Sarah J. Doyle | November 15, 2012
Trims by the yard and large-motif trims are great for use in making Christmas ornaments, greeting cards and gift items. A burlap wall hanging or a greeting card made out of construction paper can have candles of woven-braid trim, each topped by a flickering flame (a single notch from gold rickrack makes a perfect flame). [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 23, 2012
If you’re like most of us in the sewing business field, we tend to accumulate boxes and drawers full of fabric scraps. A few months ago I made up my mind that those scraps in the boxes and drawers were NOT making me any money, and decided to put my thinking cap on to see [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 23, 2009
I have just figured out another GREAT way to sell your craft items – get rid of some of your fabric scraps and make some extra money! Do you live in an area where you hold yard sales or garage sales from time to time? Or if you live in a subdivision perhaps you can organize [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | April 22, 2009
Today is Earth Day, and what better way to celebrate than to figure out ways we can reduce, reuse and recycle — not just in our businesses, but in our homes as well.If we all determined to do a little more recycling of things we’d normally toss into the trash can, we could literally “save [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 4, 2009
My fabric cabinet(s) are filled to the top of most shelves with fabric of all sizes and yardages. I just can’t seem to walk by those fabrics in the stores that are “calling out for me!” I love fabric sales and it never fails – I also find regular priced stuff I just can’t live [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 23, 2008
After doing the post yesterday about decorating with scraps, I decided to do a little more research on using scraps for Christmas decorations. I found some really cute decorations, AND tutorials on how to make them. WOW! This is your lucky day — so dig back into those scraps and start making some decorations. (Bet [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 6, 2008
I am constantly amazed at what can be made of those fabric scraps – down to the smallest of pieces! I have so many scraps, as most seamstresses, crafters and alterationists do, that I could sew for years! However the thought of new fabric pieces and scraps intrigues me, so I look for them in [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 19, 2008
We’ve talked about fabric scraps previously and the need to save them and categorize them for easy access. Today, we’re going to talk about two craft items that can be made out of your scraps — to be used by yourself, given as gifts, taken to a craft fair or put on ebay. Anyway you [...]
