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     Happy Earth Day! Even though Earth Day typically isn't a holiday that's celebrated in traditional ways, it's purpose is too important to overlook. There are things that we can do every day to live more sustainably and reduce the impact that we have on our environment. We've all heard the 3 R's of waste management: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. When you think about what that looks like, you might think of recycling the materials from products that you've purchased, walking instead of driving, or donating items that no longer serve a purpose in your house, rather than throwing them...

In this tutorial we are going to go over on how to make a book cover. You can either watch the video above or follow cut up blog version below! First thing that we’ll do is to iron on the stabilizer to the fabrics. Once that is done you’ll add a soft back which is fusible, and we are going to fuse that together. Next part, you have to cut white strips, different widths and not different lengths. All 6 inches and then you've got different colors. The instructions say red, but we did a variety because it’s more fun....

In this blog post we are going to go over some of the basic issues and problems that come up when servicing the machines.  Baby Lock Zest Basic Maintenance To start we have the basic threading on the Zest one of our sewing machines. You’ll take the thread from the spool stand and turn the hand wheel towards yourself so that the take up lever is at its highest point. Then you’ll take the thread through the thread guide, next to the take up lever that looks like a hook and make sure the presser foot is up using the...

  The Baby Lock Vibrant is our introductory serger and a part of our genuine collection and we are going to show you how to set up for a four thread overlock. To get started you'll see this is a manual threading serger, which means we will show you exactly how to thread your upper looper, lower looper, left needle and right needle.  Bring our thread from the back of the machine we will loop it through the scope, and slide it underneath this metal pretension. Once it has slid in bring down the rest of the thread to your thigh,...

In this blog post we are going to go over the basics of your sewing machine and get you more familiar with it.  The first thing we are going to do is take our thread and thread the machine. You can place the thread spool on the spool pin and you'll take the thread through the number 1 guideDown through the number 2 guide that looks like a plastic hook.  Then take the thread up and around to the top again to the take up lever which is point number 3. The thread slides right into the little metal contraption. Then...

For this project we are pulling from Anita Good Design and it is from her Express Line. This is a great project for someone just beginning because you have no thread changes. The most difficult part about this project is cutting your material. In our example we used tule in the instructions it recommends organza which is finer, a closer weave, and silkier.  The hoop we are using is the DIME Magnetic Hoop which is loved by Shirlene and it makes it easy for her to hoop! The new product we have in the store is the Kimberbell Wash Away...