We are super excited to announce that the new Kindle version of our best selling Sewing Machine Repair for the Home Sewer book is now available. Now you can grab this helpful book and take it everywhere with you on your reader or smartphone, or even read it on your computer, for just $19.95 – […]
Book Review
Free eBook Helps Monetize Your Blog
Esther Crawford from ShePosts.com and Jennifer James from Mom Bloggers Club got together and created this fabulous ebook called From Blog to Business. Don’t let the price fool you – this is one valuable tool if you have a blog or are interested in starting one! These experienced ladies give you all the information you […]
Book Review: Junky Styling, Wardrobe Surgery
Deconstructing, re-styling, and completely transforming old clothes is all the rage right now and this 160-page book, Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery is a beautifully designed and illustrated softcover publication that will inspire all who read it to take a new look at their discarded fashions. The authors, Annika Sanders and Kerry Seager, launched a successful […]
Switch Craft: Battery Powered Crafts to Make and Sew by Alison Lewis
Alison Lewis’ first book, “Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew”, daringly combines technology with fashion and home decor. The book is brimming with battery operated clothing and accessory projects like an illuminated skirt (see cover), a pillow with a headset for a cell phone, a bag that blares music and a wriggling cat […]
Homemade Halloween: Quick and Easy Costumes, Decorations, and Not-So-Frightening Family Fun
Homemade Halloween: Quick and Easy Costumes, Decorations, and Not-So-Frightening Family Fun (Fox Chapel Publishing, September 2008) is chock full of creative step-by-step projects for everything your family needs to celebrate October 31st – from super easy-to-make costumes and pumpkin carving patterns to party favors and delightful decorations. In Dandy Disguises, the construction of basic costume […]
Denim Revolution: Dozens of Ways To Turn Denim Cast-Offs Into Fashion Must-Haves
At age 12, Nancy Rosen — now Nancy Minsky — drew on paper and then created out of cotton fabric a prize-winning suit. “(Her instructors) were astonished she did so well,” said her mom, Micki Rosen, 80, of Portland, where Minsky grew up. “If she’d made it out of wool, they said they’d have sent her […]