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How To Use Candy or Food Wrappers as Fabric

Whether you’re making our Sweet Satchel or another fun tote, working with fun food or candy wrappers is a great way to recycle these colorful normally throw-away pieces.

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Easy Swimwear Fabric Sewing Tips

If you’re frustrated with swimsuit shopping, then it’s time to make your own! I love sewing and teaching swimwear and I have easy tips to help you successfully dive into sewing your own suit. Best of all, Coats and Clark has a marvelous new thread, Eloflex, to make your swimsuit...

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Breezy Dolman Knit Top with Patons Yarn

Selecting sizing can be tricky when it comes to knit and crochet patterns. What happens if you choose the wrong size and don’t find out until the end?

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Tips on Working with Scrubby

Red Heart Scrubby yarn is a textured worsted weight yarn named for the fact that it is well-suited to making …

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9 Tips for Sewing on Leather

Sewing on leather, whether real or faux, can present some challenges, but with these tips, you can achieve professional looking results.

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Master the Perfect Quarter Inch Seam

“Stitch with a quarter inch seam.” Sounds simple doesn’t it? So, why are we often sobbing at the sewing machine while piecing our blocks? Beginners, if you’ve found yourself throwing your mis-shapen blocks across the room, this may fix your problems!

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Selvage Surprises

Selvages are those colorful finished edges you find on woven fabrics—a curiosity to some, and a source of inspiration to others. As sewers, we often hate to waste any little bit of fabric, and saved selvages can become the beginning of some fun projects.

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Organize with Embroidered Labels

We love letters that help us keep our stuff organized. For our sewing studio at Coats & Clark we asked expert Rebecca Brent to create embroidered labels.

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Tips on Photography

We've gathered some tips for you to take better pictures of your projects, so the focus is on your hard work and everyone can see what you're doing.

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How to Make Any Scarf a Super Scarf

Get your needles and hooks ready because Super Sized scarves are the hottest trend right now when it comes to winter accessories!

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Customize Your Granny Super Scarf

Our designer Emily walks through how to customize your Granny Super Scarf with the endless color combinations of Caron Simply Soft!

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9 Ways to Tie Your Super Scarf

Watch as we show you 9 ways to tie your super scarf! This trending fall accessory is great for layering and super cozy!