Expand your shop’s offerings and grow a new stream of income with minimal hassle. Start selling bag patterns, materials, and classes to draw in a new crowd of sewing and quilting enthusiasts. Appeal to younger DIYers with current, trendy projects that are easy and satisfying, and give your regular …
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The Removable Marker That Practically Does It All
Colors Markers by Frixion™ Pilot, the Japanese manufacturer of Frixion pens, roller balls, hi-lighters and markers hit on an accidental winner with the quilting crowd with this heat sensitive marking tool. There are several different tools under the Fixion name, the product I’m absolutely crazy …
The Everything Goes Bag: How One Bag Turned Into Another
Everything Goes started as Mr. Snowman The Everything Goes Bag pattern has been and continues to be a good seller here at Among Brenda’s Quilts, but you may be interested to hear that it started out as another bag entirely. Back in 2006 I developed a bag made of wool felt with a snowman …
Halloween Quilt Featured In American Quilter Magazine
Scaredy Patch Halloween Quilt Check out the September 2015 issue of American Quilter magazine for this Halloween-themed quilt pattern. The fabric used in the quilt in the magazine is a line called Sew Scary by Quilting Treasures. The magazine article is by J. Wecker Frisch, who is the designer …
A Quilting Retreat in Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada
It’s great to get away in the summer-time to visit new places, meet exciting people and to have the opportunity to get to know and to teach fellow quilters and bag makers. It’s an added bonus when the shop you visit is so well laid out and the owners are so warm and friendly. That was my experience …
Double or triple straight stitch adds nice detail to a bag
Sew Professional Looking Bags While sewing my new bag I decided to utilize the double straight stitch on my Baby Lock sewing machine to accentuate the edgestitching and topstitching I was going to be sewing. If you've never used the double or triple straight stitch before it looks like this …
