We recently had the pleasure of doing this 20 minute interview with Kimberly Jolly. Kimberly is the owner of the Fat Quarter Shop and It’s Sew Emma. Between those two companies, she covers all sorts of quilting and cross stitching fabrics, supplies, and patterns. It was great fun to hear how this accountant turned creative and made her journey to where she is today.… Read the rest
Category: (Free) Patterns and Downloads
Meet Monica of Sew Your View
Sew Your View August 2020 Tecoma Blouse by Mood Sewciety
You too can be a part of Sew Your View ! Just follow the page on Facebook and/or Instagram to find out the pattern selection. Customize, design, and sew your own style into your creation. Then post by direct messaging SewYourView on Instagram.… Read the rest
Can We Put Your Mind at Ease?
By Debbie Bowles and Sheryl Belson
A few years ago, I adapted my knit Grainline Morris blazer pattern so I could make it with some luscious silk matka. I made all the pattern adjustments to shift from a zero-ease design that works with the stretch of a knit to a design that would work with a non-stretch woven.… Read the rest
Measurements Matter
One of the best parts of being a Member of the Plano Chapter of ASG is learning from other members. I made a personal goal to learn to sew my own clothes. I quickly ran into fitting issues and learned that I needed help. I brought a blouse that I was working on to the Designing Divas neighborhood group, and two wonderful ASG members offered to help me with fitting.… Read the rest
Indie Sewing Month
I never heard the term Indie Pattern Company until I started to research sewing related items on the internet. It didn’t take me long to figure out these companies are popping up everywhere. They are even showing up at sewing and quilting expos and specialty fabric stores.
It’s easy to overlook indie pattern companies for a number of reasons.… Read the rest
Beginner Freemotion Stitching
Following Maggie’s Table Topper / Table Runner Sew Along, I want to share this with some of you that might be new to freemotion stitching/quilting.
Bernina has developed this little eBooklet (downloadable for free here) to try several beginner stitches techniques.
At the end all the different exercises are combined in a little art book.… Read the rest
Coats and Clark thread through the years
Coats and Clarks celebrated their 200th anniversary last year. To commemorate this historic milestone, Coats & Clark launched a virtual history museum on their website, also available as PDF-download (size: 21.1 MB) and flipbook.
This detailed website chronicles the early days of the company in 1812 in Paisley Scotland, coupled with the events of the era.… Read the rest
Through the Needle
Are you familiar with Through the Needle magazine?
Each issue of this magazine by Bernina features articles about our favorite creative past-time – sewing! With projects, tips & tricks, and feature articles from National and International BERNINA Educators and Artisans, there is something for everyone, Bernina owner or not. The magazine can be downloaded in pdf form or read online.… Read the rest
Free Sewing Basics Resource Guide
Sew4Home has published a full-color, 28-page Sewing Basics Resource for the beginning sewing enthusiast.
Planning to teach someone sewing for National Sewing Month? This is a great refresher course for us all.
The booklet offers lists of what to look for in sewing machine needles, cutting tools, thread and more.… Read the rest
Free Spirit Look Books
Since the beginning of this year the fabric manufacturer Free Spirit publishes look books every quarter. These look books feature their new fabric lines, but also offer a lot of inspiration and quite a few free patterns. Flip throug the look books and free patterns they’ve published so far. This is a pretty long blog, so take a seat :).… Read the rest
A Handbook of Lettering for Stitchers
Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.… Read the rest
Free: Designs in Machine Embroidery – Summer Special
The Summer Special of Designs in Machine Embroidery is available as a free download. You don’t even have to leave your email address. The 67 page digital issue is packed with educational material for newbies, intermediate and advanced embroiderers.
Some of the content:
- Stabilizers! We pulled together some of our best stabilizer resources so they are at your fingertips.