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by Elise

The Secrets To Shirring

May 1, 2013 in Sewing Basics, Tips & Tricks

IMG_6788 After spending more time than I would like to admit, I have finally learned the secrets to shirring! I read blog after blog and tip after tip. All pointed me in a different direction and none of them gave me the scrunch that is needed in shirring. I would line everything up, think it was perfect and bam! another perfectly ...
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by Tori

Meet Heather from The Sewing Loft

April 17, 2013 in News, Stitchin Women

Heather Valentine from The Sewing Loft Our list of amazingly talented bloggers is constantly growing, and today we’re pleased to welcome Heather Valentine to the Totally Stitchin’ family. We love Heather’s unique style and creative spirit, and she loves “reclaiming creativity” with her Baby Lock machines. Heather does most of her sewing on the Baby Lock Ellisimo Gold, but she also has an Imagine serger and a ...
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by Tori

Totally Stitchin’ Heads to the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion

May 24, 2012 in News

School of Art Fashion Sew Beautiful Magazine presents the School of Art Fashion, July 22-29 in Huntsville, Alabama. As part of the event, Totally Stitchin’ and Deborah Moebes have partnered to teach a 4-day class, featuring two fabulously fashionable projects. The Baby Lock Totally Stitchin’ School with Deborah Moebes is designed for the sewist who finds inspiration online. Moebes is a blogger, designer, author and teacher, ...
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by Kendra

Tips for Patching your Favorite Jeans

January 11, 2012 in Tips & Tricks

jmo's patch pants Once I find a pair of jeans that fit right, I do almost anything to never throw them out. Luckily, this mostly involves patching holes as they spring up. Here are some tips for better patches:   When the hole is in an awkward place for something decorative or bright, I'll use a scrap of fabric cut from the hem, facing, bottom of sleeves, ...

Eco Bag

April 15, 2011 in Projects

ts-bag3 This fun bag is cute and environmental friendly! Instead of using grocery bags that harm the planet only one time, you can use this bag over and over again to bring your gorceries home. Another plus, this eco bag is incredibly easy to make! Download Project
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by Kendra

Add Topstitching!

November 1, 2010 in General

Topstitching is one of my favorite ways to highlight a particular area of my project -- its functional and decorative. One way to achieve great topstitcing is to use interfacing with your fabric. Interfacing provides a stable background for the stitches and helps keep the fabric from stretching. You should also use the correct presser foot, to help make accurate stitchin easy. ...
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by Stacey

My Trip to Baby Lock HQ

October 5, 2010 in General

A few months ago, after a reply to a Facebook post, I was invited to the Baby Lock corporate office to meet with the people behind Baby Lock. I never knew that their home office was almost in my back yard.  Upon my arrival, I hear “Gus’s Pretzels are here” (a St. Louis favorite soft pretzel stick), everyone decked out in ...
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by Kendra

Dog Kennel Decor

August 11, 2010 in Projects

Have an unsightly kennel in your house? Create a cute and functional kennel cover for man's best friend that you'll both love! Download this project
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by Kendra

YouTube, Home of Vintage Commercials

July 19, 2010 in General

While tooling around on YouTube the other day, I ran across this vintage Singer video. It's hard to believe that "back in the day" there were door-to-door sewing machine salesmen! Oh yeah, replace Singer with Baby Lock -- no longer door-to-door, but still offering great classes and amazing independent retailers that will actually take the time to teach you how to ...
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by Kendra

Cute, Simple Dresses for Little Girls!

July 12, 2010 in General, Projects, Videos

In this short video, Nancy Zieman will sho you the steps to making a simple summer dress for a little girl. It's sew easy -- you'll want to make several!