Early in 2016 a good friend of mine gave me two fabric sample books. It took several months to find a sewing project worthy of the larger polyester rectangles. During October I was volunteering for my local theater group’s costume department. One of the issues they were having at the time was that actors couldn’t …
Sewing Machine Cover
My new sewing space has laminate floors and I find it extremely dusty. My sewing machine doesn’t have a cover, but I wanted to protect those delicately oiled moving parts from the dusty room. I started looking online for a sewing machine cover tutorial and the one that appealed to me the most was by …
Thread Catcher
I find that I can never have too many garbage cans around to catch those loose threads. You’d be surprised (or perhaps not…) how many loose threads that were supposed to be in the bin under my sewing table ended up on my socks, pant legs, or tracked around the house. When I saw thread …
Sewing Caddy
When you’re in the midst of a project, can your sewing space get disorganized? Maybe your sewing scissors, measuring tape, ruler(s), and/or marking pens and pencils always seem to go missing right when you need them. I’ve been there. Something that really helped me tame the clutter was a sewing caddy. I sewed one using …
My Sewing Space
Regardless of how large your sewing space is, there are a few factors that help turn a good sewing space into a great one. Examining my current sewing space as an example, let’s break it down. On the left-hand side I have a table with a cutting mat on top of it. Under the table …
New Year New City New Website
2016 was a year of changes at Sewn by Tanya. My previous work space was too small and there were too many distractions. Previous attempts to find an alternate work space were not successful so I took some time off in September to visit Saskatoon. I was pleasantly surprised to find a suitable place within …
Moving to Saskatoon
Hard to believe it’s fall already. In addition to sewing Cross Body Bags, drafting posts for my blog, and taking some time off for camping, I’ve been getting ready for a big move. I’m moving to Saskatoon this fall. I’ve already spend some time scouting out locations and securing a lease. Now it’s time to …
Swing Tags
In addition to sewing custom order and cross body bags, I’ve been doing some small business research this past month. This month I’ll be designing some swing tags (aka hang tags) so that my finished items will look more professional. For those of you who aren’t familiar with hang tags, this article has a good …
Back To Work
Now that I’ve full-filled my volunteer commitment with my local theater group, it’s time to get back to paid work. Shopping Bags and Wet Wipe-Tissue Wallets are in stock and available for purchase. Tanya
Volunteering
Since Oct 15, 2016, I’ve been volunteering with my local theater group’s costume department. Their fall production is a steampunk version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. I’ve created a woman’s bonnet, sewn 53 luggage tags to help organize the costumes, serged a woman’s floor length skirt, and been part of the serge & sew …