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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008That’s a tough question. I hate to throw away batting scraps, especially if they are larger pieces that I can use for something else. But what do you do with all those scraps of batting? Just how much of it should you keep?
I’ve been doing some cleaning and organizing in my sewing room and found [...]
Great sewing-to-go box ideas
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Last week I posted my sewing-to-go box and had some wonderful ideas of what some of you do for sewing projects on the go.
scraphappy said: I always have a sew on the go kit ready as well. It [...]
Sewing To-Go Box
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Do you have a sewing to-go box? Some little box or container that contains those few necessary sewing tools and a project to work on when you are on the run? It’s a good idea to keep some hand work ready to take with you when you need it.
I always keep a sewing box filled [...]
Hang up those quilt blocks!
Friday, May 9th, 2008written by Serena Smith
original idea by Vivian Goetz
One of the ladies in my classes, Vivian Goetz came up with this great idea and because I thought it was such a good idea, I asked her if I could share it with you! It’s a great storage idea!!! :)
It never fails. You just finished a quilt [...]
Sewing room tour – Covering pizza boxes
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Covering Pizza Boxes with Fabricby Serena Smithwww.embtreasures.com
Pizza boxes are quick and easy to cover with fabric and offer great little storage containers to keep in your sewing room. Watch the video for step-by-step directions as well.
Supplieslarge pizza boxpiece of fabric 38″ long x 20-22″ wide1/4 yd Ultra Heat’n’Bond wonderunder or 1 pkg 5/8″ roll [...]
Take a peek into my sewing room: Storing projects
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Click the video player to view the tour of my sewing room. It may take a few minutes to load. For those of you with a dial-up connection, you can “view” the tour by reading my description below.This is a series on sewing room organization and storage, complete with videos! Over the next few weeks, [...]
Donna’s room "before" – Sewing room guest post
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008This is one of several sewing room guest posts I’ll be posting in the next couple of weeks. If you would like to have some ideas and photos from your sewing room posted, just email me (info @ embtreasures.com – remove spaces).
Donna is a quilter and embroiderer from Arizona with such a sweet and creative [...]
Connie’s thread rack – Sewing room guest post
Monday, March 17th, 2008This is one of several sewing room guest posts I’ll be posting in the next couple of weeks. If you would like to have some ideas and photos from your sewing room posted, just email me (info @ embtreasures.com – remove spaces).
Connie is a clever quilter and embroiderer from New York and created this wonderful [...]
Take a peek into my sewing room: Bookcase fabric covers
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Click the video player to view the tour of my sewing room. It may take a few minutes to load. For those of you with a dial-up connection, you can “view” the tour by reading my description below.This is a series on sewing room organization and storage, complete with videos! Over the next few weeks, [...]
Q & A Fabric storage: How many yards are in there??
Saturday, March 8th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Caution: If you really don’t want to know how much fabric you are hoarding in your stash, you better skip reading this post. Because if I tell how much I have, you have to tell me how much you have hidden in your sewing room! :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How much material does one book case hold?
–Val
Good question! Being [...]
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