hi all if anyone is interested in downloading free cross stitch patterns with no sign up or registration, here you go: http://www.yiotas-xstitch.com happy stitching

I'm working on a couple of different things right now, and on both I have questions. One thing I'm making is tank tops from cotton rib knit. I've been playing around with one out of fabric I don't like before I start on the good stuff. I don't have any problems with basic construction--the...

Thanks in advance for any help. I have made a headboard/wall sham for a double bed in a guest room. Basically just made a giant pillowcase for 2 euro pillows and sewed down the center to keep them in place. I would like to hang this on the wall behind the bed so it can come off when it needs to....

May I join your sewing circle for a little while? I have lurked here occasionally, I don't have much time for online NGs, but have enjoyed your posts! Lotsa inspiration you have given to me. ~~Ann in central Tx~~

I'm trying to put one of those adjustor things on the back of a waistcoat, but I have no idea where to start. Please help.

I have a BabyLock Evolve Serger and a HuskyStar 224 Sewing machine and I have an issue with both machines when I'm sewing parallel stitches. On the serger I use wide set chain stitches and on the sewing machine I use one of those double needles. The issue I run into is that because both...

I'm working on a yoyo quilt I started from scraps left from sewing my daughter clothes and other odds and ends. Currently it is 50 wide and 31 rows of yoyos long, finished it should be 50x52 give or take a row or two. photos of the quilt http://web.infoave.net/~imajeanguy/MAMA/YOYO.JPG Here's where...

My daughter will be going to college this fall and she wants very specific bedding (like victorian blue and yellow or faded blue and pink flowers). The problem is - these kind of patterns doesn't come in extra long twin sheets (and regular size is very expencive any way). So, here comes...

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Help! I'm looking for someone who can make Halloween costumes for my toddler daughters. I have the materials and patterns. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Hello, I've been lurking for about a week now, as I am just beginning to sew. My first project is a pair of pants and they have 2 front and 1 back dart. So far, the crotch length is good, but with the 2 front darts I have "balloons" of material below the darts... as if I have an excess of...

Welcome Sewists and new posters! Here are some guidelines to posting to the sewing newsgroups. In case you are wondering where you are and how you got here, you are in a newsgroup, AKA "usenet" which is a part of the internet that has been around much much longer than the www, which it is not a...

I sew patches onto leathers, anyone else do this? Cindy

Hi there, Well, after years of moving around, I finally had my Elnita tuned up -- $$$ and an hour away. I brought it home yesterday, and proceeded to start a dress for my daughter -- with beads. A few minutes in, I hit a bead, the needle broke, and now the stitching is uneven and I hear a bit of...

I sewed 2 patches together last night in backstitch I found it very relaxing and time flew, then I made a loveheart, I half blue one half white, and sewed it on as a patch on an old pair of jeans with a hole in them... the Blue and White represents Blackburn Rovers and it may catch on...

oops, not sure how to use the google format, appearently. Anyway, I remember kate and some others from then, but since I can no longer recieve newsgroups, I haven't been to active here. I used to be Kitty in Somerset, PA. I hope to find all the regulars still here, I have missed you all a lot. ...

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Picked up last month's issue of a sewing mag published by the fabric shop/chain. Talking about prom dresses. They mentioned bubble skirts as being fashionable again. While they were around for a while in the early 90s in London, the fad didn't last long. No one ever looked good in them. So... are...

for Raggedy Ann/Andy doll cutouts....anyone know where I can get some? Thanks! Carol