http://blog.havelssewing.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:01:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's that time of year again!  National Sewing Month begins today!  What will you make this month?  Try your hand at a new bag or scarf and enter the "Accessorize Your Life" contest. We'd love to see what you're sewing. Leave a comment and send us a picture. http://blog.havelssewing.com/celebrate-national-sewing-month-this-september/ In these uncertain economic times, everyone is cutting back where they can. We've heard a lot of quilters talk about spending less on their fabric stash. Well, we found a few ways that quilters can keep on carrying on with their projects for a lot less than they'd ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/frugal-fabric-shopping-tips/ I have the good fortune of knowing two couples who are becoming parents very very soon: one couple is having Baby #3 and the other is having Baby #1.  What does that mean for me?  The hustle and bustle of getting baby gifts made and shipped. Of course, my go-to gift ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/baby-gift-mania/ Here at Havel's Sewing, we love a good accessory. And, we love love love a quick and fun sewing project. We also love all the beautiful Japanese fabric that's coming out lately - but we are a little overwhelmed by how much we've spent on a yard here and a ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/sew-simple-fabric-scarves-for-fall/ We love the online fabric shop Above All Fabric. The fabric selection is terrific and the site is EASY TO NAVIGATE. They've got a VERY thorough collection of all the popular patterns. You'll want to come back for their Rewards Program! You must register as a customer on their site, but ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/tuesday-afternoon-fabric-finds-above-all-fabric/ Like a lot of quilters and sewists, we're over the moon for a lot of the Japanese prints available.  Often, at quilt guild meetings and block swaps, we notice Japanese fabrics we haven't seen before.  When we ask, "Where did you find that?" we often get the answer, "Somewhere online."  ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/our-favorite-online-japanese-fabric-resources/ Sit down at your sewing spot and sew!   It wasn't too long into my quilt life that my friends and family stopped asking me, "How are you?" Instead, they started asking, "How's the sewing?" The better question, I told them, was this: How's all the sewing stuff? By stuff, I mean the ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/sit-down-sew/ The FabShop Network recently posted a blog entry on their FabTalk site about Havel's Sewing's 7-inch serrated sewing scissors. Take a look: http://blog.fabshophop.com/blog/ http://blog.havelssewing.com/fab-shop-network-calls-our-sew-creative-scissors-cool-tools/ This find has many faces: an Etsy shop, a brick & mortar store in downtown Spokane, WA, a line of handbags...and that's what we love about Buttercuppity.  That, and she refers to her husband as Captain Hotpants! We also love the selection.  We've had trouble finding fabrics designed by Hoodie, but ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/tuesday-afternoon-fabric-finds-buttercuppity-fabrics/ [caption id="attachment_505" align="aligncenter" width="193" caption="Pokey Bolton, host of Quilting Arts TV and founder and editor of Quilting Arts magazine"][/caption] Havel's Sewing is now the proud sponsor of series 600 of Quilting Arts TV. Havel’s Sewing has provided several of their unique fabric scissors and tools to dynamic television host, magazine editor ... http://blog.havelssewing.com/havels-sewing-sponsors-the-new-season-of-quilting-arts-tv/