I have made each of my daughters a special quilt and now I’ve made one for my baby boy, George. He recently turned 1 and is still in a crib, so I decided to make him a crib/cuddly sized quilt. I wanted it to be very busy with lots of boyish fabric prints. I rummaged through my collection of quilting… View Post
A Baby Boy’s Quilt
How to Sew Café Curtains (Triple Pleat)
Here is how to measure for café curtains and determine how much fabric you need. I’ll walk you through with an example of a 40-inch-wide window opening. Note: If you have a patterned fabric, you’ll likely need to order a bit more for pattern matching. The bigger the pattern the more extra fabric you will need. This fabric is from… View Post
Making Bias Binding
You can make bias binding with as much or as little fabric as you like. A larger piece of fabric will yield more bias binding length with fewer seams, but you can get several feet of bias binding from one fat quarter. With a bias tape makers kit you can make a wide variety of sizes to use in your… View Post
Brother vs. Brother: Comparing Two Sewing Machines
This is a showdown. Brother vs. Brother. My sewing studio is home to two Brother sewing machines (and one Brother serger). My sewing machine model is SQ9185 and my daughter’s is LX3817A. I’ve had my machine since 2017 and since then it has been replaced on store shelves with the comparable XR9550. The SQ and XR are essentially identical so… View Post
Sewing a Girls Dress
In the fall I wanted to make myself and my daughters a new dress. One of them wanted a blue knit dress… You got it! For the other, I decided it would be fun to make a dress matching mine. I ordered our fabrics from Fashion Fabrics Club. The pattern I used for my dress is Vogue 8896 and I… View Post
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