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NEWSLETTER March 2003:
***March is National "Craft" month, and I want to remind you of
how "crafting" is so very good for us. Crafts are a modern day
remedy for stress. When times are tough, the tough start quilting, cross stitching, woodworking and more!
A large number of pressured people are turning to crafts not
only to express creativity but to work of anxieties. Crafts
fit wonderfully into their stressed-out schedules and budgets.
Craft work can provide a necessary balance in life. With
crafts you can feel the pride of accomplishment as you finish
a project, see the sparkle in the eyes of a special person that
you have made an item for, and perhaps are able to make a few
extra dollars with your crafts when friends, co-workers and
relatives as you to make your special items for them.
Because this is National Craft Month, we've added a few
free "craft" classes at Patterns That Fit You, that we thought
might be of interest to you, as well as your friends and your
children:
***Speaking of crafts, is your collection of sewing and craft
magazines and newsletters getting so high the stack is starting
to slip and slide and getting out of control? One of our
readers who suffers from the same problem came up with this
clever idea:
The only reason to save an article, picture or clipping from
a magazine or newsletter is so you can quickly find it again
when you need it, and the only way to do that is to have your
collection in some order.
If you have only a few newsletters and magazines you can keep
them in a chronological order, and use what I call an "annotated
table of contents" to help you find articles. Annotating is a
way to personalize the contents page by adding notes about
what's of most interest to you. You can even tape a sheet of
paper to the inside front cover and make your own index of
interesting items.
If you're willing to tear up your magazines and save only the
"good stuff", you can really save space and time. Get into the
habit of reading magazines with pen and scissors in hand.
Underline and make margin notes as you read; years later, you
won't have to reread the entire article to figure out why you
saved it. Clip worthy items promptly so you don't have to read
through the whole magazine twice.
Now sort your pile of clipped, annotated articles according to
categories that you'll think to look in when you need them later.
For example, filing a book review by subject instead of by title
may be the most logical. When you decide on a category, write it
in an upper corner. Labeling makes it faster to refile in the
future.
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+++ This Month's Sponsors +++
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sewers may be wondering how you can sell your specialty items -
that was the situation I was in before I found out about the
professionals at http://Specterweb.com. They design websites,
do website hosting, and have a number of services that I highly
recommend. They are extremely easy to work with, and they
understand the needs of the small business owner. If you'd like
to make a little money with your crafts/quilts, etc, the internet
is the place to let people know what you have.
http://SkateboardClass.com -- This has nothing at all to do with
sewing/crafting, but I'm pretty sure most of our readers either
have children, grandchildren or know some children who have
gotten a new skateboard and want to go out and be "like the
big boys". The problem is that the children don't have a clue
how to even get on a skateboard, much less how to ride it and
do tricks with it. http://SkateboardClass.com has the perfect
book for beginning skateboarders - talks about safety issues,
has instructions for neat tricks the youngsters can learn
easily, and even has some ramp plans included. Well worth the
money to keep the children you know from getting hurt because
they don't know what to do.
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*** A great tip passed along by one of our readers --- An empty
dental floss pack makes a great sewing kit! Open the lid and
remove the plate. Wind the thread around the floss spool and
feed the thread through the hole. Now you have thread and a
"cutter" all in one. Tape a needle to the box and drop it in
your purse for use in away-from home emergencies.
*** To save on clean-up time after sewing and craft projects,
tape a small paper bag to your sewing table to toss in the
clippings and thread.
*** A good place to put your tape measure when it is not in
use is to wind it on an empty adhesive tape spool. A small
piece of cellophane tape will keep it from unwinding.
Sarah Doyle is the author of "Sarah's Key to Pattern Drafting"
and twenty five other sewing, alteration, craft and business
books. She has been teaching pattern making classes for 24
years and now has gone the extra mile to make her sewing, craft
and pattern making classes available online. You may visit
her main website at http://SewWithSarah.com
or visit the
sewing, quilting, craft and pattern making site at
http://PatternsThatFitYou.com
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