Sewing

So that I don't have to sew with a needle. It can be back breaking and needs a lot of eye detail too. My eyesight is not as impeccable anymore.Is there a better way to sew a badge onto the uniform? The adhesive doesn't work that well, still need stitching to have it well-attached onto the uniform.Now, my skills are tested further when H gave me his Boy Scout uniform to have all those badges sewn.

After much research, I chose a new Singer Confidence 7463 sewing machine.  Oronzo purchased it early for me for my birthday that's coming up next week.  Of course, it'll take me some time to learn how to use this, considering I know nothing about sewing.  But I have a willingness to learn!Features80 Stitch Functions (30 Stitches)2 Styles of Fully Automatic Precisely Balanced 1-Step ButtonholesP

Made these pin last 2 weeks, but just manage to assemble and pack in up last few days. I made it for a swap that will be coming and I found that there are many possibilities in clay. You can do anything with clay.From Left to Right for each set- Chocolate- Strawberry dip Chocolate- Cupcakes- MashmelowI love the chocolate with the pink cream on top and the strawberry dip chocolate ~~ yummyThe final

I’m making a dress pattern that takes less than an hour (if you don’t have a job, kids, and dinner to juggle while trying to video your sewing project). It uses seam binding to finish the sleeve edges and neck edge. This is an easy, quick way to finish an edge. Note that I’m working [...]

When you watched the Phoenix successfully landed on the Mars, what’s your first expression? Are you also jumping upside down like me as well? If you always fascinate about the hexapod walking robot, then you absolutely need to concentrate on today topic… The B.F. six legged Hexapod is using in this project, which a pen attachment is added [...]

I've finally made something! i don't know what's been going on with me for the past couple of weeks since I've got back from holiday/honeymoon but I've just not have the umph to make anything. My creative muse seemed to...

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Yesterday while the company we’d hired to install gutters was outside doing their thing (fabulous job by the Click for larger viewway, I’m looking forward to the next rain to see how they perform!) I did some re-arranging of my sewing room.At 12’x9’ my options are pretty limited.  Even if we get a custom cabinet maker in here, I still don’t have room to inco

Jim and I visited the local Farmer’s market yesterday morning. I sure hope it gets better later in the season, because it was just terrible! Not many vendors, and the produce was wilted, yucky and we walked away wondering who would buy it? My blueberries finally finished dehydrating; 2 gallons worth fit into just a bit over a quart sized jar. Amazing. Tomorrow morning I’m going back to

VideoJug: Wedding Gown Sewing Styles What are 'finished seams'? Finished seams are the seams inside the wedding gown where they are bound or properly finished as opposed to being left as row edges which may fray and also show through the dress. What is a 'built-in crinoline'? A built-in crinoline is the tool or the petticoat that goes underneath the gown. A true crinoline has boning in it to

For those who want to learn to quilt you must have sewing machine. When you want to make sewing patterns, clothes and embroidery you need sewing machine too. If you really want to start learn about quilting and make sewing patterns, clothes and embroidery or else, I suggest you to buy sewing machines for beginners.As beginner, you should consider to buy sewing machines for beginners that will be f

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I've been whining about my church clothes for some time. Shopping with two small children has not been a whole lot of fun, nor has it often been successful. When I have found something, I don't usually try it on in the store; I just buy it and bring it home to try it on, and then invariably return it, discouraged again. Recently, however, I netted a gain of two dresses! One, though, had only

I finished this shirt today. I started it on the weekend but got distracted yesterday. It is so nice out I am spending lots of time sitting outside doing just about nothing. The shirt is from this book. There are...

I recently cleaned out our closet and found this: The t-shirts, they were taking over. But after going through them all, we only found three (count ‘em: THREE) with which we could bear to part. So I want to make this: But first, I need one of these: And I have no clue where to start. Singer [...]

It’s always fun to look at the latest issue of Vogue and other fashion and decorating magazines, and see what the latest upcoming styles will be. This helps home sewers get good ideas for their sewing projects they can make to wear and for decorating our homes. Keeping up with fashion in sewing [...]

Sewing is one of the most practical, and fun, hobbies available to you today. By learning to sew you can easily create items for around your home and even make your own clothing. Sewing will allow you to save money and also have the items you want, in the fabrics and colors [...]

One of the most challenging things for new sewers is sewing elastic to their craft projects and garments. Elastic is a bit tricky, because if you don’t do it correctly it can easily ruin your project by making it look horrible and bunchy. Nothing is worse than sewing a great item and [...]

Brother LS-2125i free-arm sewing machine includes a variety of built-in stitches each with multiple stitch functions, 4-step built-in buttonholer and auto-bobbin winder. Also features twin needle for decorative stitching, 4 quick-change presser feet and reverse sewing lever.

Sewing is a unique hobby because it can be both fun and practical all at the same time. You can sew clothing items and decorative items for your home also simply by learning the basics of sewing. Ever since the day where man began walking upright, people have been sewing. [...]

Sewing can be a very rewarding hobby to take up. You can sew everything from clothing to bedding and other household decorative items. By learning basic sewing you can ensure that when your button pops off, or your hem comes out of your pants, that you can quickly and easily [...]

Plaid and patterned fabrics are all the rage once again. This means that if you are going to sew with either plaid or a patterned fabric then you need to learn how to match-up the fabric so your resulting project looks the best it possibly can. While matching up fabrics can take [...]

Alabama Stitch Book: Projects and Stories Celebrating Hand-Sewing, Quilting and Embroidery for Contemporary Sustainable Style (Hardcover)By Natalie Chanin Buy new: $35.00$23.1031 used and new from $18.78 Customer Rating: First tagged “crafts” by voudoudoll “vdoll” [...]

Antique sewing machines have a sort of mystique about them in that they have history surrounding them. Finding and restoring these gems is an a reward in itself. Read on to learn more. More: continued here

Thread is a tightly twisted strand of two or more ply of yarn used for hand and machine sewing. Some facts about sewing thread: The difference between thread and yarn is that thread is used to sew together garments and other products, while yarn is a collection of fibers that is woven or knit into [...]

In order to fix a sewing machine you have to identify the exact problem you have. Of course, this is easier said than done since the number of possible problems is large. However, there are a few common problems which are more likely to cause your machine to stall. It’s best to run through this [...]

Learn the Basics of Sewing with an Illustrated Guide [Instruction] Have you thought about tackling some of the niftier crafts projects we've posted at Lifehacker, but the thought of picking up a needle and thread brings phantom stabbing pains to your fingers? Instructables posts a pretty handy guide to the basics of putting thread through a needle and working with it, including a guide to what kind of equipment you'll need and an explanation of the most common terms used in how-to guides. It goes a little beyond the scope of, say, sewing a button back on, but it could help you down the path toward paint chip wallets, T-shirt laptop cases, and other DIY goodies. Hit the link to get your thread on. How to Sew [Instructables] Link - Kevin Purdy - Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:3

Well it was time to upgrade my sewing machine. It's amazing how you can really make things last when you have to and by taking care of your things. My poor old Janome was 17 years old and it has served me well. I took it apart a couple of months ago and gave it a good cleaning out and oiling, but alas, I think it's needing some new parts. So rather than put out money on repairs on such an old

Yesterday was my 2nd attempt on the sewing machine, but no luck on sewing nice things.I have brought a new book with template patterns, but don't know how to trace it to my cloth. Do I need to tracing paper or how?? So headache.So I just play around with those old fabric and manage to sew a cushion, but it was too ugly to show on here. I also manage to sew a casing for my umbrella. Pink one. That one also abit "cacat". But yet still usable. I have it on my bag now.I wanted to sew bags, I can just stumble upon this website that teach how to sew a boxy pouch tutorial.Cute isn't it. But this tutorial is without linning, I want the pouch with inner linning.Felt are very nice too, but its kinda expensive compare to normal fabric and its real hard to find it here too. This Ai the alien tutorial

It does not take a lot of work or any particular knowledge to keep a sewing machine in tip top shape. In the same regard, it does not take a lot of work to restore an antique sewing machine to its original working condition. A sewing machine is typically constructed of metal with only a small [...]

Horray~~Finally I brought my sewing machine.TS told me there is a shop at Sri Rampai selling sewing machine. For a very long long time I wanted one.The shop got repair and sell sewing machine. The guy promote this sewing machine I got. Model 1116 from Singer. He said is the most non problem machine and they provide me service and sewing lessons. My budget is RM600-700. But later I brought one with RM895. RM200 more over my budget. Hai~ everytime like that.Was abit regreting when placing the deposit. But was not regareting yet delightful after I got the sewing machine.I have 19 patterns with my this sewing machine. Another model RM690 is with 7 patterns. Extra RM200 I get 10 more patterns, I think its ok la.I was amaze that the technology nowadays. I salute the sewing machine. They can real

  Felipe from Brazil sent in some pictures and a video of his Jigsaw that has been turned into a Sewing Machine. I have never seen a hack to do this before but it is a cool idea. It also looks like the presser foot and feed dog help to feed the material through the blade. [...]

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My sewing area was pretty small for the work that I was doing… so I decided that I needed to revamp it a bit… So I have been keeping my eye on tables on Kijiji and looking for other ways to organize…. Then yesterday I went to Zellers to pick up a few things and saw [...]

Hello fellow crafters - Tissuepaper here - the following is a guest post from my friend Jewelfaerie.com - Enjoy! I love what she did with her computer desk! Hi everyone, I'm happy to be here, and thanks for having me! I hope you are inspired by my sewing center project.  Here goes:A few months back, I impulsively bought a This End Up computer hutch for $50 from someone on Craig's List. I had a

Why Sewing and Knitting still matter is the topic of a high profile panel discussion which is part of the SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 9th from 3:30 - 4:30pm in Austin’s Convention Center. Traditional crafts such as knitting and sewing are surging in popularity thanks to the growing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement. But living in [...]

I love it! I remember my mother sewing a lot when I was little. She had a sewing machine like this where the sewing machine folded into the table - except hers was white. I had always wanted one like this and could not believe it when I walked into the thrift shop one day and saw this sitting there with a price tag of $19.99!SOLD!It works perfectly! And it's so simple. The only complaint I have now is that it sits in my dinning room - and my dinning room will never be the same.It even came with the original hand book:

By: Elmo Kandel It's always fun to look at the latest issue of Vogue and other fashion and decorating magazines, and see what the latest upcoming styles will be. This helps us home sewers get good ideas for things we can make to wear and for decorating our homes. Keeping up with fashion is a good idea for all sewers because it insures that your sewing items are current to the times and will be able to be used for the longest period of time possible. The look coming in Spring 2008 appears to be a throw-back to the 1950's. Such items as high heeled pumps, slim skirts, large belts, and loose blouses with puffy collars and sleeves appear to be becoming all the rage once again. It appears that the days of butts hanging out of low-rise jeans are ending and a more sophisticated look is returning to the mainstream. For many of us, this couldn't have come at a better time; unless you are a six foot tall pencil, the fashions of 2007 just aren't that flattering. Some of the latest staples

A wide range of pattern styles is available. Styles with princess seams are slenderizing. So are patterns with a center panel of a contrasting color; to minimize hips, use a dark color for the side panels. High-cut leg openings on swimsuits and leotards give the appearance of longer legs and a slimmer torso. For a full-busted figure, choose a pattern with a bustline shaped by darts or seams. To fill out a slender figure, use a pattern with shirring, draping, or ruffles. Or choose a simple pattern style and a splashy printed fabric to enhance a slender figure.By sewing your own swimsuits and leotards, you can make garments that meet your needs. Add a full-front lining to a swimsuit, if desired; this is especially important for light-colored and lightweight fabrics. Or you may line just the

You might think so, but it could be one of two things: large hips or a small waist. A quick look in the mirror will tell the story. If your hips are large in proportion to the upper part of your body, then full hips are the problem. If your hips are in proportion to the upper part of the body, but the waist appears small, then the problem lies in your waist. If your waist is small, the garment's waist can be reduced by increasing the width of darts and pleats. If your hips are large, the pattern needs to be increased at the side seam in the hip area.Read More...

By Julie SimmonsSewing can be a great hobby, and also very useful when you have clothing garments that need repair. You can create virtually anything with some of the newer sewing machines, from bed sheets to curtains, clothing, gifts, and decorative pieces. If you own an embroidery sewing machine you can even create some stunning designs using templates found on the internet, or using your own home made embroidery designs.Sewing machines can vary greatly in prices, depending on the brand, model, and features that you require. If you have a limited budget you could easily pay less than a hundred dollars, but you can also find machines that cost several thousand dollars.Read More...To learn the secrets to dress and clothes alterations in one neat little package, then Click Here!

It’s got to be seen to be believed!… Oh, one more thing, for those of you who can’t wait for me to put some more goodies up and want to learn the secrets to dress and clothes alterations in one neat little package, then Click Here!

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I found a cute, simple electronic sewing kit offered by aniomagic.com that can make the perfect Christmas gift for the creative people among our reader. You might not be able to create with this kit such attention magnets like Moritz Waldermeyer did recently but you can create cute little Wearable Electronic fashion accessories for your bag or shirt or jacket. The site has some examples to demonstrate how the electrical sewing kit can be used and offers a detailed description with many photos to show how to work with the different components of the electronic sewing kit. No worry, it’s much easier as you might think thanks to the simplicity of this kit. The electronic sewing kit contains: two hand-made “LED sequins”, a fabric switch, soft battery holder and battery, conductive thread and a patch of fabric. The complete kit can be ordered here and goes for $ 15.- and shipping is free! Nwanua Elumeze, CEO and researcher on customizable clothing and jewelry is behind

Well, it was love at first sight for Val and Ruth. Val’s birthday present arrived around noon today and she and her mom were positively giddy about it. Watching Val pull the lightweight machine from its box — I couldn’t believe how happy the two appeared. Both of them gasped with delight as each element of the sewing machine revealed itself. Val is downstairs watching the How-to DVD. She looked up from the “show” to tell Ruth, “Give me 24 hours. Then I show it to you.” Ruth literally clapped her hands in joy. Who knew I could make the two of them so incredibly happy with this Overstock.com purchase. Ruth helped Val pick it out online. More on this soon, as new pillows, drapes, duvet covers and other wonderful Val-made pieces appear in our house.

I recently brought a Mini Sewing Machine from Lelong.com at october and I was too busy and didn't have the time to try it.Until today I just try it, when I just start try, it seems working very well, I was so gladful that I can finally sew my bags, pillows and plush that I wanted to do them so much. But just half way sewing my small cosmetic bag, suddenly the thread seens unable to sew in my cloth, I just see the needle keep on going up and down on my fabric without the threat sewing on it. I look at the bobbin and see on what error is it causing this. When I open the bobbin and want to insert again,seems the bobbin threat wouldn't come up. I called the seller and ask, she say the above threat will come down and lift up the bobbin threat, but I tried more then 30 times, still not coming up. Then she say. You want you can come to my place and I will look for you, but you are off your 3 days waranty period, I cannot do anything. Or you try ask your friend that know how to sew to look o

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Hi sewing friends, Being the new kid on the block, I had to start from scratch, so I wandered around town looking for sewing magazines, fabric and notion stores. I found a few fabric stores but I have a feel there is more… The good news is that I can get sewing magazines at the newsstand. I can get Burda Moden, Burda Easy Fashion and Ottobre Design. It gets even better. Some sewing magazines sell in Italian which is much easier for me to understand then in German. Burda Moden sells for €3,60 while Burda Easy Fashion (I found it only in German) sells for €6. Unfortunately I can not get the Threads magazine here. I was hoping they import Pattrones but it turns out they don’t. If someone is interested in getting Burda Moden, Easy Fashion or Ottobre Design I’ll be very happy to mail them for Threads or Pattrones. Here are the magazines I managed to get recently: The Fall/Winter Edition of Easy Fashion features modular patterns for a jacket, two different styles of pants, a skirt

Here is some link where a new beginner in sewing would find it usable (I do it because I want to link them out for my reference.)I always love japanese style bags, small tote, and coin purse.TS promise that I could buy a sewing machine if I hit my target. Yes I did for this month!! Sewing machine is something extra that I would like for my crafts, imaging sewing a pillow with hand sew. I think for ages I couldn't finish that pillow. I guess :( Now hunting which model to go for.Recently,I found Flickr have alot alot these kind of resources. I'm going to list down some I like here for refrence.1. labour of love & fab fabrics - nice soft color fabric and small handmade plush and gifts2. All Things Handmade by Zoopri - bright color handmade tissue totes, small tote/purse bags, bright fabric3. Fabric Addicts Anonymous - Flickr group pools of nice fabric4. Amigurumi Kingdom's - kawaii crochet cup cakes and candy plush - cute ler. Her Etsy and website5. Kawaii matchbox pool - huge kawa

I am almost finished fixing up my sewing space downstairs in our guest room… The office and the guest room have been sore spots since we moved in here. It has been a rare occasion that they have stayed clean and uncluttered… actually… I don’t think that they ever have…. With the water heater disaster… and now new floors and being able to start out new, I have made a nice little sewing space. Simon uncluttered a lot of his clothes and his dresser is now in the closet and out of view. The bed frame was broken so we put that in the garbage and now the mattresses are on the floor, which may not be ideal but it will have to do. My sewing table fits perfectly and I have space to work without cluttering the office space up. I also got rid of a lot of scraps and placed all my material in a bureau that used to be in the kitchen… About 2 months ago I found a junior size dress form for 15$…. and last night I had an idea… I put some ba

She can consider herself lucky because had she been conceived in these times, her mother would have had an abortion. Chinese doctors have found 26 sewing needles inside the body of Luo Cuifen, a 31-year-old woman.They suspect they were inserted into the woman's body when she was a newborn by her grandparents because they were upset she was not a boy. Some of the needles entered the vital organs, such as the lungs, liver and kidneys and one even in the woman's brain was broken into threeparts.read more on softpedia

Hi friends, Some of you reading this blog may already be familiar with Google Reader. I came across this neat tool a few days ago and would like to share my experience with you. The beauty of this tool is that you get a centralized view of all your favorite blogs and what is even nicer is that all the new postings appear in a list format, much the same as new e-mails would. It is a freebie and all you need is a google account. The interface looks like this: On the left hand side you can see the list of the sewing blogs I usually read. There are two ways to add the subscription aka feed to it. The easy way is to click on the RSS feed link on the blog you want to add. The… other way is to cut and paste or type the URL of the blog to the ‘Add subscription’ menu in Google Reader. New postings from my favorite sewing blogs appear as a list of items: Each item can be viewed directly from the reader: If you like to organize your favorite blogs in folders you can do so

I am fighting with the stupid sewing machine.  Sera wants the thread just so and the machine won’t do it.  She has all the settings written down but none of them are working so now I’m the one left to fix it!  This is crap.  I have to go fix us all something to eat and work on her machine some more.  Can’t handle when she is upset, it’s just not cool man.  It upsets the whole balance!!! - Unicorn

Fitzpatterns has very generously published the pattern for a shrug. It is not quite a cardigan or a jacket but more of a set of sleeves with a back. I keep seeing people around the town wearing them so why not join the trend? This is a great pattern that you can download via the link below. The pattern is provided in PDF format with six different downloads. The six PDFs are for three

Two vintage sewing machines – Elgin and Vigorelli – in a messy second hand shop, in downtow Sao Paulo. © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Oddities, Photography, Sao Paulo.

If you own a Singer-brand sewing machine then this could be the blog for you. Singer Sewing Machine Tutorials posts video tutorials for various functions of these well-known sewing machines. Even if you have another brand of machine, it is still worth a look. Singer Sewing Machine Tutorials

One of the great things about crafting is that you can save money by making your own items or, if you are good enough, you can even turn your craft into a small business and make some money. Of course, when you are starting out with a new hobby you are likely to make some mistakes and create items that you can be proud of but that you won't find at eye-level in your local fashion outlet just yet

After posting my latest layout titled "Out Of Shell", some of my forum friends would liked to know more about the technique used. This is actually an extension on my topic "Felt Piecing in Layouts" in my tips and tricks section. Therefore, I've thought of posting it here so that all my blog readers would also get to know more about the technique. I will answer those questions by referring to my felt piecing work in the picture below: Shading felts:I've used some fabric markers to shade my felt in my flower felt piecing before sewing or attaching it to the layout. You can also used some permanent art markers as long as they are not water based. This will add depths to the overall look of the flower.Sewing felts: I've used embroidery threads (ie. DMC) for almost all my scrapbooking work. It comes in great variety of colours and it is softer and won't tear your paper easily. It is definitely great for sewing very fragile and soft materials such as felts.Detailing felts:In my layou

I'm way envious of people who can sew. My mom tried to teach me when I was in grade school, but the only thing I ended up making was sucky beanie baby-esque things for one my brother's 1st grade projects. I have tons of patterns for clothes I was going to make, but that fell through; I can't even figure out how to thread the bobbin anymore. My mom is a great seamstress. She has made dresses for both me and Blythe for homecoming and she made the skirt of my first prom dress after an unfortunate internet shopping experience. This envy tends to steer me to clothing companies that remake vintage clothes like the one Eve Chrust created called eve*lynn. I think being able to take something you find at a thrift store or Salvation Army and make it totally stellar is something everyone should learn to do. Eve started selling eve*lynn to classmates in 2004. She ran her business right out of her college dorm room, and just last year started her first RTW line. She likes to experiment with dif

http://www.sewnowstudio.com/Knitting may have been all the rage a few years ago, but today, it's all about sewing, with sewing converts eager to design their own fashions and accessories. "It's a way to express yourself," says Steven Berger, CEO of the Craft and Hobby Association.Susan Goldie, co-founder of Sewnow! Fashion Studio in Lafayette, California, is providing a place to sew as well as lessons for sewing newbies. Her diverse clients rent time on the professional-quality sewing machines, and parties and embroidery services round out her offerings. Goldie says that even before her December 2006 opening, the store garnered a lot of interest. "It's been exciting to have people just come in and check out what's going on and hear their enthusiasm for the products and services," says Goldie, 41. All the creativity is pushing first-year sales projections to $250,000.

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Hey, look what I found: Videos on the SingerCo site that feature their various presser feet. There are a number of presser feet featured, with different videos for different uses on some feet. I can’t hear anything, is it my system or do these old vids not have a sound track? They annoyingly posted them for QuickTime (I hate how QuickTime tries to take over my machine, like this time it said that some MIME type was assigned to another program -duh, I hate QT). However, I suspect I’ll be happy that the Sew and Surge foot video is posted. I recently bought the product and am looking for a chance to try it out. You can also shop for the right Singer presser foot on my site ;).

I’m working on more tutorials. The first two are already uploaded to Google Video. Although I originally posted the first one on YouTube as well, I was spammed within one week by ickly people, so I deleted my account. I’ve since also posted the video on Yahoo Video and AOL’s video posting as well. I still need to post the second one on those systems.  Please let me know what other tutorials are really important for you to get going on your Singer sewing machine.

Guess what? The Wandering Quilter has been named one of the Ten Best Sewing Blogs: Learn to Sew and Sew like a Pro or for Fun written by Slate Stone and published on Associated Content, the People’s Media Company. How exciting! There’s power in numbers, and knowledge to be shared, so the more of us who gather here, the more we can learn from each other. I discovered this morning I have no batting the right size for my charm square quilt, so a trip to town is in order, I’d like to finish the quilt up and start on another. I might look for more flannel for PJ’s… but save it in case I get that serger anytime soon… like next week maybe?

I've been spending again, but I think I'm about there with the Christmas presents. Except I need something for my Grandparents - I don't think I can do the calendar idea after all. Having dropped into Hobby Craft yesterday on my way back from the work thing I went back over again this afternoon for more stuff. I bought a cross stitch magazine yesterday which has a 3-D nativity scene which I am now aiming to make before Christmas so I needed some more threads for that, and there were some designs which were suggested for the top of wooden boxes you can buy. The boxes cost about £15 though, so I am going for compact mirrors instead which should look nice but are pretty straightforward to make. Especially now I have a bit more time.Driving over this afternoon it looked like a rainbow was erupting from the road somewhere straight ahead of me. I remember when I was a kid I made up stories involving climbing the rainbow. Probably inspired by My Little Pony or the Carebears or something l

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I just read in a recent issue of Pet Product News that knitting sweaters for dogs is a new "HOT" item! So if you know how to knit why not try it. You might make some extra money or be able to add to it and create a whole new line of items for dogs. If you sew you could make jackets, make gourmet doggie treats, and the list can go on. I did some searching and I found a website that has a few FREE patterns for some dog clothing and accessories. CANINE CRAFTS. This could turn into a cool work at home career. In the search box below you can do a search for more pet crafts and ideas!!Enter your search termsSubmit search form

It does not take a lot of work or any particular knowledge to keep a sewing machine in tip top shape. In the same regard, it does not take a lot of work to restore an antique sewing machine to its original working condition. A sewing machine is typically constructed of metal with only a small [...]

One of the oldest hobbies that women have been enjoying for many generations is embroidering. In numerous different countries throughout the world, the art of embroidering is an integral part of their culture. Women assemble into a group and work together as a unit on some designs. Because they work within a group, women also [...]

Project Code Name : Sewing Guinea Pig Subject : IPod Holder. Mission :Your mission, should you choose to accept it, make a nice small gift to send to your new sister in law. Make it up as you go along. ————————————————————   For Christmas P gave K a red Ipod, I thought since I’m on a sewing streak [...]

Project Code Name : Sewing Guinea Pig Subject : Baby Quilt Blanket for Solenne. Mission : Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make your first quilt - for even more of a danger factor, do so without a pattern.  ————————————————————  I mentioned in my entry about Solenne’s shower that I would post about the [...]

Project Code Name : Sewing Guinea Pig Subject : Guest Bedroom Curtains. Mission : Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make curtains for your guest bedroom before Chris & Christine arrive.  They may wish to have some privacy in the form of curtains when they visit. ————————————————–  pictures of some of my “sewing” projects.  [...]

Colin and I are headed to Ottawa tomorrow to see some friends, B&G, they had their first baby last year and we really haven’t gotten together with them since the baby came. I wipped up a quick blanket today to take with us, along with Christmas presents and shower gifts we never got to give them. [...]

Hi all! Please help! I'm trying to sew a top from a book (Making Stuff: An alternative craft book by Ziggy Heanor ISBN: 1094772617) using stetch jersey fabric. I'm fine with everything the instructions up to where they say to use stretchy iron-on (fusible) interfacing on the edges of the garment before sewing it up using a straight stitch... Must I use interfacing? I can't get the stetchy type anywhere and wondered if i used a narrow zig-zag stitch instead whether that would be ok? Failing that I have normal non-stretchy iron-on interfacing... Feel like just using zig-zag stitch and going for it... Please help - my local dressmaking shop was rude to me - don't think they like beginners much :( Many thanks AmyLast post by Sherril Miller at Thu 12 Jul 2007 09:12:46 AM Total posts: 6 Visit PatternReview.com to read this entire topic.Take a PatternReview.com Sewing Class today.

The vintage sewing contest starts in 3 weeks. I am managing this contest. I haven't done any vintage sewing yet. I am looking foward to seeing the entries. This is a new contest so there are no rules from a previous contest to start from. This means I really need input on what the rules should be. Thanks! JoanneLast post by RuthieK at Thu 12 Jul 2007 09:46:14 AM Total posts: 15 Visit PatternReview.com to read this entire topic.Shop for New Look patterns at PatternReview.com

Does anyone have recommendation of sewing shows on TV - like maybe HGTV? I found Sewing with Nancy on Public TV (very early Saturdays) and some quilting. ThanksLast post by Rhoda K at Sun 15 Jul 2007 07:56:56 PM Total posts: 38 Visit PatternReview.com to read this entire topic.Shop for Burda patterns at PatternReview.com

I created this new thread - the name sounds a bit like an underwear sewalong but I couldn't think of anything better. :D MelLast post by Vonnevo at Sun 15 Jul 2007 07:21:47 PM Total posts: 8272 Visit PatternReview.com to read this entire topic.Research Kenmore Sewing Machines and Sergers at PatternReview.com.