Sarah J. Doyle | November 21, 2012
With a little over a month until Christmas, you still have some time to make some of these quick and easy Christmas potholders. Use them yourself or give as hostess gifts or stocking stuffers. Each of the potholders in this project takes flannel fabric and quilt batting, plus [...]
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 | November 9, 2012
At this special time of year you can make your family and friends VERY happy if you give a practical gift that they can enjoy throughout the year. Think about each person’s “likes”, hobbies and even things that you know they would really enjoy but wouldn’t buy for themselves. I always try to get my [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 8, 2012
If you are going to make gifts for the Holiday season, or help the kids make Christmas decorations, it is a good idea to become acquainted with the wide selection of trims and laces available at your favorite sewing supply store. Regardless of what you’d like to make, there are probably several suitable trims for the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 24, 2012
If you’re the kind of person that likes to change that basic dress or blouse (or sweater) into a variety of styles just by adding a faux collar or bow collar, this tutorial is for you! This collar tutorial will be a “custom” collar that uses your basic blouse or dress pattern as the basis [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 4, 2012
We have lately sold an unusually large number of our StartAndOperateAProfitableClothingAlterationsBusiness manual, and it just dawned on me why this would be so popular! A clothing alteration business is probably the easiest business to start, not to mention that anybody that already has a sewing machine, thread, etc are ready to start the business. The [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 26, 2012
Skirts are a very easy clothing garment to make, however “easy” becomes “difficult” or “impossible” when you’re dealing with making clothing for the plus size/overweight/obese girls. The answer to this dilema is to make the pattern using the CHILD’S measurements, and not the “standard” measurements the commercial pattern companies use. The only measurements necessary to [...]
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 | July 11, 2012
As you have previously read and can see at PatternsThatFitYou.com our Value Packs (Sewing Supply Gift Bags) worth $50.00 and more were offered for $19.95 – WHAT A DEAL!!! Because there has been a limited supply and we’re nearing the end of that supply, we’ve decided to give an even BETTER offer on the packages [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | May 16, 2012
Patterns That Fit You has a new look now and TONS of new patterns and pattern making classes added. If you haven’t visited the site in awhile you really need to check it out. For those in the sewing and craft business, there are a lot of patterns for items that would make great craft [...]
