Sarah J. Doyle | September 12, 2012
Now that we are all involved with fall sewing projects, this is NOT the time to have problems with your sewing machine! We are THRILLED that our “Sewing Machine Repair for the Home Sewer is now available at Amazon!! This has been our most popular book of all time, and has helped literally thousands and [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 19, 2012
Have you noticed when you’re changing from one project to another the thread all of a sudden starts to loop, get tangled in the bobbin area or other crazy things? The fact is that as you change projects and start sewing on different weight materials, you should test the stitching on a piece of scrap [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | June 27, 2012
Many times it takes MORE time to alter a store bought pattern so it will hopefully fit than it takes to actually SEW the pattern. We all have our particular “adjustment” areas — hips, waistline, bust issues, etc. How often have you FINALLY gotten a pattern to fit right and actually look good, when the [...]
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 [...]
