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Archives for August 2009

Is Motivation REALLY Necessary?

August 31, 2009 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

We hear and read a lot about motivation is the key to success, or that only you can motivate yourself, nobody else can motivate you.  Is all that really necessary or just a bunch of hype? For those who still have their 9-5 jobs, I’d assume that it takes a bit of motivation to get […]

Filed Under: Business Information Tagged With: Business Information, Home Business, motivation, stay motivated

Projects For Kids

August 30, 2009 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

Now that school has started, we all know that fall and winter will be coming right up — not to mention the rainy and chilly days where the younger non-school children will be forced to stay inside.  Sounds like the beginnings of “cabin fever” to me.  What I’m doing right now, and would like to suggest […]

Filed Under: Crafting Tagged With: children's projects, crafts for kids, kids projects, projects

Make A Quilt With Your Child

August 29, 2009 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

I have several quilts that my grandmother made, and oh how they are so special to me!  She passed away years ago, but the love of sewing and quilting that she and my mother instilled in me will last my lifetime!  My daughter is a trememdous seamstress, quilter, pattern designer — all of it, and […]

Filed Under: Sewing Tagged With: quilting, quilts, Sewing, teach children to sew

Top 6 Reasons Why Websites Don’t Perform

August 28, 2009 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

You’ve spent weeks, or months, to finally get your own website built and online.  Time goes by, your site gets a few visitors, you’ve even made it into the search engines, but you’re not seeing too much sales activity.  Is it worth it to keep paying the hosting bill?  You bet it is – it’s […]

Filed Under: Website Tips Tagged With: blogs, Website Tips, websites

The Sewing Machine Project Makes A Difference

August 27, 2009 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

In early 2005 Margaret Jankowski read an article about a woman who had lost her sewing machine in the devastating tsunami that had recently hit Southeast Asia.  The woman had saved for years to buy that sewing machine and had also lost her sole means of earning an income when she lost her machine.  Margaret […]

Filed Under: Charity Tagged With: Charity, donate, sewing machine, volunteer

Tips For Using Clothing Patterns

August 26, 2009 by Sarah J. Doyle 1 Comment

Commercial (store bought) patterns can sometimes be tricky to use, and if we’re not thinking all the while we’re cutting and sewing, we could be setting ourselves up for errors and mistakes and ending up with a garment that won’t fit.  Here are a few tips to help keep those errors at a minimum. *  […]

Filed Under: Sewing Tips Tagged With: clothing patterns, garment patterns, Sewing, sewing patterns, Sewing Tips

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