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ShiningStar
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craft interests: crochet, embroidery, fashion, gifts, holidays, knitting, paper-crafts, quilting, restyle, sewing
Member Since: 02/20/2009
teach yourself to sew
teach yourself to sew
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craft interests: crochet, embroidery, fashion, gifts, holidays, knitting, paper-crafts, quilting, restyle, sewing
Member Since: 02/20/2009

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Re: Win a One-Year Threads Insider Membership!
This would finally encourage me to learn to sew.
posted: 10:19 pm on May 12thRe: Book Giveaway: "The Essential A-Line"
I would make one out of cotton blend.
posted: 2:21 am on March 28thRe: Book Giveaway: "Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing"
This seems like a good book.
posted: 10:33 am on March 20thRe: Book Giveaway "Vintage Lingerie"
I love vintage/retro styles. This would be a great book to have.
posted: 2:22 am on March 14thRe: Book Giveaway "The Colette Sewing Handbook"
I love retro styles. I want learn how to make them.
posted: 1:19 am on February 20thRe: Magazine Giveaway: "Threads" Issue #165 (February/March 2013)
I like bead embroidery. It gives a retro/vintage look.
posted: 3:00 am on January 8thRe: Book Giveaway: "Quilt Love"
I don't quilt but I would really like to. I want to make a pinwheel quilt.
posted: 3:59 am on December 22ndRe: BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Colette Sewing Handbook
I like retro style clothes.
posted: 2:10 am on September 13thRe: What influences helped to shape your current sewing hobby or career?
Just looking craft blogs and message boards give me inspiration to learn more.
posted: 6:52 am on July 11thRe: Book Giveaway: Sewing in a Straight Line
I could really use this book.
posted: 9:10 am on June 4thRe: MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY: The New June/July Issue of Threads (#161)
Sewing Destination: London. I love travel craft stories.
posted: 7:53 pm on April 17thRe: BOOK GIVEAWAY: "Famous Frocks" by Sara Alm and Hanna McDevitt
I love classic style!
posted: 1:05 am on March 21stRe: Giveaway: Threads Insider Membership
Any tips ides to help people to have the confidence to move up to the next level in sewing.
posted: 12:58 am on March 21stRe: MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY: The April/May 2012 issue of Threads magazine!
One Pattern, Endless Options sound good to me.
posted: 1:06 am on March 7thRe: Magazine Giveaway: Threads Issue #159, March 2012
The information on bra making alone makes this a very interesting issue.
posted: 11:38 pm on December 20thRe: BOOK GIVEAWAY: "The Colette Sewing Handbook" by Sarai Mitnick
I want to learn the basics. I love vintage/retro style.
posted: 11:53 pm on November 29thRe: MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY: Threads issue #158
The cover stories look good.
posted: 2:45 am on November 9thRe: DVD GIVEAWAY: Threads Magazine Archive, 1985-2011
I'm looking forward to the Vintage issue. I think it was about two years back. I wish I had bought that one.
posted: 12:46 am on October 12thRe: BOOK GIVEAWAY: A Guide to Fashion Sewing
I know how to sew on a button thanks to Sew Stylish magazine.
posted: 5:31 pm on August 3rdRe: Book Giveaway: "Threads Sewing Guide"
I would like this book because I want to learn to sew.
posted: 11:44 pm on May 10thRe: Book Giveaway: "Embroidery Companion: Classic Designs for Modern Living" by Alicia Paulson
I love simple hand stitching and redwork.
posted: 11:56 pm on March 1stRe: Is sewing taught in your local school system?
I still haven't learn to sew. I was in middle school in the mid-eighties. The city schools required us to get a taste of most electives business, foreign langauge, home ec and woodworking.
posted: 4:03 pm on December 31stWoodworking was my favorite. I had a great teacher. Once a student had problems in math. The teacher stopped the whole class to teach us math because our math teacher wasn't very good. The home ec teacher was just o.k she taught us how to make caramel popcorn and candlewicking(the craft with the knots). But that was it.
We moved two counties in the late eighties and the first county had amazing classes like world geography. The next school was worse than any city school I have attended. The teachers were more like babysitters.. The home ec teacher only paid attention the the students who already knew how to sew. She had us cook frozen food that was already seasoned and gave us all a D.
The typing, driving, business, and marketing teachers all refused to teach. Some said we wouldn't be able to get good jobs like our parents and would have service sector jobs. So, why bother teaching us anything seemed to be their feeling.
I did have a good consumer math teacher. I learned so much. This is another underrated class. It is mainly for kids who are not great in math but it's important for life.
I am slowing learning all the crafts and hopefully art and languages I didn't get to learn in school. Sewing and embroidery are next on the list.
Re: Giveaway: Teach Yourself to Sew Magazine and DVD bundle
I am the one who wants to learn. I haven't had a chance to share a love of it yet.
posted: 11:28 pm on December 15thRe: MAGAZINE AND DVD GIVEAWAY: "Teach Yourself to Sew"
I really want to learn to sew. This would help me greatly.
posted: 11:14 pm on November 2ndRe: Book Giveaway: Stitch-Opedia
I'm just learning this craft. This book will come in handy.
posted: 11:57 am on July 12thRe: Book Giveaway - The Complete Photo Guide to Ribbon Crafts
This book looks interesting. I haven't thought much about everything I could do with ribbon.
posted: 12:38 am on December 29thRe: Book Giveaway: 'The Perfect Pajama'
This book looks great. I would love to have it.
posted: 4:29 pm on November 24thRe: BOOK GIVEAWAY: Embroidered Effects: Projects and Patterns to Inspire Your Stitching
I am going to learn embroidery soon. I would love this book.
posted: 1:50 pm on September 15thRe: Book Giveaway--Ribbon Embroidery: Simple Stitches for Easy Embellishments
This looks like something fun to try.
posted: 8:20 pm on June 16th