S. Denise Hoyle | September 14, 2010
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the new affiliate program at Patterns That Fit You! Known for their easy step-by-step pattern making and customizing classes, Patterns That Fit You is open to partnering with sewing and craft related blogs and websites. Now you can provide your readers with access to free pattern [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 13, 2010
Anybody that has been sewing for any length of time either accumulates a bunch of thread spools as they get empty, or else throws a bunch of them away – one at a time! When we started sewing the coupon clutches, I was emptying what seemed to be “dozens” of spools. Granted, the clutches take [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 10, 2010
We’re very excited to present our new Friday Finds feature where we will highlight our favorite sewn, crafted or otherwise handmade products that we find during the week! Have your own product or a favorite item you’d like to see posted here next week? Submit your Friday Find for consideration through the widget in the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 9, 2010
Actually, for anyone in a sewing business, this post will give you some tips for making items to sell, and whether you’re in a sewing business or just someone who likes to sew, these tips on how to recycle home decor items COULD be used as a beginning of Christmas gifts. The home decor items we’ll [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 8, 2010
A raglan sleeve is attached to the garment by a seam that runs diagonally down from the front neckline to the underarm, and up to the back neckline. This sleeve covers the entire shoulder (A) and needs some shaping device to make it conform to the shoulder’s shape, which is usually done with the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 6, 2010
For those of you who already work “from your home” or “out of your house” will know exactly where I’m coming from with the things I point out to you today. For those of you who are still “on the fence” about working from home (except for an hour or so after the kids go [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 3, 2010
In celebration of National Sewing Month JoAnn Fabrics and Martha Stewart have teamed up to host daily giveaways every day this month. Today’s giveaway is for a Xyron Personal Cutting Machine, a $144.99 value, and there are other awesome giveaways each day including three Singer heavy duty sewing machines! Check out the giveaway calendar here [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 2, 2010
We’re going to be starting a new category here at SewingBusiness entitled “Thursday Tips”. We’re collecting sewing and craft tips from everywhere to pass along to our readers, and we’d love to have you send in your favorite tips as well to pass along. Today’s tip is no surprise — September is National Sewing Month, [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 1, 2010
A second way to attach the set in sleeve is the shirt sleeve method, in which the sleeve is sewn into the armhole before the garment side seam and sleeve seams are stitched. This method is usually used when the sleeves are less rounded and normally don’t have extra fullness at the cap of [...]
