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Sewing Summit awaits

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Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be boarding an airplane, destination Salt Lake City, Utah.  

I am woefully behind in my packing, but somehow I can’t seem to pull myself away from laptop as I read the Sewing Summit Facebook posts and blog posts by other attendees.  I am absolutely bursting with excitement, but also terribly nervous at the thought of meeting so many sewy types in just a few days!! 

I’m obsessing over my wardrobe (what will I wear????) and the project I’ll bring to open sewing time.  (a purse? a stack of wrist cuffs? DECISIONS!!)  I haven’t made any hard plans to meet up with folks, so I’m hoping that I won’t be eating all my meals alone.  Crafty sewy types are super friendly, so my thinking brain (as opposed to my nervous brain) says that this won’t happen. 

As I write this, I realize that my profile photo here on Craft Gossip is sadly out of date.  So don’t look for the chic with the long hair.  Look for this girl…

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…and if you see her, please please PLEASE walk up and say “Hi!!”

I expect I’ll be pretty busy over the next few days, so blogging here at Craft Gossip will be sporadic at best.  Will you forgive me?  I’ll probably be crazy with the Instagram, though. You can follow me on Instagram at anneweaver1974.

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  3. Hey! It was fun to meet you…I’m just sad it wasn’t until the last night when Elizabeth and I were all crazy talk about what happened in Vegas, hating reading logs, and me getting beat up by highschool girls who I told wore ugly shoes.

    When our paths cross again I swear I’ll try to be more normal
    -liZ

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    • I was so happy to get to meet both of you, reading logs and crazy Vegas trips and saddle shoe hating and all! I hope to hear more crazy stories should we have the opportunity to meet in person again! Maybe I’ll even share a few of my own. 🙂 –Anne

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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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