If you love to sew bags, you love to gift some of your bags, as well. You put your heart into your sewing projects; the bags require so much work and time and money! How to make sure that you sew successful bags for gifts? I sew bags for friends, my sisters and their friends. When they need a special gift, they always come to me, asking for a bag. Here are some of my thoughts on this … [Read more...]
How to sew zippered pockets for bags
Maybe you are not used to using faux leather/vinyl for sewing bags, but it is very useful to have some on hand. It will help you sew quickly and easily beautiful zippered pockets. I am sharing with you two ways to sew pockets and the best part is that you can sew them when you have some spare time (you can make 10 in a day!) and then you will finish your bag in record time. All you have to do … [Read more...]
Taking advantage of fabric print- bargello style quilts
The fabric industry offers us so many wonderful fabrics. The variety of prints is AMAZING, giving us endless possibilities to create different types of designs. Have you seen my latest patterns? They teach you how to take advantage of a certain type of print to create not only beautiful designs, but to sew the quilts quicker and with ease. It's all about piecing strips and the placement … [Read more...]
Incredible texture with matchstick quilting
I am back to blogging! My blog remains my favorite way to keep in touch with you! Here is one of my latest patterns - an easy patchwork heart design, stitched in horizontal rows. All the pieces are cut from strips of the same width, making the piecing of the block quick, easy and fun. The designs made out of narrow rows are so easy to quilt with straight lines, with the walking foot. … [Read more...]
How to add slider to zipper tape- tutorial
I am having so much fun sewing pouches with this classic design (pattern here). For such pattern and many other pouch patterns you need to create a "tube", like in the picture below, and the zipper will open and close the tube. Sewing the zipper is a little challenging if you use a closed end zipper, in the size of the piece. I always avoid this and I use a zipper about 4'' longer than … [Read more...]
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