Sometimes my tiny sewing space gets to a point where stuff is crammed into every drawer, I can’t find things readily, and too many projects are on my flat surfaces because there’s nowhere else for them to go. Grrr!
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I recently decided I needed to replace all my sewing pins! So naturally, I then decided I needed some new pin cushions too, haha. So today, I’m happy to introduce my newest sewing pattern and tutorial, the Pyramid Pin Cushion!
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I recently got a bug in my bonnet telling me that I could really use a design wall for my scrappy quilt projects that I love to sort of let come together as I go. In past homes, with large sewing rooms, I just did this kind of thing on the floor, but in my current very small sewing room, I don’t have that kind of space on the floor, but I DO have a perfect empty wall!
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I’ve received and purchased a few new-to-me sewing tools in the past few months and I’m always eager to share them with y’all! A few of these were on my Christmas wish list, one my mom gave me, and the other I bought with my birthday money last month. All four are big winners and have already been great additions to my sewing room, so perhaps these are great things to add to your sewing wish list!
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Most of the time, when I go to the fabric store for thread, I know exactly where to go and which thread type and color I’m looking for, without regard to the other four sections of sewing thread choices, which I normally don’t even give a second glance.
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I’m very excited to show you around my new, small-but-just-right sewing room today! As someone who has lived in 7 states now, you can imagine that I have sewn in all kinds of spaces, from big rooms to basements, to hallway desks, to living room corners. Because of this, I’ve amassed quite a few tips for adapting to sewing in small or make-shift spaces and I’m here to share those ideas with you today too so that you can make any space work for you!
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I found myself needed a few more pin cushions for sewing classes and decided to try making some with a few mason jars I had in the cupboard already. The fun thing about making pin cushions out of jars is that they can hold sewing accessories safely in the jar portion and become a travel sewing kit!
Today I’ll show you how to make an easy pin cushion out of any size jar, and you don’t even need a sewing machine! Yep, this is a hot glue project, with a tiny bit of hand sewing. Keep reading for the step by step mason jar pin cushion instructions with all of photos you need to make this simple project.
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Have you ever wandered listlessly into your sewing room and wondered what happened to your sewjo? Or maybe you’ve wanted to sew, but just couldn’t seem to get started, couldn’t even see your cutting surface, or just didn’t have the materials you needed? If that’s ever described you, I have some tips for how to get your sewjo back!
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I’m very excited to introduce you to my new sewing machine! Read (or watch) on to find out why I decided to buy a new sewing machine, how I landed on the Janome I ended up with, and some new tips for your own sewing machine shopping.
If you’re in the market for a new sewing machine, now or in the future, or even if you just like to see what other machines can do, I hope you’ll find the information here both entertaining and valuable!
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Last summer my husband and I went on an anniversary trip and did some thrifting (like ya do). He spotted the cutest vintage Kenmore sewing machine and snapped it up for $10! I finally spent some time with it last week and got it working like a champ, so I thought I’d write some tips for getting these old vintage sewing machines working.
If you have an old machine that you’d like to get running again, or if you’re wondering if you should buy the next vintage sewing machine you stumble across, this post will have plenty of tips for you.
So, read on!
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Hey, friends! I asked for a few new little sewing tools for Christmas and my husband came through and put some of them in my Christmas stocking. I took some time yesterday to film a video describing them and demonstrating these five new-to-me sewing notions and today I’ll share them here too.
If you’re looking for a few new toys to add to your sewing room, maybe this will give you some ideas and I bet they’re things you may not already have. There are always more sewing notions to check out, but it’s hard to know if they’re really be useful, or if you’re better off sticking with your tried and true methods, so I’ve tried these things, and while there are a few I already love, there are a couple more that they jury is still out on.
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I made you something! Well, I made me something and then immediately wanted to share it with you. I don’t know about you, but I make changes and alterations to every single pattern I sew. But, unfortunately, I rarely write them down! I think I’ll remember what I did differently, or what I would do differently next time I sew the same pattern, but of course, I don’t.
Sometimes I scribble a note on the pattern envelope, but I wanted to create something cute and functional that I could print out, keep a stack of in my pattern draw, and make notes on as soon as I finished and put away a pattern.
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