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Sew With Sarah —- 1975-2015

March 10, 2015 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

Sew With Sarah is celebrating our 40th Anniversary this year! As many of you already know, I learned the Oriental Method of Pattern Making while on a military tour to Taiwan with my husband and family.  A young Taiwanese woman we met at church offered to help me get registered at a local pattern making […]

Filed Under: Business Profile, Business Spotlight, Sewing, Sewing History Tagged With: pattern making, pattern making for children, pattern making for men, pattern making for women, Sewing

21st-century quilts sew different from Grandma’s – News-Press

July 21, 2011 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

21st-century quilts sew different from Grandma’s – News-Press Reverse applique: Traditional applique sews a motif (the design piece) on top of a background. Reverse applique quilters sew the motif underside of the background, then cut away and turn under the edge of the top fabric to reveal the motif. Sashiko

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SEEDS of Entrepreneurial Spirit

March 26, 2010 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

I’m really excited about the opportunity to attend the BlogHer convention this year as I’m looking forward to networking with and learning from some of the best and brightest bloggers around!  Unfortunately, it will not be a cheap trip since the tickets alone cost $298, so I was ecstatic to learn from Jennifer at Hip […]

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Mother and Daughter Business Fills a Void

January 8, 2010 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

Tina Schatzberg had left her career as an advertising sales executive to be a stay-at-home mom, however she still had a passion for marketing and wanted a more flexible means of pursuing that passion.  When Schatzberg’s mother lost her job as a sewer for an automotive supplier in Detroit, the two decided to go into […]

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Unemployed Mom Stitches Up a Business From Daughter’s Designs

January 5, 2010 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

Denise Garlow is an out of work graphic artist from Atlanta who had been spending most of each day at the computer looking for employment and rewriting her resume.  Then one day her daughter brought home a plate she had designed in Girl Scouts that had drawings of “colorful, mouse-like creatures with large saucer ears […]

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Stay At Home Mom Stitches up a High Dollar Mitten Business

December 17, 2009 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

Megan Woods, a stay at home mom with three children from Brookline, Massachusetts, was looking for something to do after her children started school.  Then last year her mom sent her a pair of handcrafted mittens for Christmas and Woods convinced her mom to start up a business together. Now Woods spends her time sifting […]

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