This wonderful giveaway would reduce the amount of space needed on my bookshelf. It would be great to be able to access information directly from the computer. I would love to have it.

I love reference books. If it is anything like this site, it should be great. I love all the ideas and tidbits. It would be a wonderful guide for my grandchildren who are learning to sew.

Everyone is wondering where you can buy felted wool jersey. It is not readily available in any of my fabric stores. I have found you can felt your own by buying XL Mens wool (must have at least 50% wool) sweaters from the local Goodwill or Salvation army. Just machine wash the sweater with laundry soap in hot water and dry in the dryer. This will felt the sweater and it will shrink. It is difficult to have any control with the shrinkage but you can block it before it is dry for some control.

When I sew I use different tools, seam ripper, zipper foot, spagetti pull, bodkin, elastic pull, small clippers, awl, etc. These are all metal. Therefore I have a magnetic strip, that is usually used for knives or for handyman tools, that I have placed on the wall in front of my sewing machine. Whenever I need a different foot or seam ripper, it is directly in front of me....no searching.

Good idea for a magazine for us busy people. Love to sew but have little time and I would share with a busy mom.

It is an attachment used usually on commercial sewing machines. It is a double fold bias binder, so there is no need to have a bias folded to attach on an edge, just a length of bias cut the width of the widest opening. It is usually screwed on with a machine screw on the bed of the sewing machine in front of the foot so the needle sews the inner edge of the folded bias. It comes in various finished widths from 1/4". Larger ones are even used to bind edges of blankets but are made with a separate foot and feed attachments.

What a treat it would be to win the book! Love the chance to learn something new. The book looks like it could fill the bill.

I am so thankful for a mother who had the patience to teach me how to do all those things by hand; sew, embroider, knit, crochet, tat. With these sewing skills came patience, creativity, thought and problem solving skills. Since it began when I was 4 yrs old until now, at the age of 68, I am still learning everyday as I do all my other responsibilities with the skills my mother taught me; always do your best and more, you can learn something new each day, some rules can be broken, finish what you start, there are more ways than one to get things done, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, patience is a necessity and a virtue, other people have good opinions too, and love what you do and what you have, not what you can't but never forget your dreams. Thankful, grateful and blessed are just a few words that can describe what came with the beginning of sewing.

As a professional designer I encourage creativity in young and new persons who want to be designers. However, one must understand that being creative does not mean you throw things together without complete thought to the end. Brook may have thought about her designs but not completely. Respect to the human body is essential in the coverings, ie. clothing. She is designing clothing for the human body and not just the piece itself. Remember, the two go together!
I also think she needs a lot of training from the look of the construction.
I would like to know who ´discovered´ her and thought she merited a good magazine as Threads?