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Denise I'll be on CityLine this Monday

Hey Everyone! I'll be on CityLine this Monday! It's on CityTV at 9am. I'm doing a sewing segment and talking about what to look for when buying a sewing machine. During the segment, I do a sewing challenge with the guest hosts and have them make a super fabric wallet. Here are the instructions.

Set your DVR!

FABRIC WALLET

Cut out:
  • two 9" x 12" fabric pieces (one for lining, one for cover)
  • one 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" fabric piece (for strap closure)
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Added by Denise on August 24, 2010 at 3:20pm — No Comments

Lily Random Just felt like sharing!

Hi folks!

I haven't written a post in awhile and I figured instead of asking questions I'd change things up a bit!

Not sure if you'll care or not, but if you do this is worth your while. I was browsing around Etsy for some inspiration and stumbled upon a shop that I thought was SO adorable! Check out The Petite Chouette. There are loads of lollipops, icecream, panda bears and cute little bows incorporated i

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Added by Lily Random on June 14, 2010 at 10:11am — 1 Comment

Classie Cassy My guest book

Please sign my guest book
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Added by Classie Cassy on June 12, 2010 at 10:47pm — No Comments

Candace Potter Hello

Hello Fello Sewers!!! Today, in this blog I will talk about my new sewing obbsession. So, I guess I will tell you the story. It all started when my horrible teacher assigned a quite boring project to us. It was like this economy thing and we had to create a product and blah blah blah.. So anyways my group decided to make bracelets, and since I was the only one with a sewing machine, I decided to make it. I looked everywhere to find out how to make a fabric bracelet. Finaly, I g

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Added by Candace Potter on June 9, 2010 at 3:04pm — 3 Comments

Lily Random The importance of "lining" fabric

Hi there!

I hope all your projects are all coming along nicely. Feel free to share! :)

I'm going to be doing a dress pattern soon. It's "Very Easy Vogue", but looks hard for me. Glad I picked that skill level!

Anyway, the bodice part of the dress calls for lining. Is this just to add extra thickness and a nice feeling against the skin? Could I just use the dress fabric as lining material (I have an over-abundance anyway), or is there something special abou

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Added by Lily Random on June 7, 2010 at 12:09pm — 5 Comments

Denise A champagne sewing party gets written about in KidsInTheHills.ca

The Sewing Studio threw a Champagne Sewing Party for a group of gals last weekend, and one of them blogs for KidsInTheHills.ca.

Check out her blog post and the gorgeous clutches the group made!

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Added by Denise on June 3, 2010 at 1:33pm — 1 Comment

Lily Random Help? Again?

Have you ever heard of a machine doing this?:

1) My thread tension is set to automatic and I'm sewing stretchy material with a stretch tricot needle.

2) Top thread breaks while sewing

3) I take the thread out (pulling down and not up).

4) turn the machine off, then turn it back on

5) Re-thread - but the tension is SOOO tight it's really hard to pull the thread through to the needle. It's just grabbing onto that thread for dear life.

6) I un-th

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Added by Lily Random on June 1, 2010 at 10:48am — 3 Comments

Lily Random Knickerbockers

These were done using a FREE pattern from Fitzpatterns. This pattern is great - highly recommended! Anything that's free makes me feel like I beat the system or something. And there are pockets :) . Unfortunately the instructions link wasn't working for me, but if you follow the

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Added by Lily Random on May 25, 2010 at 10:55am — 4 Comments

Lily Random First request for assistance!

So I finished my purse last night. My mother-in-law gave me the pattern, plus denim material and lining to do it with. What a nice lady. I bought sew-in-interface because the pattern called for it.

Is it normal that my sewing machine could not handle the thickness of it at the end of the project? I mean, in some cases it was going through about 6 layers of denim (because of the way I had to fold the strap, dictated by the pattern instructions), plus the interfacing. It seems li

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Added by Lily Random on May 21, 2010 at 9:44am — 5 Comments

Mena Lane Sewing Mannequin?

Hey Sewers:
I was wondering... In a lot of your pictures, you are using mannequins, but they have tape all over them. What is that for?

can u make your own mannequins?

mena
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Added by Mena Lane on May 20, 2010 at 10:13am — 4 Comments

Lily Random Projects

Thought I'd share a couple of my first projects.

This was my first one, based off the zipper-front dress tutorial of secretlifeofabionerd's. Maybe it's also in a style lab? Dunno, but I used youtube anyway. It's a little too much plaid for me... wish I had made the top part a solid colour, but actually I can fold the dress up and under and voila, it's a cute shirt!

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Added by Lily Random on May 19, 2010 at 2:25pm — No Comments

Mena Lane EUROPE!

So, here i am. My name is Mena, and i have been living in the Netherlands for 5 months since January. So i leave in 14 days to go back home to the US, and there i will be reunited with my sewing machine (yes, for 5 months, i have been hand sewing, a terror for me)!!

anyway, living here has given me the opportunity to see some marvelous things; PARIS-FRANCE, ULM-GERMANY, ISTANBUL-TURKEY, CANARY ISLANDS-SPAIN, DEN HAAG-NETHERLANDS-- i went everywhere!!!

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Added by Mena Lane on May 17, 2010 at 3:59am — 3 Comments

Lily Random Rotary mat!

I bought a rotary mat and rotary blade last night!! Cutting the rest of the fabric from pattern pieces became many times easier. I am so, so, so, so happy I bought it. I also got a chalk pen with refills instead of using my big chunky tailor's chalk, so transferring construction markings from the pattern to the fabric is now so, so much easier.

Having the right tools makes life better!

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Added by Lily Random on May 14, 2010 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

Lily Random Greetings

Glad to be a part of this community! I've been visiting the sewing studio site a lot for the style labs but didn't realize this fashion force section existed. This is really awesome. I can't wait to begin sharing tips, tricks and projects with others.

Cheers,

Lily

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Added by Lily Random on May 12, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Denise Get $25 off a sewing class at The Sewing Studio

We're offering $25 off sewing classes! Check out our partnership with Sweetspot.ca for details. The offer is only available until Saturday, May 8, but you can use the promo code to register for a class running into the summer.
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Added by Denise on May 5, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

jd martin LOVE TO SEW

I LOVE 2 SEW AND DESIGN, I JUST NEED MORE TIME, I AM GOING 2 MAKE THE TIME ---LOL--- Continue

Added by jd martin on May 1, 2010 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Leah Bollman WOW

so I got my sewing books in over past few days and... wow, there is way more to sewing then I thought there was! so many different stitches, hems, techniques, patterns, fabrics, threads, oh man the list goes on and on! but that wont stop me, I am learning! one step at a time. ok more like one toe at a time, but I will get there.

ok

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Added by Leah Bollman on April 13, 2010 at 12:34am — 2 Comments

Leah Bollman Another Tote

I didn't plan on making anything last night but I got the sewing Itch! so I sat down and made my sister a little tote, and was up late again making it. I guess once I start making something I have to finish it right then. it turned out great and I think shes going to like it!

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Added by Leah Bollman on April 8, 2010 at 11:58am — No Comments

Leah Bollman up till 2am SEWING!

Yesterday me and my family spent the day with my husbands best friend and his family visiting from out of state. we had blast! great wonderful people. during the middle of our busy day we came home to put the children down for a nap before we went out again. during that time I went to the fabric store!

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Added by Leah Bollman on April 7, 2010 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Leah Bollman no sewing done today, but...

No I haven't done any sewing today but I did explore amazon.com and found some great used "how to sew" books and they should be arriving within the week! I am so excited to learn! I cant wait here are the books I purchased...


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Added by Leah Bollman on April 6, 2010 at 2:30am — 1 Comment

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