After you have completed your beautiful quilt, how much fabric do you need for the binding, or for the back? What is the formula? Well here are a couple of formulas you won't be able to live without. But first...
Actually, not at all. Newspapers across America used to print quilt patterns as a weekly feature. The reader would save patterns they might like to make. Are you familiar with Kansas City Star patterns? There...
I have compiled several need-to-knows for the avid scrapper that I feel are essential to know if you want to make a living out of scrapping. Some of this information I have discovered from experience , some is...
There is an influx of commercially made, imported quilts that are listed on ebay that truly mislead the buyer. I have been urged by my customers, fellow quilt dealers and friends to try to help the situation...
However successful a home sewer may be,they can usually learn from a professional dressmaker or tailor things that make the work still easier, pleasanter and more effective. If you are among the number of...
All about dressmaking and sewing for the home. A compressive guide to sewing, covering every phase of the subject from basting a hem to tailoring a shirt, from making slip covers to altering a ready-made...
This easy-to-understand dressmaking guide explains everything you need to know to make six basic garments - dresses, skirts, blouses, pants, jackets, and coats - with detailed instructions that take you step...
WOMEN who sew well are the envy of their friends, who always feel that it is a marvelous gift to be able to take fabrics and with the aid of patterns, needles and threads, scissors and sewing machine, to...