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Mary McFadden Exhibit in D.C.

Susan Khalje, contributor | August 10th, 20094 comments

Visit the Mary McFadden exhibit at the National Museum of Women in Washington, D.C. to see this designers amazing garments and her inspiration.

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Summer Sewing Challenge: 1 Week Left to Win!

Threads Magazine, editor | August 7th, 20091 comment

There is still time to enter your linen creation into a Summer Sewing Challenge. You could win the new Janome 1100D serger.

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How do you bear it?

judith neukam, contributor | August 6th, 200915 comments

Reading that my colleague’s first project was sewing a bear brought my own bear experience to mind.

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SewStylish Fall '09 on newsstands now!

Nicole Smith, contributor | August 5th, 2009

Check out the newest issue of SewStylish for great sewing inspiration and techniques.

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"Sew Deadly" -- Summer Reading Every Sewer Will Enjoy!

April M. Mohr, contributor | August 4th, 2009

A murder adds tension, doubt, and questioning to the members of a small-town sewing circle. Learn more about this new series in this interview with author Elizabeth Lynn Casey.

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Summer Sewing with Linen

Threads Magazine, editor | July 31st, 20093 comments

Enter to win our Summer Sewing Challenge. There are just two weeks left to share your linen creations.

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Thread Beyond the Sewing Room

Threads Magazine, editor | July 30th, 2009

Our tour of the Coats & Clark thread factory taught us that their thread shows up in some of the most unexpected everyday items.

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How to do a Pickstitch

Kenneth King, contributor | July 27th, 20092 comments

This strong, decorative stitch can be used to install zippers in difficult fabrics or understitch seam allowance on facings.

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What are you sewing now?

Deana Tierney May, editor | July 24th, 2009

Take a look at what some of our talented Threads readers are making.

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Post your sewing tips

Misa Giroux, contributor | July 21st, 200910 comments

Share your quick sewing tips with us and they might appear in an upcoming issue of Quick Stuff to Sew.

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Enter the Summer Sewing Challenge Today!

Deana Tierney May, editor | July 17th, 20091 comment

Check out some of the amazing entries in our Express Yourself in Linen Challenge. Think you can do better? Go ahead and enter!

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Stick a feather in your cap

judith neukam, contributor | July 16th, 200910 comments

Take a look into the wild imagination of John Koch and the spectacular fantasy hats he creates in his Chicago studio.

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Inspired summer sewing

Nicole Smith, contributor | July 15th, 2009

Have you started any projects yet this summer? Look back at a few Threads tutorials and a round-up of a few others to get your creative juices flowing as the mercury rises outside.

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More on A Moveable Waist from Threads Issue #144

April M. Mohr, contributor | July 14th, 20092 comments

Author David Page Coffin expands on creating an adjustable waistband

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Tips on Sewing with Linen

Deana Tierney May, editor | July 10th, 20094 comments

This article by Susan Khalje will give you an edge on creating a linen garment for our summer sewing challenge: Express Yourself in Linen, and get you that much closer to winning a new serger from Janome.

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Association of Sewing and Design Professionals announces their Master Certification Program

Nicole Smith, contributor | July 9th, 2009

The ASDP now offers a new certification program with a focus on professional standards and practices for career sewers.

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SmartFlix--the NetFlix for All Crafters

April M. Mohr, contributor | July 8th, 20092 comments

Perfect your sewing skills with the help of SmartFlix

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Check out the new issue of Threads

Deana Tierney May, editor | July 7th, 20093 comments

The latest issue of Threads (August/September 2009) hits the newsstands today!

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What is Your Level of Sewing Expertise?

Threads Magazine, editor | July 3rd, 200917 comments

How do you rate your sewing skills? Are you a sewing newbie? Have you been at it for years and are continually progressing? Do you make your living by sewing? Or, are you somewhere in between.

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