Top Choices for Our Favorite Irons and a Giveaway!
The holidays are coming and we have received a few questions as to what our favorite iron is. Sounds like it may end up on a few holiday...
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Four Quilt-Makers Sharing Ideas, Inspiration and Information
Four Quilt-Makers Sharing Ideas, Inspiration and Information
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- May 19, 2016
- 2 min
20 Degrees of Fabric Play
So much has happened here since the last time I checked in. I have completed my new pattern, the Blooming Wedges Table runner and had...
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- Apr 26, 2016
- 3 min
Visit Me at the Sew Amazing Quilt Show This Weekend!
I have about 4 days left to get ready for the Sew Amazing Quilt Show for the Vallejo Piecemakers. I’m excited, but also nervous. It’s...
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- Apr 17, 2016
- 3 min
My One Hour Challenge – Part 2 plus a Giveaway
It’s curious to me that sometimes I have to schedule a play date in my sewing room in order for things to get done. I guess this is just...
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- Jul 7, 2015
- 2 min
Select Print & Piece – New Product for Foundation and Paper Piecing & Giveaway
As promised, I have given another one of Alex Anderson’s new product for quilters a try. Select Print and Piece by Floriani definitely...
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- Jul 1, 2015
- 3 min
New Products for Quilters – Select Appli-Stick and Select Appli-Web Plus & Giveaway
Alex Anderson Hi Quilters, Crafters and Sewers! When I recently heard that my friend, Alex Anderson had new products on the market I gave...
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- Dec 30, 2014
- 1 min
A See How We Sew Tradition: Our Top 10 Posts for 2014
Hello dear readers! Hope the holiday season is treating you well. We’re enjoying the closing days of 2014, and looking forward to all...
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- Dec 5, 2014
- 2 min
Simple Wedge Tree Skirt
Friday already? Yikes! I’m still curious about where November went. I’m guessing like many of you, this is a busy time of the year....
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- Feb 11, 2014
- 2 min
Hari-Kuyo – The Ceremony of Broken Needles
In Japan, the Hari-Kuyo ceremony is held throughout Japan annually on the 8th of February. This 400-year-old tradition is held at Shinto...
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- Nov 15, 2013
- 4 min
Featherweight Fan Club – Part 2
My New Friend I promised to share a few stories with you about Featherweights. Here is mine: I wanted to buy a featherweight for all the...
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- Aug 2, 2013
- 2 min
Sprucing Up Your Sewing Space: A Design Wall Dream Come True!
Something wonderful happened last weekend in my sewing room, and I’m so excited, I just had to share. I now have a real-live, large, and...
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- Jun 28, 2013
- 2 min
Attention Quilters: Winner Takes All in BIG Mid-Year Giveaway!
Since we launched See How We Sew back in the spring of 2011, many quilt- and sewing-related companies and individuals have been extremely...
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- Apr 26, 2013
- 2 min
Introducing Reverse-a-Rulers™, Grrrip-It® and a Giveaway
For the past 2 years, I have had the pleasure of working with Richard Quint of Quint Measuring Systems to develop a new line of rulers...
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- Apr 5, 2013
- 2 min
Clip, Snip, Slice–Seam Rippers in the Spotlight
An exemplar seam ripper–it bears an uncanny resemblance to my mother’s snapped-off, 1970s-era model because hers is exactly that short. I...
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- Apr 2, 2013
- 3 min
From the Three of Us: Running with Scissors (+ a Special Anniversary Giveaway)
Darra’s 3″ x 5″ collage, Snip-It!, with a pair of her (well-used) favorites, a gift from friend Chris Porter No one knows for certain...
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- May 22, 2012
- 2 min
A May Garden of Fun Little Fabric Flowers and a Giveaway
Check out these charming yo-yo flowers – aren’t they cute? This is my idea of a Spring garden! They’re surprisingly fast and easy to make...
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- Mar 6, 2012
- 3 min
Making Narrow Bias Tape: Perfect for Appliquéd Stems, Vines and More
While working on the stems for my class sample of the North Carolina Lily block this week, I was reminded how easy the process is with...
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- Mar 2, 2012
- 2 min
Sunny-Side Up—Vacation Therapy for a Color Addict
I’m a creature of sunlight, so that’s probably why my head’s so easily turned by bright colors. It doesn’t matter if it’s fabric,...
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- Feb 7, 2012
- 2 min
Part 3: Choosing Fabrics and Colors: Playing in the Mud
Hello again. Here we are in Part 3 of my color journey using Joen Wolfrom’s 3-in-1 Color Tool. If you are new to our blog, you may...
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- Jan 24, 2012
- 2 min
Part 2: Choosing Fabrics and Colors: Let the Hunt Begin
The starting point for my Triadic color scheme: Fuchsia - Golden Yellow- Aqua Blue. Welcome to Part Two of our Color Journey using the...