Fabric Fasting? A Fabric Diet maybe?
Every year around income-tax season, I start to panic: this is when I have to face reality and see exactly how much money I spent on fabric (and patterns, and trims) during the previous year. I’m blessed to have a…
Pattern Review: Baby Bonnets
NOTICE: update 1/27/2017: a reader alerted me to the fact that the Purl Bee bonnet pattern discussed below has a notification on the pattern: “This pattern and project are for home use only, not for resale”. I completely missed that when…
Sewing to Sell: Is it right for you?
Previously I’ve posted about saving money by sewing….but how about MAKING money by sewing? Or at least covering the costs of a sewing hobby? For decades I’ve made extra money by doing alterations, but during the past 3 years I’ve also…