Below is an email I received this morning. My email package had placed this in my spam bin but since I had nearly 200 over the weekend I decided to do some cleaning and browse the messages looking for the legitimate ones. I was curious about the below post since the subject line was textiles.… Continue reading Scam Alert! The classic bait and switch…now with textiles as the bait.
Clothes Have To Function 1st For You
The 1st F; Function. Your clothes have to function. They have to work for you or 'serve' you as defined by a dictionary. How do clothes become functional then? Earlier I'd posted a technique for discovering your body silhouette. This is important because when you know your silhouette you know your ' body shape'. When… Continue reading Clothes Have To Function 1st For You
Operation Lap Wrap preparation
National Quilting Day is March 15th. For this day I've decided to organize a quilting event for Operation Lap Wrap. Oh where's my "stop me before I volunteer again" button! Seriously though this is going to be fun. I've designed a couple of lap quilt patterns and I'm working out one of them which is… Continue reading Operation Lap Wrap preparation
Charity sewing for the little ones…
Do you happen to know what an isolette is? Well I don't either. About a week ago I received an email from my friend Laura asking if I was interested in helping with some charity sewing. Immediately thoughts race back to my little "stop me before i volunteer again" button but I'm a true believer… Continue reading Charity sewing for the little ones…
Retro 79
When I think of 1979 I think of 'The Clash' and their album London Calling. That thought always links me to my family's cross country road trip when we moved from Fairfax, VA to Poway, CA in the summer of 1981. At the time our family had 3 vehicles. We had a Honda Accord, a… Continue reading Retro 79
Being Robbed Mayhem
Last week a very tragic event happened here in the Chicagoland area. Five women were killed during, what is believed to be, a robbery at a Tinley Park Lane Bryant clothing store. One woman survived the ordeal and has been working with investigators to identify the suspect. This has been on my mind because for… Continue reading Being Robbed Mayhem
Sew For A Year Challenge
Several years ago I pondered the thought of opening up a fabric store. That idea soon faded when more and more of these shops were closing. About a year or so ago there was an article in the paper about a man that was opening up his second sewing school location. I thought that idea… Continue reading Sew For A Year Challenge
Charity Sewing
Yesterday I was contacted by the AT&T Pioneers to help put together some isolette covers. I don't mind and thought this might be something usefull. I first had to find out what an isolette was. If you don't know it is the incubator that a premie occupies while they are at the hospital. The covers… Continue reading Charity Sewing
Estate Sale Finds – c1970
Went to Estate Sale this morning and came across a few interesting things. This one is a Pants Pattern Fitter. Things just don't change. This is The Perfect Fit Kit. This kit contains everything you'll need to make your perfect fit patterns. I never studied this technique, only read about it. You use 1/8… Continue reading Estate Sale Finds – c1970
Sewing.for.Life! 