MOM
Oh happy day! I've scheduled a pick up with my upholsterers to come and get my sofa and maybe a chair...or two...and maybe some x benches. {If anyone local is wondering, I use Jensen's Work Room in Elkton, MD. They are inexpensive, really good and very fast.
Upholstery Charts
handsewn
Knits give you great leeway when fitting and are very comfortable to wear. by Ann Person from Threads #73, pp. 42-45 Let me quickly dispel the apparent mystery about sewing with knits: there isn't any! Nonetheless, after 30 years of writing and teaching on the subject, I'm always surprised to find out that these supple fabrics still alarm many sewers. And nowadays there are so many new knit fabrics available, it's hard to know how to handle them all. So I'd like to present a basic primer of information every sewer needs to create knit garments that look like ready-to-wear.
A Primer on Sewing Knits
sew knits
When I’m out scouring for diamonds in the rough, one of the first things I do is take a look under the hood, or seat in this case. Coil springs are to chairs as horsepower is to engines, and while you could make it to work in a golf cart, wouldn’t you rather arrive in a Ferrari? This month on Upholstery Basics , we’ll be completing lap one of our coil spring Grand Prix.
upholstery basics: constructing coil seats — part I
dressform
Diary of a Quilter - a quilt blog: The 32-minute messenger bag tutorial
This little bag pattern is "easy-peasy-chunky-cheesy" as my 5-year-old likes to say. You will feel so proud of yourself when it's done in no time! For an adult/bigger-kid size bag the fabric requirement are 2 coordinating half yards.Kimonos
for Chy
T-shirt
Needlework
Lace
Fabric
Crochet
animal gifts
Shades & Blinds
Patterns & Fitting
PURSE Patterns
TOTES