Happiness Through Sewing
Elbows of sweaters tend to wear thin and sometimes wear out completely while the rest of the sweater is still good and still a favorite. How can you fix your sweater’s elbows to get a few more years of wear from it? Because, why not? For me, it is faster to mend a sweater than […] Read more…
By Mary Earle-Sigler If you’re new to sewing and you want to mend your clothes and do some simple alterations or projects, what sewing tools do you need? I mean what do you REALLY need? Well, it isn’t much and you don’t need a sewing machine. Not yet. If you discover that you like sewing […] Read more…
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By Mary Sigler It’s drafty in my house. It’s an old house with old windows and most of them are on the north side which gets a lot of wind. As we fix up our house we are putting in energy-efficient windows but that’s not an overnight project. in the meantime, l have sewn up […] Read more…
A wise woman once told me, when we dress for bed we dress for ourselves. I never thought of it like that. We’re not dressing for others. There is no dress code written or implied, or even socially enforced. So why not wear something we truly like? I like pajama pants with pockets (as I […] Read more…
Written by Mary Making a throw pillow with a zipper closure isn’t as hard as you may think. With a few simple seams (in fact, you could sew this pillow cover entirely by hand if you want), a couple of hours, and not much fabric you can transform your couch, bench, camper, or thrown from […] Read more…
Folding your fabric to cut out your pattern, as most patterns instruct you to do, means you obviously cannot see the fabric on the bottom layer. So when you cut out a pattern from folded striped or checked or plaid fabric how do you know if the stripes on both layers are lining up with […] Read more…
What is Fabric Nap and why do you need to know? You may have seen the word Nap, or With Nap or Without Nap, on the back of patterns. And it’s important to know if your fabric has a Nap because it can change the amount of fabric you need to make the garment. You […] Read more…
In this post I’m going to show you how to sew stripes around the sleeve of a cardigan. Of course, this method can also be used on shirts, pullovers, and jackets. What it involves: Hand Sewing, Cutting, Measuring, Pinning Level: Beginner The Story Behind This My son has style adventures. For years now he has […] Read more…
Most patterns (in America) have seam allowance included. The outline you see is the cutting line and the seam allowance is not marked on the pattern. Somewhere in the instructions the size of the seam allowance will be noted. And hopefully, you don’t have to hunt for that information. This post is going to show […] Read more…