How do you feel when you think about sewing with knits? Are you overwhelmed and maybe a little intimidated with all of the different types of knits and related vocabulary? Does any of this look familiar and make your head spin? 2-way and 4-way stretchDouble knits and single knitsSpecific ... [ Read More ]
A Beginner’s Guide to String Piecing
Imagine if you knew a sewing technique that would provide an unimaginable amount of design opportunities and could be used in a slew of projects from quilting to clothes making to home decor projects. That technique is string piecing. What is String Piecing Strings are strips of ... [ Read More ]
How to Make Square Corners
Getting a crisp corner isn't hard if you know the perfect storm of ingredients - pivoting in the right place while sewing the seams, trimming, and pushing/pulling out the corner. If you want to see tips on knowing where to pivot and trimming different types of corners including inward and outward ... [ Read More ]
How to Chain Piece – It’s Not Just for Quilters
Have you ever been sitting at the sewing machine and become aware that you seem to be lifting and lowering the presser foot more than you are actually sewing? The exact details about the first time this happened to me are a little fuzzy, but I know it happened when I was working on machine ... [ Read More ]
Hand Sewing for Beginners
Sometimes hand sewing is better for a project than machine sewing. There are several reasons for this including, but not limited to, your machine can't do a certain stitch or it's impossible to get the fabric under the needle for the particular task you want to do. Regardless of the reason, ... [ Read More ]