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How to Pre-Wash Fabric in 4 Easy Steps

August 10, 2015 By Susan 11 Comments

Have washable fabric (as opposed to dry clean or spot clean only) that you need to pre-wash? Here’s how to do it, in 4 simple steps! By using this method you can get your fabric ready for sewing but preserve every last bit of usable fabric – you won’t lose inches in messy tangles of fraying… 

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Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: fabric, fabric care, how to, pre-wash, shrinkage, tips

How to Make a Striped Stamped Tank

June 12, 2015 By Susan 17 Comments

Make a Striped Stamped Tank

Have some plain tees that need some excitement? I had a tank I’d picked up inexpensively and was ready to dress up – and the folks who make Fabric Creations™ stamps and soft fabric ink sent a bunch of stamps and ink for me to try! I used them to make a striped stamped tank and… 

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Filed Under: shirt, t-shirt, tutorial Tagged With: block, craft fair, fabric, Fabric Creations, gift, ink, print, soft, stamp, stamped, striped, tank, textile

Friday Fiver: Fabricworm!

June 27, 2014 By Susan 1 Comment

It’s Friday AGAIN! I love how that keeps happening. Today’s Friday Fiver comes to us from Fabricworm! It’s a special three fabric fat quarter bundle of Ipanema! Ipanema is a fun and whimsical Dennis Bennett collection for Birch Organic Fabrics. The prints are colorful and beachy and bright! My favorite is the main print in orange with… 

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FRIDAY FIVER! Chaaaambray from imagine gnats!

June 13, 2014 By Susan 2 Comments

Today’s Friday Fiver is one you’ll want to snap up quickly – for two reasons. One, the sooner you order the sooner it’s on its way to you, and two, there are limited quantities available. We’re so happy to share imagine gnats’ fabric shop with you today – and the Friday Fiver? A yard of… 

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Ninjas Don’t Sweat! (New Fabric from Lily Gonzales-Creed)

May 23, 2014 By Susan 4 Comments

Today I’m sharing a few things I made with “Ninjas Don’t Sweat” but Lily Gonzales-Creed for Windham Fabrics! I have to tell you a little about how this came about. I would have loved this fabric anyway, but there are reasons I extra love LOVE it. Back when I was running Spoonflower I Spy Swap… 

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