Today is the last day of our "What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Sewing Series".  We know there are so many sewing tips, tricks, and techniques that we didn't cover...but hopefully this gave you a good spring board to use to jump into the new year and start sewing.  And we promise we will continue to sprinkle these kinds of posts into our regular posts through out the up coming year. Now, before we jump into today's topic we just wanted to give you a little heads up....tomorrow we have a ... View the Post

Sewing darts is another one of those things in sewing that seemed so complicated and hard when I first started sewing.   But as time went on and I got braver....I finally tackled darts.  And again, I wondered why I was so nervous.  But I guess seeing all of those markings on patterns, I was more than a little intimidated. There are lots of kinds of darts.  The picture below shows a pattern with one dart, but there can also be bust darts, curved darts, or even double darts (that look like a ... View the Post

Hi everyone!  Today we are going to talk about sewing straight lines. I know some of you are thinking---is she crazy to do a whole day's post all about sewing straight lines?  And yes, yes, I am.  Sorry.  But it really is a problem that I had when I first started sewing.  And maybe some of you do too...... So, I give you now a 5 minute video of me talking about straight lines (ahhhh....I really didn't think I was talking for 5 minutes).  And please don't judge my voice.   Ack.....don't you ... View the Post