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Southwest Quilt Crawl: Visit Seven Quilt Shops in Southwestern Ontario

A quilting and shopping adventure! Quilters and sewists, grab your bags and grab your friends! Get ready to embark on a unique and exciting journey through the beautiful countryside of Ontario as you take part in the Southwest Quilt Crawl. Visit the Southwest Quilt Crawl Facebook page for …

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Upcycle Clothing From Your Own Closet or a Thrift Store

Partially sewn bag made from upcycled fabric

Alter clothing or deconstruct and make something new Inactive clothing in our closets I tend to clean out my clothes closet after Christmas each year. Over the years I have bought a lot of clothing, and over time have discovered it's much easier to buy clothing than to part with it. Clothes …

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Adapting a Pattern For Ease of Dressing

The finished shirt that I made for my brother by adapting a pattern.

Adapting a pattern to be worn by someone with a partial arm amputation Shirts for gifts This Christmas, I made men's shirts for family members - quite a few shirts, in fact. Some were sporty models with hoods made with jersey knits, but my son, husband and one of my brothers received …

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Your go-to place for sewing, quilting and bag-making classes

Fantastic Fall 2022 Classes Once the goldenrod starts to yellow outside, I start thinking about fall and our sewing classes. We've been planning a great line-up so you'll make us your go-to place for sewing, quilting and bag-making instruction. Class fun with me, Brenda It's mid-August …

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Getting to Know Hue: Block-of-the-Month Quilt

"Getting to Know Hue: BOM quilt

Virtual Class Starts October, 2022 We have a new 12-month block-of-the-month (BOM) quilt program. This class is virtual and starts in October, 2022. We are taking reservations now. Led by Kelley Richardson ABQ Sewing Studio's own Kelley Richardson will be hosting the BOM program with a …

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How To Use Continuous Yardage

Supplies to make project

Some call it a border print I spend a lot of my time ogling the fabric we have coming into the ABQ Sewing Studio, and one type of fabric I always watch for when purchasing for the store is called continuous yardage. Some folks would call it a border print but continuous yardage in …

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