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I am not a Cricut user, but as more and more of my friends have been playing around with this fun crafting machine, I’ve become Cricut curious. And one of the things I’ve been wondering about is how to cut felt with a Cricut. Big thanks to my friend Kathi for being my Cricut coach […]
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Ah felt! I feel like we throw around words like “easy to sew” a lot, but in the case of felt, felt really is a cinch to work with. Felt doesn’t fray, it doesn’t move around on you when you start stitching, and it’s cheap and easy to find (unless you upgrade to wool–more on
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Let’s talk how to gather fabric. Gathering fabric is one of those sewing tasks we often end up doing, but yikes, it can often be a headache! Threads can break and gathers can get all uneven on you. On the worst days, you might even miss sewing a whole chunk of gathered fabric into your
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I have and always will be a person who lives by the credo–use what you have. With that in mind, I wanted to share this list of cheap sewing tools you may already have hanging around your house. The truth is that sometimes the fanciest gadgets and specialty notions don’t necessarily mean better sewing. The
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Perhaps it’s the sting of sunscreen melting into my eyes inspiring me, but today my mind wanders to the best summer fabrics to sew. Maybe it’s just me, but I could totally do without the scorching sun aspects of summer. Thankfully for me and for you, dear reader, there’s lots of of summer fabrics that’ll
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Let’s talk how to set snaps. Ooh, I love me some snaps. Snaps are a great alternative whenever you don’t want to use buttons. The truth is that some fabrics don’t make sewing buttonholes easy (knits!). And sometimes snaps make it easier for functional things like diaper changes. That’s why you’ll see snaps on baby
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Man I love me some bias tape. It has to be one of the most useful notions in our arsenal as sewists. That’s why I’m showing you how to use bias tape today! Bias tape is one of the first things that I learned how to make when I was a beginner sewist, and it
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Ah button loops. If you’ve never tried them they’re one of the prettiest ways to finish off a neckline. But if you have tried them, you know that sometimes making a skinny little bias loop is a little fiddly. In this post, I’ll break down how to take a piece of bias and turn it
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Let’s talk where to buy great knit fabric for kids. My kids love wearing knits. In fact my daughter at age 18 months would throw a fit if I tried to put her in any other kind of pants but leggings. They’re comfortable, they’re easy to sew, and there’s so many fun prints these days.
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This post is gonna be all about how to use PDF sewing patterns. PDF sewing patterns are great for so many reasons, but like all pattern formats, they come with some quirks we gotta get over. The biggest frustration to PDF sewing patterns is easily the printing and assembly issue. Beyond that, raise your hand
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