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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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Wedding Pillow Tutorial
One of the most fun parts of creating garments for special occasions is having ‘left-overs’ with which to create gifts! That was the...
Why – How – When to Clip, Notch and Trim
SEW important to good sewing technique is understanding WHY, HOW, and WHEN to clip, notch and trim – or NOT to! For beginners AND...
How To Sew a Perky Fabric Bow
Nylon Net – good ole’ inexpensive stiff nylon net – is the SECRET to keeping bows ‘perky’. The color doesn’t matter, as you will be...
Re-Cycle Sewing with a Trimmed Skirt & Top + T
See above the unique trimmed 2 piece knit ensemble of my late Mom’s that intrigued me for a re-cycle, up-cycle project. I find it very very useful to have some type of dress form – even if NOT exactly ‘you’. It is important to able to drape and stand back and ‘asses’. The process of this re-cycle garment was both easy and challenging. I didn’t take as many photos as I should have, but I think you can learn from the ones i DID take…. So here goes: INSPIRATION Trim on the k
Sweater MakeOver Sewing Project
The Way I Do It…….. OK, this doesn’t mean it is the ONLY way – but after YEARS of creative sewing, designing, observing and teaching . ....
Care & Feeding of Your Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine needles, thread and tension knowledge from 50+ years of sewing …. Sewing has been my passion since age 14 when I ‘took...
Snoop-Shopping for Creative Sewing Ideas
These days, when I have to ‘vacate’ my house for it to be shown (time to sell – wanna move!), I go snoop-shopping! I love this idea I...
10 Facts About Sewing Thread
My Sewing Thread Stash waiting to be ‘organized’ into bags! Living in the Midwest, the crazy rains had the nerve to invade my ‘Sewing...
Mary Ellen Picken’s Wise Advise, Proper Dress & Nostalgia for Sewers
Working through the household ‘stuff’ and boxes of memories as we prepare to move and DOWNSIZE is quite a job – but also quite a...
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