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Explore 600+ sewing articles from over 20 years of teaching and creating. For my newest tutorials and ideas, visit me on Substack!
Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over!
Y’all, I’m Moving the Sewing Party to Substack – Come On Over! Hey there, Sewing Friends! 🧵✂️ After a lot of thinking (and maybe one too many cups of coffee), I’ve decided it’s time to pack up my virtual sewing basket. I’m moving our little corner of the internet over to Substack. It’s where more folks are gathering these days, and I want to stitch and chat with every single one of you! Click right on this post preview to read the rest of it! The New Plan So here’s the plan:
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Fashion for Children: What it Can Mean
“Has the American habit of dressing children as ‘mini-mes’ helped to fuel the rise of immature and incapable adults?” That question is...
Flea Market Creative Inspiration
The Nashville TN Flea Market was quite a creative inspiration this Memorial Day weekend! I just love seeing creativity – in most any...
T with Flounce Additions = Amazing Tunic Top
T Transformed to Tunic Flounces dress up most anything! See how flounces added to the hemline and sleeves transform this T-Shirt? It was...
WARNING on T UP-Cycle Projects
WARNING Many of the T- Up-cycle ideas need a sewer’s touch. Having now spent quite a few days playing with ideas I have found online for...
Transform a T-Shirt into a Cascade Vest
Inspiration-Improvement-End Result OK – Transforming a T into this cascading vest tickled my brain! Cruising on Pinterest for up-cycle...
EZ T-Shirt THROW Coverlet to Sew
A T-Shirt Throw Coverlet is an EZ memory gift to sew up for giving this graduating season. Know the Designer? Sewing Guild friend, Linda...
THREAD NESTS – The WHY and HOW to Fix on your Sewing Machine
Thread Nest aggravating MESS is due to… THREAD NESTS…CURED! If your sewing machine occasionally creates these ‘nests’ of thread on the...
How To Stitch Up an Opening Using a Slip Stitch or ‘Sidewalk Stitch’
How to Stitch AN Opening Closed Very often in sewing, after turning a project right side out, you need to close the opening by hand using...
How To Alter Wide Leg Pant to a Skinny Capri Pant
Once again, I have narrowed some pants to be more ‘in style’. Leg silhouette change. Before the HOW-TO’s let me get on my Soap Box. I...
Londa’s Tips for Hemming Knits
How to Stitch Knit Hems Below, you’ll find ALL my techniques for hemming a knit garment. There are many ways to ‘skin the cat’, in this...
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