My passion is glass. I melt it and form it into cute beads…pretty beads…sometimes beads that blow my mind. I also fuse glass into objects…functional art. A sink…a lamp…plates and bowls. Then there’s mosaic. Bits of glass and tiles adhered to objects and walls and surfaces. It’s all about color and form and function regardless of the technique used. What do you do? How do you make your glass sing? This is a bit of audience participation…we’ve done it before. Inspiration was the last bonus bead blog. So this one will be about what you do with glass. The first five comments I receive will get a set of beads I’ve made. Little accents. Some fabulous Double Helix glass. Maybe Terranova, one of my new favorites. Maybe Kronos. Could be Triton. Maybe Aurae. Your comments will determine your beads. But there are no bad beads…
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Hemming a Prom Dress Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
Springtime is prom season and that means prom dress shopping. And with that, prom dress hemming. It’s no fun when a dress is too long. That’s not good for walking without tripping, much less dancing! And while hemming pants or skirts is never my favorite sewing project, taking on a hem for a prom dress can be outright intimidating and scary. It’s certainly not a project you want to mess up! And that slippery satin or thin chiffon can be difficult to sew on. Emily from Life Sew Savory has a tutorial showing how to hem a prom dress. Go to her post to see how it’s done, plus get some tips and tricks to make the process go smoothly.
Prom dress fabric can be tricky to work with! For more information about sewing on fancy fabrics, check out this post by Melly Sews. She explains how to sew on various special occasion fabrics, such as silk, satin, taffeta, and other party dress fabrics.
If you haven’t been asked to hem a prom dress yet, I’m betting you’ve been asked to hem a pair of pants at least a dozen times! This tutorial by Sew Can She does a great job explaining how to hem pants. Her tutorial tells how to measure and mark the hem, and then gives instructions for sewing the hem by hand or by machine.
If it’s jeans that need hemming, there’s a super easy way to hem them – AND keep that original folded hem. Go to Hello Sewing for to see how to do it.