Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts

Thursday, April 22, 2010

What to sew, what to sew

This has been a question lingering on my mind for the past week. Who am I kidding? This has been the question on my mind since I first picked up a sewing needle. The internet is a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l resource, isn't it? You want to know how to make something you simply type it into Google. Hit Enter. Bam. Three-hundred billion sites full of useful information on how to do just what you are looking for. Great huh?

No. This is exactly my problem.

Google

------- And the over abundance of helpful websites.

This makes it impossible for me to make a decision. It is much easier to blame this on Google. We have a very complicated love/hate relationship. Google, why must you be so exceedingly helpful? Instead of just quickly finding how to make a circle skirt (344,000 results) or a pillowcase dress (35,100) or whatever random sewing project I can think up that day---I get lost in the thousands upon thousands of websites and before I know it—the entire day is gone and I have nothing to show for it except for a sore bum from sitting at the computer for a shameful number of hours.

Great.

However, this is good news for you! How, you ask? Well, thanks to this horrible addiction of mine, I have accumulated a smorgasbord of delicious projects that I will never actually have the time to complete. Or I might have the time to complete if I'd ever get off sites like Wiener Dog Tricks, Sew Mama Sew, Lolly Chops, Tallgrass Prairie Studio (to name a very few) and actually sew. Oh well, over the next few days/months I am going to start adding these under the "Need Inspiration" header (which should be located right over to the right ---->)

Or somewhere in that general vicinity.

Keep an eye out. Also, if you have any great sites and don't mind sharing please email us at: seamstome.hopkinsco@gmail.com.

Thanks, hope to hear from you!

Cassie


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Movin' on Up....

Being the incredibly technological savvy people that we are (yeah, right) we decided to offer our sewing group online.
We don't want those who can't make it to the actual meetings to be excluded for having all the fun! In addition, this means having a great online resource for anyone who would like to join---regardless of where you are. Isn't technology great?

So to start off, here is a list of some wonderful websites:

www.craftstylish.com
Sewing, Knitting, Crocheting, Quilting---oh my! Anything "crafty" you can think of you will find projects and articles here to help. There are many different levels, so regardless if you are a beginner or a more seasoned seamstress you'll find help here.

www.sewmamasew.com
A shop with beautiful fabrics, a blog with wonderful projects, and a forum with a smorgasbord of links and advice. Seriously, what more could you need? Did I mention the free fabric giveaways every friday?!

www.softiemaking.com
Love those adorable little softies? Who doesn't. They are usually fairly simple to make and so cute. Now, what is this? A website full of links to free softie patterns? Sign me up!


Chances are that if you've read a great crafty book latley, the author also has a great crafty blog(usually with lot and lots of freebies). Some wonderful examples are:

http://dreamfollow.com/
Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching

http://www.soulemama.com/
Amanda Blake Soule of The Creative Family and Handmade Home

http://www.sublimestitching.com/blog.html
Jenny Hart from Sublime Stitching and Embroidered Effects

http://angrychicken.typepad.com/
Amy Karol from Bend the Rules Sewing and Bend the Rules with Fabric

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/main.php?fl=0
Amy Butler from In Stitches and Little Stitches for Little Ones

I am sure that there are much, much more out there that I just have not named or come across. If there is one especially great blog I've missed, leave me a comment and let me know.