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Six sewing tools that will change your life!

Posted in Drapery Workroom, Sewing, Sewing Equipment/Tools on February 9, 2011 | 10 Comments »

You already own the basics, right? A sewing machine, pins, needles, threads, tape measure, yards of fabric. Even if your sewing projects aren’t complex or frequent, the investment in a few additional tools like the pros use can help you make better use of what little time you may have for creating. After surveying the [...]

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled blogging.

Posted in Drapery Workroom on January 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »

While we do a sewing room switcheroo. Out with the old. In with the new! Somehow mid-swap, the volume of stuff in that little room more than tripled! How on earth did it ever fit in that tiny space? Here we are in the “honeymoon phase.” We had only made a few trips up and [...]

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Just sit back and enjoy…

Posted in Drapery Workroom, Window Treatments on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m totally loving the design and treatment of this set of very unique doors/windows. I enjoy every feature — fabric, tie-backs, fringe, proportion and scale. Lovely.

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Who knew?

Posted in Drapery Workroom, Sewing, Window Treatments on April 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »

For what seems like forever, I’ve sewn things for my home. I’ve always been pretty good at seeing something I like and figuring out how to construct it. I thought the patterns McCalls, Butterick and Simplicity put together and called “Home Decor” were pretty hokey and never used them. Until about four years ago, I [...]

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