Raise your hand if you made some classic New Yearโ€™s resolutions โ€“ exercising, getting lots of rest, drinking more water. All these intentions are worthy, but letโ€™s look beyond the standard list to some Sewing Self Improvement Goals. Weโ€™re excited to join a new series from Janome: Sew Smarter. Whether youโ€™re a beginner or a
When you are first learning to sew, everything is flat and straight. Easy peasy. As your skills evolve, you add in curves and corners, layers of different fabric and stabilizer options, and finally โ€“ youโ€™re ready to enter another dimension. Donโ€™t be afraid, itโ€™s not the Twilight Zoneยฎ - weโ€™re simply Sewing in 3D. Ready
If youโ€™ve been following along on our SIY-Sew It Yourself!โ„ข adventures, you know thereโ€™s a lot going on behind the pretty pictures and easy instructions: from the fabric designersโ€™ stories about how their collections come to be โ€“ to the careful steps we walk through here with the S4H team. Our goal has always been
It seems weโ€™re always being told to, โ€œLook at the big picture.โ€ Solid advice, but sometimesโ€ฆ itโ€™s the little stuff thatโ€™s more fun. As part of our S4H Tiny Trends of โ€™22, we took a look at some great little products available right now from our friends at Fat Quarter Shop. FQS truly has some
We all love knowing what happens โ€œbehind the scenes.โ€ It plays into our innate curiosity, and itโ€™s what drives all those crazy reality TV shows! There are no battling housewives here, but we do have a look at each of the four designer collections we chose for our set of shoulder sling shopping totes โ€“
Being able to clearly see what youโ€™re working on is critical in sewingโ€ฆ truth be told, I think we can agree itโ€™s critical to just about everything! Studies have shown good light is essential to overall well-being. If you or someone you know suffers from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or clinical light deprivation, you understand
One of the most fun things about working with quilting cotton is how you can create your project in such a wide variety of fabrics. There are new collections coming out each season, each one almost more wonderful than the next! If youโ€™re a S4H regular, you know we take our fabric selection seriously. And
Our Love That Fabric series has been on a bit of a hiatus, but weโ€™re backโ€ฆ and itโ€™s better than ever because the return of the series features an amazing giveaway of samples from all three featured collections. If youโ€™re a S4H fan, you know we are the ultimate fabric enthusiasts. There are so many
โ€œI know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.โ€ Alice, from Aliceโ€™s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Truer words have rarely been spoken, as weโ€™ve all likely felt a bit bewildered and off-course during these many months of quarantine. So it
Itโ€™s the little things that can make a big difference! You might not give your sewing pins a second thought, simply reaching for them in your pincushion or pin tray where theyโ€™re clustered together without much rhyme or reason. But these little bits of steel and plastic have a big job. Theyโ€™re responsible for holding
โ€œUp against the wall.โ€ โ€œWeโ€™re stuck on you.โ€ โ€œIf these walls could talk.โ€ย  The introductory lines came fast and furiously for this article about the new designer wallpaper from Hawthorne Supply Co.. But what it finally came down to was: Wow. Just. Wow. Weโ€™ve always loved wallpaper โ€“ just not putting up wallpaper. In fact,
Pleats have been with us for centuries as a functional and/or decorative way to reduce the size of a piece of fabric. They are firmly ensconced in fashion sewing, but are also perfect in numerous home dรฉcor applications, like bed skirts, window treatments, and table linens. Weโ€™ve even incorporated them as unique embellishments on a
Sergers. For some, the word alone can send them screaming into the darkest corners of their sewing rooms. โ€œThe threadingโ€ฆ not the threadingโ€ฆ make it stop!โ€ Well, perhaps thatโ€™s a wee bit dramatic, but the fear of threading the loopers on a serger, โ€œSergiothreadaphobiaโ€ as it is known in medical circles, keeps many a sewer
If youโ€™re a Sew4Home regular, you know we donโ€™t traditionally present a lot of projects in the wearables category. Of course, there are all our super popular aprons and a few other easy items, but in terms of fitted garments, we tend to leave those to other experts. However, that doesnโ€™t mean we donโ€™t love
There are lots of embellishment ideas out there, but for our money, it just doesnโ€™t get much more fun and versatile than pom poms and tassels. If youโ€™re a regular Sew4Home follower, you know weโ€™re fans of both, and have already done our own step-by-step tutorials on making each. But weโ€™re always up for learning
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