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....
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...