Sewing Notions
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My Favorite Things Blog Tour with Raspberry Creek Fabrics
Hey Friends! I hope you are all doing good and staying healthy. Today I’m so excited to be apart of Raspberry Creek Fabrics, My Favorite Things Blog Tour. It is always so fun to share my favorite things with you and I hope you find something that you can add to your favorites list as well. At the bottom of this post you can find links to all the other blogs involved in this tour so make sure to go check out their favorites as well. All this week the Raspberry Creek Fabrics Facebook page is doing giveaways with a bunch of our favorite things, and it doesn’t hurt that…
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The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for people who LOVE to Sew!
Every Christmas as a kid we would get one big present and a few little ones to go with it. I remember most of the time the big gift was left until the end to open, unless the item was physically too big, then it was the first thing seen. For my husbands family the big gift was front and center, usually not wrapped, and considered the present that Santa left for them. With our kids still being so young we are still figuring out what our traditions are but I have always loved the excitement and anticipation of a big present. I wanted to put a list together of…
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The Best Holiday Gift Guide for Sewists, $50 and under
Check out my list of top presents for people who love to sew $50 and under! Stay tuned for more gift guides coming this week!
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How to Install a Zipper
After my last post talking about the snaps I figured I should continue the trend and talk about another closure that I frequently use and love, Zippers. They are so quick and easy to put in and give such a professional and good look to the garment. It is also amazing all the different kinds of zippers you can buy, anything from an all purpose zipper, an invisible zipper, separating zipper, etc. Then you also have all the different colors and lengths! SO MANY OPTIONS! I recently filmed three tutorials on how to sew three different types of zippers. The first is a video on How to Sew a Concealed…
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How to Install Snaps
A lot of times when you are sewing something for kids you are doing to need a closure to finish it off. I loooove zippers in kids clothing but sometimes it is necessary to use snaps. At first, I was a little hesitant about putting something into the clothing and not know how it is going to work out. But after a lot of trials and error, I have found what I love and what works best for me so I put it all in a video to share. Initially, the video I made was over 17 minutes long (Click HERE to check it out). I talk all about the…