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A pair of “Pass It On” contests from Janome

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1100d-smJanome has announced a pair of contests related to teaching others to sew.

For Contest #1 (Pass It On!), you submit a story about learning to sew or teaching someone to sew.  1st prize is a DC4030 sewing machine, 2nd prize is a 7034D serger, and 3rd prize wins you an embroidery thread bundle.  Deadline for entry is 3/31/2010.  Read the details here.

Contest #2 (Buy One, Get One – Each One, Teach One) is about completing one of their four promotional projects with a beginning sewist.  Send a photo of you and your sewing protege working on the project and write a few words about the two of you and the project you completed.  Prizes for this contest are awarded to both the teacher and the serger.  First prize is a 1100 serger (teacher) and 634D serger (student).  Second prize is a 634D serger (teacher) and a 7034 serger (student).  Third prize gets a 50-spool embroidery thread bundle (teacher) and a 24-spool embroidery thread bundle (student).  Deadline for entry is 3/31/2010.  Get the details here.

[photo from Janome.com]

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  1. I learned to sew under the watchful eye of my mother. She taught herself to sew when she was a young teenager and that is the age I started to sew. My mother actually took her own clothing and made my clothing when I was very little. (Even a winter coat) My first project won me a purple ribbon at our county fair. (I was in 4-H) I have been sewing ever since. I made most of my childrens clothing while they were growing up and know I am an avid quilter. I am so grateful to my mother for sharing her love of sewing.

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Have you read?

Learn All About Sewing Velvet Fabric

 

I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store.  So much texture!  And the way the fibers catch the light!  But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think.  That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl.  That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction.  That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared.  And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet. 

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects.  Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter.  Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long. 

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success.  There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid.  She describes the different types of velvet available.  And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric.  Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric.  There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric. 

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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