Congratulations on your decision to start a home sewing business; before you is a very exciting time in your life! To ensure that your business is the best it can possibly be, and has the best shot at being successful for the long-haul, you will need to follow some time-tested home business strategies.
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Every home should have a basic sewing basket at the ready for those times when you need to sew on a quick button or fix a ripped seam.
By having a sewing basket will all of your basic sewing essentials in one place, you can be ready for any small sewing emergency which might [...]
Paper embroidery has been around for thousands of years; however it has found a new resurgence with the popularity of scrapbooking.
While most of us think of embroidery as a thread or yarn embellishment on fabric, embroidery can also be done on paper.
To embroider on paper you use the same threads as [...]
As the predictions continue about the economy of the world, and the sustainability of our planet, many people are starting to look back at how our forefathers chose to do things in their lives and are trying to learn from their experiences.
One of the things than many people today cannot do well, and [...]
An interesting way to add color, texture and dimension to your sewn items, is to add couching.
Couching is derived from the French word couchier and is the art of embroidering by laying threads flat on a surface and sewing them down by stitches sewn at regular intervals.
In centuries past, couching was [...]
Plaid and patterned fabrics are all the rage once again.
This means that if you are going to sew with either plaid or a patterned fabric then you need to learn how to match-up the fabric so your resulting project looks the best it possibly can.
While matching up fabrics can take a bit [...]