I get a lot of newsletters from different sewing companies/groups in my email inbox. The only reason I really stay subscribed is because I like to stay aware of what's trending and how things are going generally in the sewing world. I usually quickly scan & delete the emails.
Today's Seamwork newsletter had a tip, but there's an easier way to do the same thing without buying special pins! Don't bother with special pins - that just means you'll have to keep up with them and keep them sorted and separate from your regular pins! (How often do you walk away from your pins or scissors and then need them from across the room as it is?)
Swipe to see how I mark a start and/or stop point without special pins. Both of my examples are often also used by coworkers and make it easy to pass something off to someone else in the shop if you need to.
Do you have a favorite way of marking stop points?
#sewingtip
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
Merry Christmas, everyone!
If you're looking for something Christmasy to listen to/watch over the next few days, here's the most recent episode of my favorite podcast Blurry Creatures. It's a really fascinating (and nerdy) deep dive into the Biblical story of the Magi.
Two days after my son turned in his last paper for his bachelor's degree, I finished my shirt sewing project. Eight shirts, made to measure. Most of the fabrics are linen. Yes, regrettably you can tell exactly when I got my sewing machine repaired... but I hope these help him as he moves through his master's program and in life.
We had a very quiet Thanksgiving, and I'm doing palate cleansers between the shirts in my shirt gift project, so I ran through the scrap pile and made myself an apron.
Aprons, IME, should be made of thicker fabrics in order to actually prevent splashes and stains from getting to your real clothes. Both of these were skirt leftover bits :)
