I am a hoarder of clothes and fabric. In fact, it was when I got to the stage of having ‘too many’ old clothes and new fabrics that I started this website – to justify my hoarding. And a man’s shirt ...

Remember to Fold the top edge of one of fabric strips to the inside. Align it on top of the fabric edges. Place the other ...

When I have to join fabric strips to make a long line of fabric tape the very obvious method is to make a simple diagonal ...

The yankee puzzle patchwork block is a quilt classic- a staple of American quilting (which you must have guessed from the name). And it is one of the basic and most easiest of patch work blocks. You ...

When we think of beads, the first thing that comes to our mind are those small round seed beads, but bugle beads can do anything the seed beads can – and more. Many bugle beads are small, (starting ...

Let me tell you a secret – I use sewing machine thread on my embroidery machine a lot of the time. The embroidery purists would disown me – And there is a reason. Sewing thread may not always hold up ...

When I started doing embroidery I learned about a lot of straight stitches used to make outlines, but never one as straight as the split stitch. It is a wonderful outline stitch. You literally split ...

When I am repairing a torn area on a pair of denim jeans, I have two choices – one is to make the mending as invisible as possible with same color thread or patch, OR make it stand out as a decorative ...

To pin or not, is the question. There are many expert sewists who absolutely swear by pinning while some will not have anything to do with it. In sewing, whether to use pins or not is a matter of ...

Stitching with denim fabric cut out from old jeans sound fascinating and looks great when it is some one else’s project. It is no joke sewing over the jeans’ seams. And when it comes to clothing with ...

A stitch length of 2.5 to 3 mm is what I use to sew lightweight to medium linen. But some heavier weight linen may need 3 to 3.5 mm. I also use the average 80/12 or thinner 70/10 universal needle to ...