
Hi! Stephanie from Swoodson Says again; if you’ve already made your modern holiday tissue box cover and are looking for a New Year’s replacement, get ready! I invariably find myself sick each January after all the Christmas gatherings and what better way to suffer through a cold than with a … Continue reading
I wasn’t sure if I would ever make another quilt. My first one had turned out OK despite several trials and errors (especially errors) along the way, but it hadn’t especially been something I wanted to repeat. Until that is, I gave it away to a friend for a baby … Continue reading
Every month, my son’s school has a dress-up day and for December the theme was “Narnia”. My nieces go to the school as well, so I ended up making costumes for the Green Witch, Susan, Peter, the White Witch, and Aslan (you can see them all here). I made a … Continue reading
I’m delighted that the sewing for babies projects I did on the site this year have been so popular. All 3 friends have now delivered and so my miniature sewing is over for now at least. Several people have written and suggested I list them all in one easy to … Continue reading
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