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“American Sewing Guild” Sewing Retreat

In a previous post, I mentioned that our Neighborhood Sewing Guild (Elgin Stitches of Time) recently held our first annual Sewing Retreat at the Hampton Inn, Aurora, IL. It began on a Thursday noon and ended on Saturday about suppertime.  In this post, I'd like to...

How to Make a T-shirt quilt!

T-shirt quilts are fun to make!  Supplies required: t-shirts, along with fabrics for the sashing, borders and backing. The t-shirt blocks also need to be fused with fusible interfacing, so you need enough yardage of fusible interfacing to fuse each block. (This...

Patterns and Christmas

Often during this busy season, we forget what and why we are celebrating! Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus. It is important that we pass down to our next generation the "patterns" taught in the Bible, and this "pattern" of celebrating the...

Shimmering Vine Table Runner

I've been working on a Table Runner for a Sewing class I'll be teaching at the Sycamore Park District. I made this one a little longer than normal so it would fit on this ledge in my living room. It only requires three light-colored beige fabrics pieced together...