Archive | September, 2012

Cutting Knit Fabric: Making Sure Your Project is Perfectly On-Grain

By on September 28, 2012 in Projects, Tips, Work in Progress

More Renfrew sewing progress! I started my assembly-line cutting with the solid knits, because they’re easier than stripes. The fabric I’m using is a 95% cotton, 5% spandex jersey knit in a medium weight. It’s heavier than a standard tee shirt but not anywhere near as thick as yoga pants. (It sure is hard to [...]

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Assembly-Line Cutting and Sewing

By on September 26, 2012 in Projects, Work in Progress

I’m sewing a batch of new Renfrew Tops and for efficiency, I’m going to cut and sew them assembly-line style! What does that mean? I’m going to group together the cutting, sewing and pressing processes to make the sewing go faster. For some of you, this might sound awfully boring. I like efficiencies, so this [...]

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A Quick Report on Our Social Fabric Sale

By on September 25, 2012 in Fabrics, Inspiration and Everything Else, Vancouver Area Resources

I stopped by the Our Social Fabric sale on Saturday and thought I’d do a quick report on what it was like! If you missed last week’s post and giveaway, Our Social Fabric is an organization that collects unwanted fabric from the movies and local design companies. Each month they open their doors and host [...]

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Sewaholic Patterns Headquarters, New and Improved!

By on September 24, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Hey, everyone! Finally my office is set up and I’m working from the comfort and style of the new place. It seems like a long time ago already that I finished packing up my old office, moved everything into the new space, built all of the new furniture (including building the bookcase in front of [...]

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Thank you! Plus, Our Social Fabric Giveaway Winner!

By on September 22, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Ok, you guys are the best. Did you know we managed to completely fund seven entire sewing-related loans yesterday? (Not just from our contributions alone but we certainly played a part!) That’s at least seven people whose loans are now fully funded, one step closer to building a better life. Many of the sewing related [...]

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How I Helped a Woman in Tajikistan Buy a Sewing Machine

By on September 21, 2012 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Have you heard of Kiva (kiva.org)? It’s a non-profit organization that lends money to people who want to start businesses to get out of poverty. (Kiva says it better than I do, here on their About page.) Basically, you lend money to someone in need, and they repay the money back just like a regular [...]

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