Make Zippers any Size in Sewing Tips in and Around a Minute
Buy longer zippers and shorten them.
The Birthday Dress
What little girl doesn’t love a birthday dress? If you do a search for “little girls birthday dress” you will find the current trends. I saw many onesies with the year or a quote scripted on the top and tulle skirts sewn to the bottom.
A client asked me to make a little […]
Altering Spaghetti Straps in Sewing Tips in Over a Minute
Spaghetti strap alteration is easier than spelling spaghetti.
The Project
If you ask my husband, Jeffrey, there is nothing I like better than saying yes to someones old sewing supplies. An artist at Rosewood Art Centre so kindly gifted me a cast iron treadle base. The weird thing about this treadle is it was half the height of the regular treadles.
Upcoming Project Preview
Priming the 1913 treadle stand for an upcoming project blog post.
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Project Preview
Sanding an old treadle from 1913 to start painting.
10 Creative Ways to Use Bias Tape
If you’re like me you tend to go overboard. You are the person with everything. By everything I mean material, material and material makings. After making a quilt I had 6 yards of bias tape left over and it had me exploring ways to use it. As I researched online I found numerous blog posts […]
Fast Hemming in Sewing Tips in Over Minute
How to hem pants quickly without losing any quality.
What the Fussy Cut
I wasn’t aware fussy cutting could be used in clothing. It is mostly used in quilting, accessories, aprons and such. Fussy cutting is where you cut out a prominent fabric motif and showcase it.
Long story short, I needed to replicate a design just […]
Vintage Sewing in Sewing Tips in Under a Minute
Learn more from old books. You would be surprised about how sewing has changed over the years