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17 Jan

VIDEO: Using Woven Labels for Your Bags

January 17, 2022
Posted by Sara Lawson
bag pouch, bag tags, sewing, woven labels
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In this video, I will show you some fun woven labels that you can add to your bags or pouches. The labels add a little bit of extra special to your projects. You can find the woven labels here: https://tinyurl.com/2mepk36n [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tazjMmFr1Io]

29 Feb

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Craftsy Review Month

March 22, 2016
Posted by Sara Lawson
class review, craftsy classes, quilting, sewing, sewing pattern review
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March is Craftsy Month here on Sew Sweetness! If you are not familiar with Craftsy, it is a series of hundreds of online classes for learning techniques and projects. There are free classes to try out, and any classes that you purchase stay in your account forever so that you can reference them at any time! My love affair...

05 Jan

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Sew Sweetness 2014 in Review

January 4, 2015
Posted by Sara Lawson
2014 year in review, sewing
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This is a little view of some of the things that went down here at Sew Sweetness in 2014! Initially, I wasn't going to write a post like this (a lot of things leave my being the minute I finish making them...I guess I'm more interested in the actual making than in the finished project, lol), but I've been...

02 Dec

Bag Making Techniques, Tutorials

How To Sew with Faux Leather

November 28, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
free tutorial, how to sew with faux leather, sewing
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Today's post is brought to you by Liz from Moments... She is an avid sewer of faux leather, and I thought it might be nice to pick up some of her tips for sewing with leather, as it's not something I commonly do (but would like to!). pleather, PVC leather, fake leather ...whatever you call it ... is way easier...

03 Oct

Bags, Uncategorized

Purse Palooza :: Pattern Review : Aragon Bag

April 4, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
aragon bag, diaper bag, pattern review, purse palooza, sew sweetness, sewing
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This post is part of Purse Palooza 2013. For full schedule of guest post pattern reviews and prizes, click here! Lindsay is the guest poster today. Lindsay is the author of Lindsay Sews and Craft Buds. I will have the immense honor of reviewing Lindsay's new book, Modern Bee - 13 Quilts to Make with Friends next week! Hello! My name is Lindsay and I...

08 Aug

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About Book Proposals from My Acquisitions Editor

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
how to write a craft book proposal, martingale publishing, quilting, sewing
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Since I made the announcement last week about my book, I had a few blog comments from readers that mentioned they liked reading about my book proposal process. I thought it would be interesting to have a little interview for you all, with the acquisitions editor at my publisher, Karen Burns. Karen.is.awesome. She is one of those people that...

18 Jan

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Craft Buds Video Chats

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
blogging, craft buds tv, interview, pellon designer program, sewing, video chat
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Yikes, I haven't gotten a blog post up in 2 weeks...sorry about that, y'all. I'm knee-deep in some bag pattern writing and haven't done anything else but that since the new year began!However, I did get a chance to participate in a video chat hosted by Lindsay of Craft Buds. Lindsay's video chats usually feature several guests and are...

22 Nov

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The Fabric Enabler: Black Friday Sales

March 31, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
2012, black friday, bundles, coupon codes, fabric, precuts, quilting, sales, sewing, specials, thanksgiving
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Popping in real quick to let you know about some Black Friday sales! Who's got some money burning a whole in their pocket?!Sketch Bundles at Pink Castle FabricsPink Castle Fabrics A ton of stuff on sale (sale prices already marked, no coupon needed!):25% off Kokka (including new Stamped and Ruby Star Sparkle!)25% off Liberty25% off Yuwa25% off all Precuts and...

19 Dec

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Christmas Tree Skirt

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
accuquilt, christmas tree skirt, drunkard's path, drunkards path die, free tutorial, holidays, sewing
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So! I've finally finished my Christmas tree skirt! I sort of took my time on this one. I've felt slightly lackluster about sewing lately, probably because of all the other things that need to be organized for the holiday. But, Christmas is almost hear, so time to relax and have a cup of hot cocoa.I used Kim's magnificent tree skirt...

07 Dec

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Teflon Iron Plate

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
interfacing, iron safe, protects fabric, sewing, teflon coated iron plate
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While I was working on a bag project last week (which required a lot of fusible interfacing and tons of ironing), I had the pleasure to try out this handy little gadget. I had never heard of it before, but it's called Iron Safe. This is what it looks like in the package:Basically, it's a Teflon-coated plate that will...

03 Dec

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Darth Vader Likes to Sew, too

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
darth vader, sewing
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I just wanted to share this gorgeous drawing I got in the mail today as a birthday gift...I didn't know Darth Vader has a Singer (err, Sither) machine!! The Echino is mine, I thought it would look really cool framing this photo.This is definitely going in a frame in my sewing room...priceless!P.S. I didn't have a chance to take...

16 Nov

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Echino Oven Mitts

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
echino, fabric, free sewing tutorial, oven mitts, patchwork, sewing, thanksgiving dinner challenge
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Front of the mittsI finally finished up my oven mitts! You may recall earlier in the year when I made these 'Nest' patchwork mitts as a gift. Since we moved, I've been using a couple dish towels to pull hot things out of the oven, and let me tell you, me + oven + towels = gonna get burned...real soon.Back of...