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Do you ever...

...scroll through a high-end retailer's site, looking for inspiration, and every once come across something really inte...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam_beidesign
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam_beidesign

You know that feeling....

... you get when you gleefully anticipate working on some lovely new fabric for a special occasion, and as you enter yo...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam_beidesign
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam_beidesign

Re: Childrens pattern sizing

> Yes I would also.like an answer to that question........ What question? > Just wondered if we are not supposed to pre...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam_beidesign
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam_beidesign

Help.... Serger won?t make a chain.

Hello! I was sewing and my fabric got jammed. Like a newbie, I just pulled it out rather than cutting it out. Now my se...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by kristenn
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by kristenn

Glue gun recommendations

Looking for some glue gun recommendations. Need the type that uses 11 mm glue sticks. I want a gun that does not leak al...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andrewkennedy775
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by andrewkennedy775

Coverlock stress

Yesterday's adventure. Janome 1000 CPX was working perfectly but I was about to start a new project so I decided to cha...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by claire
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by claire

Better way of darning holes

I am looking for an easier way to repair holes in socks. There has got to be a better way than sewing the holes. Like ma...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by andrewkennedy775
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by andrewkennedy775

Fabric shopping in China

We went to China for No 1 sons wedding part 2 and it was amazing, we landed back home on Friday so I am just aout getti...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by claire
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by claire

A completed project

Well, not complete, because there are four more bras waiting for me to complete the casings and insert elastic, but I d...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jbeeson
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by jbeeson

Kenmore 385.196180

Just bought this machine at online Goodwill auction and she's a beauty! One thing it does not do is wind the bobbin. Ev...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by minnesotachaplain
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by minnesotachaplain

Merry Christmas!

Hope all the Christmas sewing is finished so that the rush is over ! I hope I haven't forgotten anything, or last minute...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by baraper
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by baraper

Torn sleeve

A bad tear in a jacket sleeve, about 8" long. http://i63.tinypic.com/11rc5uf.jpg http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11rc5u...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tabbypurr
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by tabbypurr

efficient inefficiency

I'm cutting bias tape on a card table this morning. I noticed that a card table isn't a comfortable height for using a...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jbeeson
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by jbeeson