During a recent trip to Salt Lake City (see this post: http://www.sewchicpatterns.blogspot.com/2012/10/tissu-fine-fabric-store.html) while ...

Not long ago, high school girls everywhere were thinking about what to wear to the homecoming dance. My exchange daughter, Mirjam, chose But...

Meet Sadie My daughter often comes home to visit me with a project in tow, and this time she wanted a new cover for her well worn dog be...

To test the fit of a pattern, sometimes it's wise to make a "muslin" or a sample of your pattern in inexpensive fabric. Cotton...

Last week I made a sales trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. What a whirlwind of a trip! It took 13 hours to drive across the mostly dry desert la...

My son has been doing the filming for our instructional video on zippers. The time it is taking from his daily routine is putting a kink in ...

If there were no written instructions, would you be able to put a sewing pattern together? This question isn't meant as a quiz for the ...