Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement. According to Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway), the placement of your bed, desk in your office, direction your door faces, and other thing in your home can help you have good health, wealth and happiness. And although
Read more →Let’s be honest. There’s no secret pill or certificate that will give you the professional results automatically. Even after you have learned all there is to know about sewing (as if you could) and making a garment, if you’re not using it and honing that skill, you’ll
Read more →Wow – these seem like such important parts why put them in one post. Actually you’ve already done so much of the work, that this is the pleasure part. That’s what good prep work will do for you. Cutting -Do yourself a favor and make some
Read more →This is where the neatest and some other prep steps begin to pay off. Now you have your selection of fabric(s) and pattern(s) home and you’re ready to start. Measurements: You can’t go any further without some good measurements. They can vary, but the standard ones you
Read more →Synthetics, naturals, weaves, content – how do you tell all this apart? And even more to the point – how do you pick what is suitable for your pattern or idea or project? Some of this is experience, but a lot is just old-fashioned knowledge. There are
Read more →OK – let’s jump right in…..First Project on your road toward advanced sewing. Most of the time I recommend a Shirt or Top pattern, depending upon the time I have in my classes, I really like to start with a shirt that has a collar stand/band, collar,
Read more →Time is probably the most valuable thing we have, especially as we get older. But even as Einstein might suggest that time is relative….on Earth for us now, it still passes at an even pace, as we as humans are bound to it, so it is precious
Read more →As well as getting organized, equipment is one of the things you can not forget. There is nothing that will sabotage yourself faster than a machine that doesn’t work or important equipment that is failing…a spitting iron, one that doesn’t iron, a machine’s tension that’s whacky, thread
Read more →I see this so much in my students, and my heart goes out to them….to quote an old politician: “I feel your pain!” I can not tell you how many times this happened to me. People look at me and what I can do today, but it
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