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How to: make fabric backpack or luggage tags

ID tags- an elusive little essential that becomes easily outdated or thrashed by airport personnel when traveling and can prove to be extremely helpful when finding your specific backpack from among a pile of classmates backpacks on the playground. When my son went to preschool a few years ago, I made a fabric ID tag […]

design, fabric, projects, sewing

a sampling of drawstring backpacks

Looks like I’ve got one more event this summer to pedal my wares and then… I think I’ll take a nap. Look for me at Swiss Days next weekend (Aug. 30-Sept. 1) in my hometown of Midway Utah. I’ve been putting in late hours in strange places (remember the sewing machine on the beach?) all […]

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vintage advice, still relevant

A good friend forwarded this snippet from a Singer sewing manual on to me and I’ve been shocked ever since- that’s the ritual I follow everyday- I never sew without my French chalk by my side… and lots of makeup. Seriously though, it’s why we watch Mad Men, (well, one of the reasons- after the […]