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 | 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 11, 2010
Last week we did a discussion on why guest bloggers could be important to your blog, as well as why YOU could be important to other bloggers in the role of “guest blogger”. Today I’d like to go over a few pointers on how to choose the RIGHT guest blogger. ** The first thing you [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 15, 2010
Buttonholes for a bodice or shirt can be placed in a horizontal or vertical direction (typically horizontal buttonholes are used for blouses and vertical buttonholes for shirts). For blouses, the first buttonhole is usually strategically placed at the bust level and the other buttons are spaced up and down from this point; the spacing [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 13, 2010
Anybody that has been sewing for any length of time either accumulates a bunch of thread spools as they get empty, or else throws a bunch of them away – one at a time! When we started sewing the coupon clutches, I was emptying what seemed to be “dozens” of spools. Granted, the clutches take [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 8, 2010
A raglan sleeve is attached to the garment by a seam that runs diagonally down from the front neckline to the underarm, and up to the back neckline. This sleeve covers the entire shoulder (A) and needs some shaping device to make it conform to the shoulder’s shape, which is usually done with the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 2, 2010
We’re going to be starting a new category here at SewingBusiness entitled “Thursday Tips”. We’re collecting sewing and craft tips from everywhere to pass along to our readers, and we’d love to have you send in your favorite tips as well to pass along. Today’s tip is no surprise — September is National Sewing Month, [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 1, 2010
A second way to attach the set in sleeve is the shirt sleeve method, in which the sleeve is sewn into the armhole before the garment side seam and sleeve seams are stitched. This method is usually used when the sleeves are less rounded and normally don’t have extra fullness at the cap of [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 30, 2010
If you’ve had a website or blog for any length of time, you’ve probably realized by now that it hasn’t grown overnight, nor has it grown without a lot of effort on your part. You could have a blog or website online for years, but without promoting on your part and getting the name out [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 25, 2010
Sometimes the curved edge on the set in sleeve measures more than the armhole circumference, such as with gathers along the shoulder line. This area will take special attention to get the gathers fitted into the right area. Sew a row of “ease stitching” between the notches of the sleeve (A), to prevent [...]
