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Why Custom Window Treatments? custom drapery custom drapery workroom fabrics hand-sewing learn to sew lining Aug 28, 2025

Learn why custom window treatments are the best way to go when you need privacy, sun control, or just want to enhance your windows with fabric!

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How to Make Cornice Boards cornice board tutorial cornice boards custom window treatment easy steps fabric covered cornice boards how to make cornice boards Aug 28, 2025

An easy guide to making cornice boards!

Given the materials they are made of, cornice boards are seen as a structured window treatment. But when paired with an endless array of shapes, fabrics, and s...

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Being Equipped and Sewing Masks – Rosie Riveters’s of 2020 2020 covid-19 custom drapery industry grace mcnamara industry achievement award mask america rosie riveters of 2020 seamstresses sewing community Aug 28, 2025

2020 was the year that sewists became the Rosie Riveter of the world! We fired up our machines and Masked America!

As a child, I would play the game "Let's Go on a Lion Hunt" with my cousins an

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In My Grandmother's Shadow grandmother learning to sew love sewing master seamstress mentor sewing a a child Aug 28, 2025

This will likely be the most personal blog post I've shared, but I think it's essential to tell you how my career in sewing and teaching came to be. What made Sandra V who she is today?

 

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Learn How to Hand Sew close a pillow hand-sewing invisible stitch ladder stitch learn how to hand sew learn how to hand stitch make a pillow sewing May 08, 2022

As a maker, learning how to hand sew has become an art that brings peace and contentment to our souls. As our hands begin the rhythm of guiding the needle in and out of fabric, our mind retreats to a ...

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