Here at Sew Much More, we’re pretty darned proud of our Baby Lock sergers. They are, after all, “first, and still the best!” That being said, sometimes it’s a challenge to get sewers to stop thinking of a serger as an accessory. It’s truly amazing just how versatile a serger can be. Our recent serger [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 29, 2008
New Year Renewal
I don’t know about you, but I am really getting back into my sewing and embroidery projects! With the new year comes a natural inclination to revitalize your home, and sewing is one inexpensive and simple way to accomplish this objective. And, with all of the home decorating shows on television, I’m sure I’m not [...]
January 13, 2008
Crib Sheet Pictorial
Here are the directions for making the perfect crib sheet. You might present a new parent with an entire set of holiday themed sheets–what fun! Or, make sheets to match the entire decorating theme. It’d be much less expensive to make the curtains, quilt, sheets, and more accessories than it would be [...]
January 11, 2008
Burp Cloth Directions
Many of you were enamored with Kim & Donna’s burp cloths, which they showed a few months back at Embroidery Club. Carolyn utilized their technique, and created some gifts which she showed us this past meeting. You might also be interested in this generous offering of directions from Martha Pullen’s website for two different styles [...]
January 10, 2008
Children’s Embroidery
With Pam’s help, we’ve finished embroidering the blocks for 2 new baby quilts. We used the designs from OESD’s Baby Dear, one of the E-collections available from ETO (right here IN THE STORE!) We used the cotton threads from Robison-Anton and they give the illusion of hand embroidery. Coupled with the 1930’s [...]
January 7, 2008
New Year Projects
We had a great embroidery club yesterday! It was nice to see old friends, some who we’ve been missing, as well as new ones, at our club meeting. Everyone had lots of great things to share, too. I forgot my camera (again, as usual.) I’m going to leave an old one [...]
January 2, 2008
AWS-Always Wear Sunscreen
We had a marvelous family vacation & all 13 of us arrived back safely! We celebrated 2 birthdays, 1 wedding anniversary and our nephew got engaged while we were in Mexico. I’ll admit we all got some sun, but not too much. My sister-in-law brought along some sunscreen that we labeled SPF3000 (or sun-repellent)! Nobody [...]
January 2, 2008
Winter classes
Our winter class schedule has been posted on our website, www.sew-much-more.com
