Sarah J. Doyle | December 21, 2008
For those of us who just seem to need “one more gift” for somebody, I have a couple last minute, super duper easy to make gifts that will thrill those you make them for!The first easy last minute gift would be suitable for any teenager or middle school student. All kids need their own noteboard [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 20, 2008
An attractive set of hot plate mats can be easily made with ordinary clothes line that is finished with a fringed edge. Clothesline is treated heavily with sizing and is subject to much shrinkage. Soak it well in hot water to relieve all foreign matter and to prevent any shrinkage after the mats are made.Use [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 18, 2008
Web logs, or blogs as they’re commonly known, began mostly as online personal journals, or celebrity or cause type sites. Blogs have now become mainstream and more and more businesses are using them to create buzz and help to get their own message out.In fact, if you start looking around online for blogs, you’ll soon [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 18, 2008
Ann Christian has for years had a hobby of making cloth napkins out of colorful, eclectic fabrics for her own use. Now she and her sisters, Dede Bruington and Kay Porczak, are turning that hobby into a full time business venture in San Luis Obispo called Picking Daisies.Bruington said, “Ann had been making cloth napkins for years, and guests [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 17, 2008
Pockets can easily be added to most of the garments you make, regardless of whether or not the original pattern has pockets, or you can add patch pockets to purses, tote bags, beach bags – whatever you’d like.Many variations, kinds and sizes can be made, once you know the basics of how to make pockets. Today, [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 16, 2008
Edwin Pacheco’s new sewing machine repair shop is already filled with dusty old machines and dozens of well used metal shelves and drawers. The Elliot Sewing Machine Company was started by Pacheco’s uncle over 50 years ago, but moved this week from south Boston to its new location in Quincy, Massachusetts.Pacheco was working as a medical [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 15, 2008
Are your Holiday sales as high as you’d like them to be? Are you making sales at all, or are you getting only a few customers per week?The advantage of working out of our homes is that we don’t have rent to pay on a store building, or spend our days at the store pacing [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 14, 2008
We’re getting down to the wire for getting even last minute gifts made. I’ve found a few quick and easy gifts that can be put together quickly and will make excellent stocking stuffers, or wrap them up to give.The first gift idea somes from Sewing.org’s free projects – washcloth puppets. Now these would make some [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 13, 2008
With a week and a half until Christmas, you still have some time to make some of these quick and easy Christmas potholders. Use them yourself or give as hostess gifts or stocking stuffers.Each of the potholders in this project takes braid made from red, white and green rug yarn. Scotch tape a strand of [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 12, 2008
Often, during times of economic instability, businesses will cut their costs in any way they can, usually starting with their advertising budgets. You can use this to your advantage – if fewer of your competitors are advertising their services, you can step in and command the market. This technique not only improves your sales now, but in the long run [...]
