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Hmmm Will not be finishing this project today as I had hoped. Once again, edge binding has (temporarily) defeated me. The short story is that I cut the binding strips too narrow -- only 2 inches. The thickness of the pouch borders kept the binding from wrapping around the edges properly. Could not sew. The good news is that I received my quarter-inch presser foot, and I love it. This allows me to sew a more consistent quarter-inch seam allowance. Useful when sewing the edge b

In an earlier post, I spoke briefly about a fabric basket with foam interfacing that was an awful failure. Yesterday, I rescued the fabric from that basket and made another basket without any type of interfacing. As expected, the basket was droopy. But the corners were perfectly boxed for both the exterior and the lining. Success! Then today I tried an experiment with 2 dollar-store dish drying mats. Same process as the fabric basket. My sewing machine does NOT like sewing th

In an earlier post I quoted Pasteur incorrectly. It should have read "Chance favors the prepared mind." This means than accidents and serendipitous events are more likely to result in problem solutions if you have the knowledge of the field required to recognize these opportunities. Having written an article many years ago titled "Prepare Your Mind for Creativity" in which I quoted Pasteur correctly, my mind went to substituting creativity for chance. My apologies to Pasteu