All Entries in the "Sewing News" Category
Edgewater Park girl, 9, pictured in Vogue Patterns
EDGEWATER PARK — A township youngster’s stitching skills have been showcased on the pages of an international sewing publication.
Julia Kennedy, 9, is pictured in the current edition of Vogue Patterns wearing the dress she made for her First Communion. She [...]
Hoboken’s Fashion Lab: Day camp sewing classes for kids
Offering kids a place to mend their sewing skills and develop their fashion senses, Hoboken’s Fashion Lab, 266 Seventh Street in Hoboken NJ, will begin its first week of day camp classes this Monday, June 21. Classes will teach basic sewing and fashion design to kids and teens ages 10-18.
Open at its current location on [...]
‘Fast Fashion’: Italians Wary Of Chinese On Their Turf
“A Chinese employee works in a textile firm in the Macrolotto area in Prato, the biggest textile district in Europe, in 2005. The town has become home to the largest concentration of Chinese residents in Europe — many of whom are not legal.”
by Sylvia Poggioli
For more than a thousand years, the Italian town of [...]
Back-to-school campaign: Getting Ready for the New School Year
The South Plains Food Bank and volunteers assembled more than 4,000 blocks of school supplies last year. The campaign is going into its 21st year. This time, organizers are putting in a little extra work to get all those school supplies to area kids.
Instead of putting everything into plastic bags they’re turning to T-shirts for [...]
Author Mary Adams and 365 Days of Sewing Invite Seamstresses to Design an Apron Dress
Author Mary Adams and 365 Days of Sewing Invite Seamstresses to Design an Apron Dress
NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Wilmington, NC, United States, 06/15/2011 – Seamstresses are invited to participate in “The Apron Dress Contest.” Grand prize is an apron sewn by renowned designer, Mary Adams, among other prizes – MaryAdamsTheDress.com / 365DaysofSewing.com.
Mary Adams, author of [...]
Video: Tour of Nancy’s Koala Studio Sewing Room
In this video you get a chance to tour Nancy Zeiman’s new custom Koala Studio sewing room.
Sewing Machine Reviews, What to look for and Full Conusmer Report
Top 5 Best Reviewed Sewing Machines
Basic sewing machine
Brother XL2600I 25-Stitch Free-Arm Sewing Machine with Multiple Stitch Functions
The Brother XL-2600i uses knobs and levers to change and adjust stitches. Experts say such mechanical machines aren’t as precise or predictable as pricier electronic sewing machines. If you only need a machine for a few… [...]
Valintine’s Day Cards : How to make this easy project.
Over 25 Valentine’s Day Cards project to choose from!!!!!!
Sewing Blog I Love/ Stacey Sews
Stacy Sews ” Diary of a Fabric Junky” is one of my favorite blogs that I visit regularly.
If you are looking for additional great sewing information, tips, projects, tutorials or you are just excited about sewing Stacy Sews is the site to visit!!
Check out Stacy Sews Hot Topics for the week:
Does this Count, Tracing [...]
Sewing News: PFAFF SEWING MACHINE BRAND CELEBRATES 145 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
PFAFF SEWING MACHINE BRAND CELEBRATES 145 YEAR ANNIVERSARY; WORLD’S PREMIER SEWING MACHINE BRAND CONTINUES HERITAGE OF REFINING THE ART OF SEWING
HAMILTON, Bermuda–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 17, 2007–It was 145
years ago that Georg Michael Pfaff, an instrument maker by trade, made
his first sewing machine and founded the G.M. Pfaff sewing machine
factory in Kaiserslautern, Germany. [...]
