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Experiments in DIY Adventure Sewing

Posted by 26 February, 2017 Comments off
Hi everybody, Joe here, filling in this week for Andrea on the blog! I recently embarked on exploring some DIY adventure sewing, or as it's called MYOG (Make Your Own Gear). When Darren and I initially talked about the idea of doing a project for the blog, I should have...
I have made an appliqué quilt and two art quilts.  This is my first go around with a traditional block quilt.  I THINK it is called a block quilt anyway.  You cut up 8 million pieces of fabric in various sizes and sew them together.  That is what I did....

Live & Learn

Posted by 12 February, 2017 No Comments
I took my first class, "Intro to Garment Sewing" a few weeks ago with Jean Sando at Modern Textiles.  You want to know what I learned?  I learned I should have taken a class 6 months ago, before I started to sew garments. Below is a picture of Jean and...
I love knits.  I love the feel of them and how they stretch.  I just had to sew something with knit.  I needed a pattern that didn't have zippers, buttons, pleats, gathers, or anything funky.  Straight stitch only pattern.  I found this Grainline Studio pattern at Modern Textiles.  It said...