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January 18, 2011
All About Cotton - regularly $60 - now just $51 through Friday, Jan. 20 
I shared some really interesting details about the price increase in cotton on my Video Newsletter - listen here...                 Â
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Interfacing in stock is on sale at 25% savings starting NOW.Â
Included:Â all Pro-brand interfacings from Pam Erny including:Â Pro-Weft, Pro-Woven Fusible, Pro-Sheer Elegance, Pro-Sheer Tricot, and
              all HTC interfacings including So Sheer and Satin Weave.Â
WHY you ask?Â
Well - I find I'm not moving it as well now that I don't sell fabric...room needed for other good stuff!
WHY don't I sell fabric?
1. I don't have room to store it any longer
2. My hubby doesn't like to cut and fold and fill orders with it when I'm away teaching and doing shows...
3. My best sources dried up
4. There is HUGE competition out there - lots of sites with LOTS of fabric - do what You can do Best is what I figure
5. I'm more into creative 'things', notions, and my own niche of the stylish jackets on a sweatshirt base...I actually do order fulfillment for Clover Notions - and that takes alot of time
Sew...........there you have it - so scoop up savings on interfacings NOW.
Some 'Learning from Londa" as taught at my shop and in an online class I taught at Pattern Review back in 2005.....
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Think of a body: Interfacing is the 'bones'. It is what gives a garment some structure and endurance Too often, to march to the 'sew it tonight...wear it tomorrow' drummer, interfacing is completely let out of patterns - even the very best patterns by top designers. In my opinion, this is a mistake. just because a pattern does not call for interfacing is NOT to put it in anyway.  I am responsible for the end product that I a creating - and only I Know the properties of the particular fabric i am using. Don't let any pattern dictate your interfacing choices - learn all you can, ask for opinions, test and keep those test samples. Do what YOU feel is correct fo your specific situation.Â
Londa says: ALWAYS preshrink Interfacing!!! I now Pam Erny says you don't have to preshrink hers, but I would do it anyway just to be safe.
-  Sew-in interfacings - preshrink just as you would the fabric. Loses body you say? Well, it will when the garment is washed as well. You may as well see what you'll really have added with the interfacing NOW.
-  Fusible Interfacings - let soak folded up in a sink of HOT water until the water cools. Roll in a towel, and LAY out (do not hang) to dry. I was taught that though fusible interfacing goes through a heat process in manufacture - it is then stretched when wrapped on bolts - so THAT is why it needs to be preshrunk. Better to be safe than sorry! It goes without saying that if you're going to wash a garment AFTER making it - you must wash the fabric BEFORE you make it.
- Felted Stuff does NOT - Interfacing! The pellon-type felted stuff that you can TEAR apart - belongs in CRAFTS - NOT in Clothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Â
Let's face it - clothing is actually INEXPENSIVE to purchase! We sew because we love the process and we like to have something different. It should be BETTER - it should FIT better - and it should LAST longer and LOOK better during its life BECAUSE we made it! SEW...........Londa says: do NOT skip interfacing!
Tagua Buttons are now available in a different way online. I have scanned and uploaded each of the colors - reducing the options to the best-selling colors.
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Brand NEW: Zipper trim! Available by the yard - or at a reduced price when you purchase a full 'bolt' of 10 yards. It's been fun to see how designers have been using zipper teeth as trim. Now you can do it too!  There's even packages of a mix of 5 colors, 1 yard each - Classic Colors  and Vintage Colors.
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