Sarah J. Doyle | July 14, 2010
Depending on their location or shape, some seams require additional steps, other than pressing, to give them the desired professional look. When doing any of these techniques, consider the fabric type carefully. One that doesn’t ravel can be trimmed closer to the seam line than one that does ravel. Keep clipping or notching to [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 13, 2010
School in our area will be starting in 34 days (not that I’m counting, or am tracking it in my calendar or anything ) and my four year old quadruplets will be entering pre-k so we’re all super excited about the back to school sales and starting to prepare. My husband suggested the other day [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 12, 2010
Well, I’ve gotten a few comments about my recent post, “How Productive Are You Now That Summer Is Here?” – including a conversation with my friend who informed me that there are some days that she couldn’t “add an additional hour” no matter what would happen if she didn’t. The suggestion was made that, instead [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 7, 2010
Working on the actual seam lines – cross seams, bias to bias seams and bias to straight seams can sometimes cause a problem. This post addresses those types of seams and how to handle them. Cross Seams: Seams that cross, such as at the waistline, shoulder or underarm, should be pressed and seam finished [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 6, 2010
Instructables.com wants to see what great summer projects you can come up with, so they’ve teamed up with Singer to bring you the Summer Sewing Contest. It’s super easy to enter, just make a new Instructable that shows how to sew up something to celebrate summer, and publish it before the contest ends. There’s no [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 5, 2010
Several years ago I taught a series of sewing classes for children. I’d picked up several used sewing machines from yard sales and flea markets, which my “sewing machine repairman” husband would check out, do any repairs and get them ready for the kids to use. The basic sewing information and projects that we put [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 1, 2010
Badia Bentley is a seamstress and sewing instructor from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. She started her business, Sewing With Badia, in October 2007 but she says her passion for sewing began in the 6th grade when she learned how to sew, darn and do needlework from her mother and grandmother. After high school Badia’s first job was [...]
