S. Denise Hoyle | October 10, 2008
We recently spoke with Ellen Luckett Baker, the creative spark behind TheLongThread.com, a blog about “handcrafted goods in an age of mass production”. Ellen’s blog highlights tutorials for a variety of crafts and skills in addition to sewing, such as soap making and cooking delectable treats. The applique and embroidery designs Ellen shares are inspiring [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 24, 2008
At 19 Amy Adams began work on her design degree and she credits that experience for learning to sew “properly”. She says her Lucykate Crafts shop where she sells gorgeous three dimensional needlecraft owls, toadstools, pillows and the like is ironic because “I hated needlework at school, and my Mum tried to teach me how [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 20, 2008
Stacy Schlyer of StacySews.com says she’s a self-taught sewer who’s been sewing for 9 or 10 years. “After spending maternity leave watching Sandra Betzina’s program on HGTV I finally decided to take the plunge and start sewing myself. I purchased a (relatively) inexpensive machine, a few basic notions, a pattern and material and set to [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 10, 2008
Rita Helinger works full-time as a flight attendant and it was her “day” job that gave her the idea for a great new product that she creates and sells in her “spare” time. Helinger produces luggage handle wraps through her company Bin Hog Designs, that serve the unique purpose of helping travelers to identity their [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 8, 2008
Caroline Ritzer is a self-taught seamstress who made her first diaper bag after her daughter was born five years ago. She wanted something out of the ordinary that would look different from those others were carrying. Ritzer then began making the diaper bags as gifts for friends, then shortly before her son’s first birthday she [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 1, 2008
Patti Walker has been sewing for over 40 years and she currently is a full-time seamstress who makes mostly custom Little House on the Prairie style outfits for girls as well as other creative designs including embellished socks, bloomers and bonnets.Patti learned how to sew from her mother and says ”I would love for my granddaughters [...]
