S. Denise Hoyle | February 25, 2010
I’ve been on a bit of an organizing kick here lately so I fell in love when I saw these fabric storage cubes at the Obsessively Stitching blog! There are lots of photos of each step and the design looks pretty easy to make using plastic canvas pieces as support for the cube “walls”. I’m [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 24, 2010
We’re back to the tutorials on dealing with the various styles of collars – how to make them and how to attach and sew them. Today we’re going to talk about how to attach and sew a rolled collar. Sew the shoulder seams and any neckline darts before attaching the collar. Staystitch the garment [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | February 23, 2010
I fell in love with these quick and easy to sew felt hair bows the second I saw them. Our local county school district has a strict uniform policy for pre-k and but the girls are allowed to wear colorful hair barrettes so I’m planning to make these in every color imaginable for both of [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 22, 2010
For those of us in the sewing, crafting and alteration businesses, the main goal is looking at the profit end of the business and what we can do to increase the bottom line. However there are also a great many of us who have small children or grandchildren who are in the house while we [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 21, 2010
My mother and grandmother were “sewers”, with my mother making all the clothing we wore and my grandmother making quilts. It was only natural then that I had a desire to learn to sew at a young age. That interest in sewing has passed down to Denise, my daughter, who also started sewing at a [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 20, 2010
If you’d like to add a little something “extra” to your sewing business, I’ve just run across something that I think would be useful for making a few extra bucks. FaveCrafts has a great tutorial by Heidi Borchers for creating throw pillows from old sweaters. They say you can pick up old sweaters from thrift [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | February 19, 2010
Brother International Corporation recently earned two “Best Buy” awards in the sewing machine category from Consumers Digest magazine. Their limited edition Project Runway model, available only at WalMart for under $140, was rated a “Best Buy” in the economy category of computerized sewing machines. Brother also received the “Best Buy” rating in the premium category of embroidery and [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | February 18, 2010
To celebrate their brand new series of do it yourself videos, DIY Dish and Janome have teamed up for a great giveaway. All you have to do to enter is sign up for their free newsletter or post a comment on this DIY Dish page and you could win one of two terrific prizes – [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | February 16, 2010
The Sewing & Stitchery Expo, the nation’s largest sewing show, will be held from February 25th through the 28th at the Puyallup Fair and Events Center in Puyallup, Washington near Tacoma. The gates open each day at 8:00 a.m. and the shopping hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 15, 2010
Anybody who is in the sewing/crafting/alterations business would probably laugh at the title of this post. In the past I would have laughed as well. Denise, over at ShopperStrategy has a post entitled “How To Make $100/Hour Clipping Coupons” that I found very interesting. Apparently the Wall Street Journal has an article written by Brett [...]
