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Rainbows are awesome, and so is Rainbow Brite (yes, I’m a child of the ’80s). But, as an adult, dressing in rainbow clothes too often looks twee and childish. […]
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Here’s how to save money on Amazon: Shop the online retailer’s bargain pages for discount sewing supplies. If you know where and how to look, a bargain-hungry sewist definitely can save cash on fabric, storage, furniture, notions, sewing machines, and more. […]
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Oh, Amazon. You big, sexy database. Delivering fabric to my house so I don’t have to take my sons with me to the fabric-cutting counter. (🙌🙏👍 THANK YOU!!) My sewing friends, I’ve got some choice Amazon tricks for fabric shopping that I’m itching to share. […]
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This is part 2 of a two-part series. Here’s part 1: People Watching: Sewing Inspiration That’s Not Pinterest (Part 1). Fashion sewing inspiration can come from just about anywhere. Social media, magazines, museum exhibits, and trips to the mall can sow seeds for your next stitching project. People watching is one of my favorite ways to […]
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Can we talk, sewist to sewist? When I feel like Pinterest and Instagram are coming up short in the sewing inspiration department, I turn to people watching. […]
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Tracing sewing patterns is my least favorite sewing task. There, I said it. Tracing sewing patterns is a tedious, and I almost always lose steam on a project during pattern tracing. But, I am a committed member of Team Trace (vs. Team Cut That Stuff Out). By tracing sewing patterns, you preserve the original pattern, […]
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Here they are: my first pair of jeans! They’re the Mia jeans from our British friends at Sew Over It. I’m DELIGHTED with how they turned out, my sewing homies. […]
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How many times have you heard that sewing is cheaper than therapy? I am pretty sure I see that weekly in the online sewing community. This quip inspired me to explore sewing for depression and anxiety. […]
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There’s a new sewing room setup in town, my stitching friends! After years of talk, I finally made over my sewing room. It’s optimized with chic new IKEA furniture (there’s a new IKEA in my town, so how could I resist?), and the result is an airy and highly functional sewing space that practically begs me for quality time. […]
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I love a sewing magazine. So when I spied the March 2018 issue of La Maison Victor sewing magazine at Jo-Ann, and it jumped in my cart. (That happens with a lot of things at Jo-Ann, ha ha.) […]