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I feel pretty lucky because, being the editor of S titch , I have a seemingly limitless supply of modern sewing patterns at my fingertips. Most of them I have been familiar with since they were ... well ... an email proposal! The large panel has a contrasting serged edge. No hemming required! The yellow...
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I live on the North Shore of Long Island, N.Y, in a former summer colony turned commuter paradise, and the estate sales are out of this world. There's nothing I like better on a warm spring Saturday than driving the backroads of Centerport and Northport looking for tag sale signs that point me to...
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You're Invited! Take this special invitation to our very first sewing webinar ! Join us for a live online seminar with Stitch Contributing Editor Kevin Kosbab as he guides you through creating your own custom patchwork ottoman. You'll learn techniques for how to combine unique fabrics that will...
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Sometimes trends in the sewing world sneak up on us--and then, all of a sudden--we see them everywhere. I can't help but notice that handsewing--with all the sewing techniques that accompany it--is everywhere. English paper piecing, smocking, hand embroidery--it's all around me and it's wonderful...
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I have to admit that when I first saw the new Quilting Arts Workshop TM DVD/dowload "Fabric Postcard Pets" by Pauline Salzman I was a little dubious. But when I understood that I would be making little postcards of MY pets from favorite photos, that was a completely different story. I am all...
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Featured Live Webinar: Everything You Need to Know to Create DIY Fashion! Back in April, our parent company F+W Media announced an exciting new partnership with Burda Style, a renowned fashion magazine and sewing community. Today, we’re excited to let you know that BurdaStyle.com is launching a...
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International Quilt Market/Spring, held last week in Portland, Ore., was a very special event. First, Portland is a hub for the handmade crowd, and it's also a magical and quirky town. Plunk down the bustling Interntional Quilt Market in the midst of this, with mouthwatering fabrics and products...
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My older daughter demonstrates today's principle while making a tablecloth. Step 1: Press before sewing. Step 2: Sew. Step 3: Press after sewing. Easy! If you really want to learn how to use a sewing machine, I have an important tip for you. Set up your iron and ironing board close by. Everything...
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I am so excited to that share with you that the new special issue Stitch with Style 2013 is now available. The entire Stitch team has done a great job of creating this issue devoted entirely to fashion garments and accessories, and this is definitely a case where a picture says a thousand words. As with...
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Last winter my friend Kitty and I used to walk every Sunday. We live in a beautiful, tree-lined neighborhood and strolling along, commenting on this house or that, provided us endless entertainment. A seashell pink fabric inscribed in French gave this discarded heirloom new life. As we approached a particularly...
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Last Saturday morning I ran through my errands efficiently because I had a fun sewing project that I was excited to start--a wrap coat in a bright Trenna Travis print (Michael Miller Fabrics). I'd been doing a lot of sewing for babies recently, so it was a treat to be doing some garment sewing in...
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With Mother's Day coming up, it got me to thinking about my own mother and how grateful I am to her for giving me a love of sewing. My mother is an exceptional seamstress, and I grew up in a home of several sewing machines, ranging from the fancy to the antique (a Singer treadle machine was converted...
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Walk into any sewing shop and you will see walls of sewing notions and accessories. And every year, more and more gadgets hit the market. Expand this simple metallic gauge to get perfectly spaced buttonholes. It takes up so little room! Buttons right where you want them-- not where the pattern dictates...
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For the Pomme Potholders, please note the following correction: Replace Step 16 with the following: CREATE THE STEM Step 16. Fold and press the Stem lengthwise, wrong sides together. Press ¼" under the edges opposite the fold, then edgestitch. Fold the Stem in half widthwise.
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I am so excited to introduce you to the Sew Daily ebook Children's Sewing Patterns: 4 Free Sewing Patterns for Kids . Bath Time Buddies by Lisa Cox Springtime Bibs by Heidi Boyd Loopy Elephant by Heidi Boyd We have pulled together a collection of some of our most favorite children's sewing patterns...