Sewing Equipment

Learn about how to keep your sewing supplies in good working order, plus the best way to go about sharpening a seam ripper.

Make a Seam Stick for Tailoring: My wife does not just sew, but she is a seamstress who likes to do tailored garments. She recently returned from a couture sewing class where she fell in love with the seam stick. It is a wooden half-round about 18 inches long that allows ironing ...

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Whenever we go to the hardware store in our neighborhood, S begs to buy a dowel. She mostly uses them as pointing sticks when she plays school (who knows why, since her teachers certainly don’…

I thought it might be kind of interesting to show you my pressing hams. If you find this interesting, might I suggest you listen to the Sew Forth Now Podcast with Ann of Gorgeous Things? Seriously&…

Nerdy Husband and I share a love of excursions, any excuse to get out of the house is always welcomed. Generally these excursions fall under some common categories you will be familiar with, such a…

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Curved hardwood railing works even better than a dowel.

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I first saw this idea on Pinterest and the blog post it eventually led to (it was a round-the-houses kind of link-up) was a couple of years old, so I guess there's room on the internet for my version too. Sometimes, it just seems silly getting a full-size ironing board out just for pressing a couple of seams. Well, this table is so small it can sit permanently by my sewing table. I like that. Now maybe I need a spare iron to sit there permanently too, so the man of the house doesn't get…