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The Best Sewing Hashtags and Tips!

May 5, 2015 By Susan 5 Comments

Best sewing hashtags - helps people who sew find each other and fun projects they're interested in!

Yesterday I shared what hashtags are, where you find and use them, and why you’d want to. Click here to read that post. Once you know the why and how, you’re ready to see the most-used sewing hashtags and get clicking- so I’ve gathered the best hashtags to use! Before we get to a list… 

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Filed Under: Sewing, Tips and Tutorials Tagged With: hashtag, hashtags, Sewing, social media, tips

Sewing Hashtags – What Are They? And Why Use Them?

May 4, 2015 By Susan 2 Comments

Sewing Hashtags - where, why and how to use them!

HASHTAGS! You’ve probably heard them mentioned even if you don’t use them yourself. They’re used in “social media” – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other similar sites. Even if you’re not much of a social media user yourself, they’re often mentioned in traditional media as “what’s trending”. So I’m going to explain the why, where and… 

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Filed Under: Sewing, Tips and Tutorials Tagged With: facebook, hashtag, hashtags, instagram, social media, Twitter

12 Scrappy Projects to Sew for Baby!

October 6, 2014 By Susan 4 Comments

12 projects to sew for baby - and all use SCRAPS!

There are two things happening at my house that bring me to post things to sew for baby. Well, I guess I should say “here are two of the things happening at my house right now”. 1) My scrap jar is overflowing and 2) not only do I have a baby to make things for,… 

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Filed Under: baby, Sewing, Tips and Tutorials Tagged With: baby gift, ball, bib, blocks, boats, bunny, bunting, hat, mobile, projects, roundup, scrappy, scraps, tutorial

Sewing Machine 911

May 17, 2012 By crafterhours 10 Comments

Let me preface this by saying: four letter words and sewing, in my mind, go hand in hand. There’s the idea of what you want to create, the materials at hand and the technical skill required to make it happen. And these three do not always meet in happy ways, particularly since the skill component… 

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Filed Under: Sewing, Tips and Tutorials Tagged With: 911, interview, machine, maintenance, repair, review, Sewing, Sewing Machine 911

Sewing Machine vs. Serger vs. Cover Hem Machine: A Guide

March 4, 2011 By crafterhours 54 Comments

After Susan posted on Wednesday about her cover hem machine, there were some follow-up questions and comments that we thought we might as well expand upon in a new post. We thought we’d answer these questions in two segments.  First, we’ll explain what each sewing machine does, then we’ll talk about when it would be… 

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Filed Under: Sewing, Tips and Tutorials Tagged With: advice, coverhem, machines, Serger, tools

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