Ballard Bunting

• 1942--Modern Pattern Design by Harriet Pepin
• VintageSewing.Info

Pattern Making originally appeared on About.com Sewing on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 15:00:07.

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They are heading north and my yard is still covered with snow, which makes it tricky for the birds to find nesting materials. I have oodles of feeders and I know the birds are true scavengers to build their nests because of the number of nest I have found with tarp strings and other "trash" the birds made use of to build their nests. I am making an addition this spring.... from my serger and cutting table... see more and make even your tiny scraps useful.

• Fiber Scraps for the birds

• Think Green Sewing Projects
  

  For the Birds! originally appeared on About.com Sewing on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 11:36:20.

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• Easter Bonnets to Hats
  

  When I wrote about Easter bonnets last week, I received emails asking about making real hats that men wear. It's not something I've ever tried so I started looking in to how difficult it would be. What I found was a whole new fascinating project idea. Maybe I can gather all the materials to create a Fedora hat for father's day... If I didn't have so many things on my plate right now I would attempt it for Easter. Many of the hat ideas are just an extension of felting skills but it's a different handling process to mold the fabric into a hat shape verses shaping the fibers with barbed needles.
  
  Thanks to the email questions, I also got into the history of hats and hat making... very fascinating information.

  • How to Make Hats and Hat Making Information

  • Needle Felting Examples and Information
• Sewing Your Own Hat - Patterns and Tips

  Easter Bonnets to Hats originally appeared on About.com Sewing on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 06:31:55.

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• Machine Malfunction
  

  How often do you change your sewing machine needle? If you're like me I bet it's not often enough. I never keep track and just keep sewing... and then when I have machine problems, remembering to change the needle is the last thing I get around to doing.... not the way it should be done...

  • Everything You Need to Know About Sewing Machine Needles

  • Preventing Sewing Machine Damage - Let the Feed Dog do the Work

  Machine Malfunction originally appeared on About.com Sewing on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 01:24:46.

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• Multi-sized Patterns and Preserving Patterns
  

  I've been using a lot of patterns lately making costumes for an upcoming school play. I bought the pattern with multiple sizes in one envelope which saves a small fortune when you are sewing the same thing in different sizes. I loved multiple sized patterns when the kids were small too.... one pattern could last for years by tracing off a new size as long as you leave the original pattern intact. My son was a skinny little thing... for him I just kept adding length to the bottom of the pattern. Even if I tried to buy him clothes, the slim sizes were too big in order to get him pants that were long enough for him. If I didn't sew, the child would have been wearing a belt to keep the pants up and the fabric would have been gathered under the belt... either that or the boy would have been wearing "capris" long before the girls were.

  • Tips and Tricks to Alter, Trace and Use a Multiple Sized Pattern

  • How to Preserve Sewing Patterns

  Multi-sized Patterns and Preserving Patterns originally appeared on About.com Sewing on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 10:15:36.

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