I have a new online class available! I’ve teamed up with BurdaStyle to offer my Sewing Knits without the Serger course as a four-week, interactive online class in their Master Class…
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OK, I won’t bore you with too many of the background details, but this list came from an amalgamation of factors: my desire to sew as much as I can ONLY…
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Maybe it’s my intense desire for spring to go ahead and spring already, but I’ve been sprucing up my studio the past couple of weeks–got a bee in my bonnet, so…
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Each year for the past four years, my husband’s firm has thrown a Christmas party. The first year, it was a lovely and classy affair in a floor-to-ceiling glass penthouse venue,…
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Knits are both a really hot and exciting fabric right now, and also the one fabric most likely to make stitchers freeze with indecision and uncertainty. Because the fabric is made…
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Essential Sewing: Take Your Sewing from Zero to Stitch! Essential Sewing is an online course based on the sewing classes I teach in person in Atlanta, and my book, Stitch by…
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It’s lovely to know HOW to clean your machine(s), but it’s equally important to know WHEN to clean them, in order to make sure you get the most out of them…
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NOW AVAILABLE: A step-by-step video tutorial and printable project guide! See the post and get the PDF. My sweet friend Mika liked my Kindle cover so much she asked for a…
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Whether you have a new house or an old one, have just moved or have lived there for years, all of us want our homes to look and feel like us. …
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I am a loyal reader of Made By Rae, and bought a copy of Sewing for Boys the week it came out. So I am genuinely and personally thrilled to announce…
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It’s the end of September, National Sewing Month, and I’ve been seeing some really cool projects all over the internet in celebration. I ran across an article, though, that made me…
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Well, it’s Mother’s Day. Again. The day when many of us plan our own celebration–cheerfully, knowing that’s how we’ll have a special day. It’s the rare occasion when we ask for…
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There are precious few books on the market that are designed for sewing with kids. More narrowly, there are super few that are written for adults who want to sew with…
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Sometimes, when children are introduced to new ideas, they struggle with getting their tiny hands around tasks suited to a bigger world. For them, and for us, it can be tough…
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It sounds like there are a LOT of us who are looking for ways to introduce our kids to sewing, and you can’t know how excited that makes me! When I…