Knit Sewing, Elastic Tips, and Upcycle Project Guide

Memories - Memories: This time back in 2018, I was preparing to venture off to tape 2 spots for the It’s Sew Easy Series 1500 that...

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My Blog here is a work in progress...having just brought over all 618 of my posts from my 'Old Blog' which I began in 2005! Please excuse the duplications for a spell while I go through them all.

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Wardrobe ‘Switcheroo’ Feeds Creative Re-Cycle Sewing Stash

Next on my ‘To Do’ List is to change the clothes from Fall/Winter to Spring/Summer. Moving south, I’m sure I’ll be thinning out some of...

Moving/Packing Tips

OK – so I’m working diligently on being organized to sort through and move our ‘stuff’ (PLUS my business stock) from a home we built and...

Help Name Londa’s New Sewing School

Help name my new Sewing School. The 20′ x 30′ all season ‘porch’ at our new home in Jackson, TN will be a sewing shangrila…teaching...

Flounced Long Dress I Wanna Make!

Found tacked to my Bulletin Board as I was packing my sewing area to move: this Calvin Klein flounced knit dress is now ON MY LIST TO...

Transform Jeans into Maternity Jeans

UPDATE on MATERNITY JEAN Design…. OK – so after the ‘jury’ is in when I presented DD with her favorite jeans back to her (those on the...

Single Needle Tailoring vs Double Needle Tailoring

From Styleforum.net.. “Twin needle employs a chain stitch, single needle a lock stitch (conventional top and bobbin thread). Look at the...

Harmony & Shape in Dress: Dress Doctors ‘Lost Art of Dress’

If how we ‘dress’ these days makes you cringe as it does me, I’m confident you’ll enjoy this very intriguing book of history and common...

Hand-Stitching Details

I’ve just completed an enjoyable evening of hand-hemming and finishing a skirt alteration for a barter situation for a dear friend. It...

How To: Underline a Lace Knit Top

Recently, my daughter needed a pretty lace top for her small, casual wedding. After looking EVERYWHERE, even online and ordering only to...

Wedding Pillow Tutorial

One of the most fun parts of creating garments for special occasions is having ‘left-overs’ with which to create gifts! That was the...

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