Author Archives: Loretta

Strange as this may sound to you at this time of year (it’s spring here in Canada), I get a lot of questions about lined draperies — people wanting to keep out the sun in the summer and the cold in the winter months here in Canada. Lined draperies at windows serve dual purposes by [...]

To my knowledge, home sewing is the only method of shaping a braided rug.  Crazy glue won’t work will it?  Lining the bottom of the rug without stitches made with a sewing machine or by hand will not hold either will they?  So we are left with the one and only option of using our [...]

Truthfully, there are different approaches to choose when adding a border to a home sewn quilt. Keep in mind that if you wish to keep the edges of your quilt curved (quite attractive on a bed quilt), no border is necessary. 

Add in-seam pockets to a shirt or jacket by forming a horizontal seam line for the opening and stitching the pocket piece to the inside of the garment.

When it comes right to it, I have pockets on all my clothing. If I don’t have pockets, I sure miss them and I’m sure that most people feel the way that I do. There are so many types of pockets that you can home sew into your garment that it is sometimes hard to [...]