Sarah J. Doyle | July 29, 2015
One of the best ways to make the most out of your hard-earned money is to take good care of things you already own. The following list of laundry “secrets” of course are for all of us, but I’m thinking that for those of you that do any type of sewing or clothing alteration work, […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 27, 2015
There are “downloadable” books and there are “printed” books. You know the difference…… downloadable books/classes/courses are the ones you get immediately upon your payment of the item and have instant access to it. “Printed”, of course, are those books, patterns and so forth that are already printed and are mailed to you. Which do YOU […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 22, 2015
One question that has been emailed to us literally dozens of times is “if my pattern calls for 45″ wide fabric and I find 36″ wide fabric that would be perfect, how much should I get”? We have the answer to all of you who have written in —- download and print the “fabric conversion […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 20, 2015
We have done a little “adding” and “rearranging” of the top bar at SewWithSarah to make it a little more user friendly. You will now see a category for “Pattern Making”, which is specifically for all of our pattern making and pattern changing classes. You can see everything at a glance. The second change is adding […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 15, 2015
Now why would you want to give your customers an informational handout when you can simply talk to them when they come in to your shop? If you deal in wedding dresses, wouldn’t it be nice if you could give each customer a small booklet or leaflet explaining how to take care of the wedding […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 13, 2015
Just in time for Back To School Sewing! All Plus Size Children Sewing patterns now 60% off. Regular price $14.95 – you pay only $5.98 per pattern. We’re phasing out our entire stock of physical sewing patterns for plus size children to make room for downloadable patterns for plus size children. Check out the many […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 8, 2015
One of the best business building techniques is to offer something of value for free to your customers. We’ve all been to Sam’s Club or similar discount clubs or grocery stores where, on certain days, they have people fixing small pizzas, or a new type of meat, etc that they give samples of to the customers […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 6, 2015
All of us in the sewing, alteration and crafting business know how valuable our time is, and that we really can’t afford to waste time on little things. Once settled in to do some major sewing or crafting, we need to be able to keep on the project with as few interruptions as possible. Efficient […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 6, 2015
Get more than $50 worth of name brand sewing notions for only $19.95 $15.95! An assortment of top quality new, off the shelf, sewing notions that will be valued at over $50. Examples of items that may be included are interfacing, machine and hand sewing needles, thread snips, pins, pin cushions, pattern paper, magnetic seam […]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 1, 2015
Whether you’re sewing for yourself or for others, one of the most exasperating problems with darts on sewing patterns is to finally get the dress or blouse to fit right, but the dart ends up above the bustline or below the bustline. We know it looks funny, with the dart not pointing TO the bustline, […]
