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What’s a Stable Knit Fabric?

By on September 19, 2012 in Fabrics

Thanks for all of the suggestions on Monday’s post, asking what kind of things you’d like to see as I sew more Renfrew Tops. So many good ideas! So many things to note as I sew, recommendations to explain why certain things are done, and votes to find out more about fabric selection. While I [...]

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Road-Trip Fabric Shopping

By on August 20, 2012 in Fabrics

I didn’t buy a lot of fabric on my recent road trip, but I did come home with a few gems! The beauty of buying fabric in Portland (the whole state of Oregon, actually) is that there’s no sales tax. Remember this blog post where we talked about how much tax everyone pays on fabric? [...]

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Télio and Sewaholic Patterns Team Up

By on May 24, 2012 in Fabrics, Inspiration and Everything Else

Hey, everyone! Exciting and interesting news today. I recently started working with a Canadian fabric wholesale company, Télio, using their fabrics for pattern samples and garments. A couple of you have asked where I got the pretty bird-and-flower print voile in last week’s and yesterday’s blog post, and since I’d bought it wholesale, not from [...]

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Aha! Here’s the fabric I was looking for…

By on April 25, 2012 in Fabrics

Guess what! I’ve found the perfect fabric for my dotted Minoru I dreamed of making, back in this post here. (And rambled on about here, too.) It’s a polyester crepe fabric, slightly heavier than a blouse weight. Strange choice, I know! The dots are perfect though – not too large, not too prominent. (I stuck [...]

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Three Tips for Sewing Stripes

By on April 4, 2012 in Fabrics, Projects, Work in Progress

I have another tip post for you guys today! Love sewing stripes? Thinking of sewing up the Renfrew Top pattern in a striped knit? Here are a few little tips that will help make stripe-sewing easier! If you missed Monday’s post with A Big List of Tips for Sewing Knits! – here’s the link again. [...]

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10% Off at Hart’s Fabric! (With Discount Code)

By on March 7, 2012 in Fabrics

Hey, everyone! I have good news for anyone that entered to win the Hart’s Fabric Giveaway last week. Hart’s Fabric is offering a 10% discount to all Sewaholic readers! From now until March 12th, enter the secret code ‘sewaholic’ at the checkout to get ten percent off. This coupon is even good for sale items, [...]

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