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Hi friends! I am thrilled to share with you that I am on the Riley Blake Fabrics Not So Basic team! We will be sharing projects using Confetti Cottons, Kisses, Hashtags, Shades and the ever popular Swiss Dot! Riley Blake sent us a fun box of goodies for the start of the program and they sent me some extras – […]

I love internet research.  I really do.  There is so much stuff out there that is easily accessible!  Patterns everywhere!  Quilt designers self-publishing patterns that you can purchase right from their website!  It’s amazing and super convenient!

Then there is YouTube and I’m loving that as well.  Not sure how to do something?  Look it up on YouTube.  We have fixed our dishwasher that way as well as our camera.  So much information!  There are quilters on YouTube as well.  Tours of quilting studios, videos of shopping hauls,  and how-to’s for just about anything you can think ...

Hi friends, Over the summer I will be working on turning some of my more popular tutorials along with some requested tutorials into videos. Today I am sharing my newest video – How to install a zipper into a pillow – using my favorite method. This method takes a tiny bit more time and requires two sewing machine feet – […]

I got in the front of the camera for the first time! Talk about excruciating! It took several tries and several blunders, but I finally felt like it was good enough for posting.

I had a trailer for my YouTube channel, but it was not very interesting and I decided that I needed to emulate my favorite channels a little closer. Since my favorites are the ones with tutorials, I thought I would give it a shot. Since I am going to start doing tutorials, my first step was to create a new channel trailer that would represent that a ...

I’m on a roll! Have you noticed I’ve been editing and posting new videos in my Butterick 6214 Video Sew Along each day for the past 3 days! Phew! So, you’ll be happy to know that Video #4 and Video #5 are now ready for you to watch!

If you are following along with the sew along series please watch the videos in their entirety. Many of the questions I’m being asked have been covered in the video lessons.

We sold out of our rayon challis print fabrics and only have some solids left in the ...

Video #3 in my Butterick 6214 video sew along series is ready for you! I will warn you, though. It’s long and I talk a lot. But I promise it’s a good one! So much information and so far the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and amazing! Thank you to everyone who has watched the video and sent me comments and emails. As a teacher it’s always so rewarding when you provide your students with nuggets of information that make them have light bulb moments! I hope you’ll experience the same thing when you watch this ...

I’m back with the next video in my Butterick 6214 sew along video! In this video tutorial I make the pattern the way I’ve seen my beginning sewing students try to make their clothes. There are many many no-nos in this video… trust me when I say I did them all on purpose! I want to show the newbies following along what they tend to end up with when they don’t yet have the knowledge and/or experience to know better.  If you have had failed attempts at making clothes in the past I hope you will ...

The time has come! I started a new video sew along using Butterick 6214. I chose this pattern because it has a simple loose-fitting silhouette, no closures, very few pattern pieces and can be sewn up in both a woven and a stretch knit fabric.  All that combined seemed to fit the bill of what I was looking for to teach as a beginner friendly project!

If you have struggled with choosing the right size sewing pattern from a commercial envelope this sew along is just for you! In this new FREE series of videos I’ll be walking you ...

I’m having so much fun making my clothes this year! I can’t wait to share with you all my different video tutorials, pattern reviews and even brand new Crafty Gemini Sewing Patterns (coming soon!)

As we kick off a new video tutorial series on sewing your own clothes I decided to begin with a video on how to take the three most basic measurements often needed when working with sewing patterns: bust, waist and hip. If you are new to sewing clothes there is a lot of information in this video that will be an eye opener for ...

It’s been a while since I did a machine embroidery video tutorial. So, here is a quick and easy in-the-hoop bunny bookmark for those of you that have an embroidery machine! In the video tutorial I use my Brother PE770 embroidery machine. This is the machine I recommend for embroidery beginners. But any embroidery machine with at least a 4×4 hoop will work for this project.

My bunny bookmark is a fun and easy beginner friendly ITH (in the hoop) embroidery project. If you have an embroidery machine but have yet to try an in the hoop project ...

I went Hi Tech this week.  Or I tried to.  If you want to see the video I did for this edition of this week w/Jenn you will have to go to our facebook page or our twitter account to check it out or use this link from you tube to view it.  What do you think?  Do you like the video idea?

https://youtu.be/ijgrwfW3JCM

Basically it told you I have been working on a harley tshirt quilt.  doing a real cool motorcycle design on the pro stitcher.

working on my BOM.

showed you the classes coming ...

I started my YouTube channel in November of 2016, posting craft tutorials, craft room tours, and sewing machine reviews.  I’ve loved having a way to show you guys even more sides of my crafty life.  Sometimes it’s easier to show you a tutorial in video format rather than in static images and text.

Eligibility Changes for the YouTube Partner Program

Like many content creators, I support this blog with advertising.  The advertising helps cover my server costs and costs of supplies.  It does not cover all my costs, but that’s okay.  This is my hobby, not a ...

I have received hundreds of requests for a bowl cozy video tutorial this year. So, I thought it would only be fitting to include my bowl cozy video tutorial as a part of this 12 Days of Last Minute DIY Gifts video series! Ta-dah! Here it is. In this tutorial I teach you how to make the bowl cozies I prefer for the size and shape and the ones we most often use in our house both for hot and cold bowls. These are great for soups, oatmeal, yogurt and ice cream, etc. We also like to use them for ...

I have received hundreds of requests for a bowl cozy video tutorial this year. So, I thought it would only be fitting to include my bowl cozy video tutorial as a part of this 12 Days of Last Minute DIY Gifts video series! Ta-dah! Here it is. In this tutorial I teach you how to make the bowl cozies I prefer for the size and shape and the ones we most often use in our house both for hot and cold bowls. These are great for soups, oatmeal, yogurt and ice cream, etc. We also like to use them for ...