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27 Feb

Tips for Sewing with Laminate Fabrics

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
how to, laminates, sew with laminated fabric, stitches, tips
9 comments

I recently sewed with some laminated fabrics (Outside Oslo by Jessica Jones), and it was an experience! I am hardly an expert, but I wanted to share some of my observations about laminates in case you have some in your stash that you are thinking about sewing with.Note: I'd definitely recommend experimenting on a small piece of your laminates...

16 Sep

Sewing 101, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Sewing Back-to-School: Transferring Patterns to Fabric

May 8, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
beginner, helpful, information, sewing, sewing back-to-school, sewing patterns, tips, to fabric, transferring patterns
20 comments

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Susan from Living with Punks has an amazing blog...I've heard this from other bloggers, but hers was one of the first that I began following last year when I started...

22 Aug

Sewing 101, Tutorials, Uncategorized

Sewing Back-to-School: Prewashing Fabric

May 8, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
beginner, colette patterns, fabric, how to, prewashing fabric, sarai mitnick, sewing back-to-school, sewing machine, tips, tutorial
4 comments

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Sarai from Colette Patterns is such an inspirational pattern designer! I am currently working my way through all of the patterns through my Colette Diaries series. Sarai has...

17 Aug

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Sewing Back-to-School: Stitches & Tension

February 8, 2016
Posted by Sara Lawson
beginner, fabric, how to, sewing back-to-school, sewing machine, stitches, tension, tips, tutorial
39 comments

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Ali is a terrific seamstress, and her blog recently got a beautiful renovation, so you should definitely check it out! And she also just released a quilt pattern...