Sarah J. Doyle | December 10, 2010
This post is to pass along some information about how and why I stock up on fabrics this time of year. Each of us that are in a sewing related business have a tendency to use a LOT of certain types of fabric. For example, those who are in the quilting field, whether it’s regular bed [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 28, 2010
October is just about gone, so we’re heading right into the Christmas Holiday season. For those of us who enjoy making gifts for family members, friends, children’s teachers, neighbors, etc, now is the time to get organized and figure out exactly what you want to make for each of them. Each gift must be personally chosen [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 26, 2010
A few weeks I posed the question of what to do with all the empty thread spools that I’m accumulating. To show you what I’m talking about, here’s a picture of PART of my empty spool stash — this picture has spools from one box (130 spools) and I have a couple more boxes with [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 21, 2010
I don’t know about you, but I often get myself so strung out on multiple projects that I sometimes wonder if I’ll get any of the projects finished! If you have children or grandchildren you may find yourself in the same situation as I get into — NEVER make a skirt or pair of shorts [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 14, 2010
Have you ever been so frustrated with your sewing machine you’d like to throw it out the window? Ok, take it in and get it fixed — after paying the high dollars for repair, did the repairman at the shop bother to tell you that the only problem was that you had the needle in backwards? [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 7, 2010
While we’re on the topic of installing various types of zippers, I thought this would be a great time to give some extra tips, hints, pointers and “did you know” information about zippers. You may already be aware of some of these little tidbits, but hopefully you’ll see something that you didn’t already know, or [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 30, 2010
Well, we’re right in the middle of sewing a variety of zippers, and of all times we don’t need to have problems with the thread/needle and/or bobbins is while we’re trying to get the zipper installed! Before you start any sewing project – and most especially those tedious ones like zippers and buttons/buttonholes, make sure [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 23, 2010
We’ve just begun on the series of “zipper” posts, but I realized that before you can really dig into working with zippers I need to throw out a few handy dandy pointers on working with zippers. Some of these tidbits may be items you already use and are familiar with, but perhaps there will be [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 16, 2010
Buttonholes can be rather intimidating, but there are some things that can be done to make them a little easier to do and a lot less stressful! ** ALWAYS practice making a buttonhole or two on a piece of scrap fabric. By doing a practice one you can see if the fabric will stretch while [...]
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 [...]
