Sarah J. Doyle | March 10, 2012
For those of us who ship items that we’ve designed and crafted all around the globe, there is the constant issue of prices going up. Postal Service rates have gone up once again as well as prices on products we use for packing our products. We have learned, through trial and error, a few things [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 21, 2012
I’ll bet you all could guess for the next 15 minutes and not figure out what the answer is to the question — What is the most common sewing machine repair problem? My husband was a sewing machine repairman for over 30 years, and by far the most common repair problem was ……… the needle [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 1, 2012
Because this is NOT the first time this has happened to me, I want to tell you about my fabric shopping trip today, so you can keep your eyes open the next time you are out shopping for fabric. I went into Joann’s today to get some denim fabric — sounds simple enough. They had [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 4, 2012
For most of the month of December Diane Sawyer and the CBS Evening News did a great job of promoting the “Made in America” theme for purchasing gifts! We’d like to thank HER and those who made the entire “Made in America” push possible! Because of that major push, there have been many new jobs [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 1, 2011
I’m sure that many of our readers listen to the ABC Nightly News With Diane Sawyer and find it very interesting. Actually, that’s usually the only time of day I can sit down long enough to catch up on the news — while eating supper! Last night, Wednesday 11/30, she had a very informative segment [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 18, 2011
I usually start my annual Holiday gift giving list the first part of October, so I’m a bit late, but not so much that I’ll be in a rush. I’ve accumulated a few hints to help you prepare for YOUR Holiday giving — saving you some money and at the same time being more certain [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | October 14, 2011
The annual Sewing & Stitchery Expo will be held on March 1 – 4, 2012 at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center in Puyallup, Washington. The largest consumer sewing show in America, it is the perfect place for both experienced and beginning sewers and quilters (and everyone else!) to indulge their creative passions or explore new ones. [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 15, 2011
There is a semi-annual “Mom2Mom” consignment sale held at our local fairgrounds that draws huge crowds of buyers as well as consignors. This year my daughter and I participated as a consignor (for the first time), so on Monday I stood in line for our 10:00 a.m. drop-off appointment time. I was there at 9:30 and [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 12, 2011
If your sewing / craft business has an online presence, as all of ours do, I’m assuming that you must also be shipping your products to customers. The question I have for you is HOW do you ship those products? Do you use the U.S. Postal Service, Federal Express, UPS or whatever other methods are [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 7, 2011
I’m just wondering if anybody out there gets into a “sewing rut” like I do!!! Sometimes it feels like I’m just so “over my head” with sewing projects and things that HAVE to be done TODAY that the rest of my life seems to fade away. It doesn’t matter whether you’re doing a major sewing [...]
