Friday Etsy Roundup: Fink, Supayana, ES One of One, MonkeyPoo & Nervous System
Check out a few of my favorite Etsy shops and see how to enter your shop for a chance to be featured on our homepage.
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Sewing tools from the art- and office-supply store
On my latest forays to art- and office-supply stores, I found some useful marking and cleaning tools. While a lot of sewers know the virtues of drafting tape—it’s inexpensive, can be...
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Enter the Duck Brand Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest
Create a prom outfit for you and your date from duct tape for a chance to win a $3,000 scholarship from Duck Brand Duct Tape.
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Embellish a T-shirt with Ribbon
21 commentsFold and crease an elegant, geometric detail.
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Teach Yourself to Sew: Marking and Sewing Darts
Learn how to mark and sew darts in two new episodes from the beginner sewing series Teach Yourself to Sew.
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Project Runway - Season 7 Finale
3 commentsThere were 3 designers and 30 garments in Bryant Park, but there can only be 1 winner. Who proved to be the top designer on Project Runway this season?
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Streamlined shirt collar
Whenever I cut a shirt collar that has a straight edge, I remove the seam allowance from the outer edge of the pattern piece and cut the collar on the fold. That way, there are no intersecting seams...
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Recycled Gum Wrapper Prom Dress
1 commentSee how one high school student transformed recycled goods into her prom dress.
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Project Runway - Season 7 Finale Part 1
1 commentTim faces off with everything from trampolines to the designers themselves, when he visits each of the final four designers at home before the finale.
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How do you spring clean your sewing space?
8 commentsShare how you keep your sewing tools organized.
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Easy, elasticized swimsuit straps
1 commentThis is a trick I learned when trying to figure out how my bathing-suit straps were made: Cut elastic for the strap as long as the desired finished strap plus two seam allowances and 3 inches. Cut...
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Edible Sewing Machines
3 commentsCake decorating can come in different forms, but celebrating the sewing machine seems to be a popular choice for many.
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Free Twinkle Sews Dress Pattern
5 commentsDownload this free project from Wenlan Chia's newest book, Twinkle Sews.
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SewStylish Spring 2010 is here!
4 commentsThe Spring '10 SewStylish hits newsstands today! Check out this latest issue for sewing and fashion tips and techniques from the pros.
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Teach Yourself to Sew: How to Sew a Basic Seam
Learn how to sew a basic seam in a new episode of the Threads beginner sewing series.
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What's on your sewing plate for spring?
13 commentsShare what you will be working on for the upcoming season.
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Project Runway - The Big, Top Designers
3 commentsA trip to the circus inspires designer garments.
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Exclusive Coupon for Fabric.com
1 commentSave 15% off any purchase of $50 or more at Fabric.com, when you order before before Monday April 12th.
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"Wicked Witch" test for wool
To determine if fabric is 100 percent wool, soak a small swatch of it in chlorine bleach for about eight hours. If the swatch dissolves completely, is significantly smaller, or has clearly...
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