Sew-A-Scarf Week—#3 Super-Quick Cascading Scarf
It’s day three of Sew-A-Scarf Week. I hope you’re planning on sewing your scarf for the Sew-A-Scarf Challenge! Voting will begin May 17, so you have time to get your entry posted. Here’s today’s scarf inspiration. Super-Quick Cascading Scarf If you’re a Sewing With Nancy viewer, you know that scarves are not a new sewing … Continue Reading
Sew-A-Scarf Week—#2 Yo-Yo Smocked Scarf
Day two of Sew-A-Scarf Week features a design by Donna Fenske of Nancy’s Notions. Donna’s unique approach for using a Yo-Yo Maker results in a drapable, elegant scarf or wrap. Usually a Yo-Yo-Maker is used to create individual embellishments. This time the small flower style Yo-Yo Maker is the key product to use for creating the smocking on … Continue Reading
Sew-A-Scarf Week—#1 Twist & Shout Scarf
Get ready for sew-a-scarf week! Starting today and ending Saturday, May 12, you’ll find a new scarf project or variation of a scarf sewing pattern posted on my blog each day. My goal is to give you more sewing inspiration so that you’ll enter our Sew-A-Scarf Challenge. The prizes are quite awesome! The sewing pattern … Continue Reading
Sewing Party in Beaver Dam
“ We’re in the midst of a sewing party! Nancy’s Notions is the host of the annual Sewing Weekend Expo, the first Thursday–Saturday in May. It’s the time of the year when we roll out the proverbial red carpet to welcome sewing, quilting, and embroidery enthusiasts to a party! The warehouse is converted into … Continue Reading
Sew Expressive—In a Quiet Sort of Way
Expressive—our world is filled with people who love to express their views and options via the media. Most days I want to turn down the volume! Yet, there’s a way to be expressive in a quiet sort of way. Instead of the platform being the Internet, TV, or talk radio, it’s of all things, a … Continue Reading
Nancy Zieman’s 50 Tips to Sew Smart & Sew Kind
There are reruns on TV—well, of course. So what about blogs? How about Encore Postings! My staff and I decided that an encore posting was extremely appropriate for this week since we’re in the thick of preparing for Nancy’s Notions Sewing Weekend Event. For those of you attending our big gala event, I look forward … Continue Reading
Lights—Camera—Buttonholes!
Are you leery of making buttonholes? Somehow stitching buttonholes has received a less than positive reputation! Baby Lock has come to the rescue by giving us a camera—yes, a camera, to assure perfect buttonhole alignment with the Ellisimo Gold machine. Generally I haven’t given machine specific instructions in one of my blogs, yet this feature is so … Continue Reading
A Jelly Roll Makeover—Not the Edible Kind!
Sewing and quilting terms—when you take time to stop and think about some of them, they’re really offbeat. Just try explaining Stitching in the Ditch to a non-sewist. Or, watch the expression on the face of a non-quilter when they hear the term Fat Quarter. That may be the expression on some faces when I … Continue Reading
Clover—Sewing’s Good Luck Charm
I’ve saved my charm bracelet from my childhood, planning to give it to my granddaughters when they’re a little older. When I recently spotted the bracelet in my jewelry box, I had to smile when I saw the clover leaf charm, representing my 4-H membership. Little did I realize that a clover leaf would play … Continue Reading
Top 10 Apron Sewing Ideas: #2 – Church Ladies’ Apron with New Twists
This is Guest Blogger Mary Mulari’s second blog entry in the 10-month apron inspiration presentation. This time she’s featuring her best selling pattern, the Church Ladies’ Apron. She’s never content to make it just one way, so here’s her latest versions of this classic apron design. Church Ladies’ Apron Pattern By Mary Mulari There’s something about the Church … Continue Reading
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