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Comfy Yet Attractive Elastic Waistline Finishes
For comfy yet a ready-to-wear look on elastic waistlines, follow these directions from Londa.
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My Blog here is a work in progress...having just brought over all 618 of my posts from my 'Old Blog' which I began in 2005! Please excuse the duplications for a spell while I go through them all.
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Cold Shoulder Tops: Thoughts on the Fashion Look
When it comes to something ‘NEW’ in fashion, in my opinion, the ‘COLD SHOULDER‘ or ‘bare shoulder’ or ‘naked shoulder’ seems ‘new’ and...


Sewing with Sentiment via Up-Cycle Sewing
A Day Stitching with Mom I had a precious memories of my Mom in my Sunroom Sewing Studio today. Though she has been in Heaven for 5...


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...
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