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It’s time to “Ask the Experts” one of our burning sewing questions! We’ve asked about interfacing, batting, thread and starch. Today we got the scoop from Tasia Pona, Sarai Mitnick, Jen Carlton-Bailly, Katy Jones, Shannon Cook, Heather Jones and Rae Hokstra about their favorite scissors. Add your own answers in the comments!

It’s time for another “Ask the Experts” question! This time we actually asked several quick questions; we want to know all about favorite interfacing, batting and thread brands…

Nele from spiegelstiksels makes gorgeous clothes for her two sons, two daughters and for her husband. Today she shows you how to make a flap pocket, similar to a welt pocket.

Often, while sewing away, a quick question comes up that we wish we could ask all of our favorite sewists. We decided to go ahead and do it! We asked Jacquelyn Gering, Elizabeth Green-Hartman, Sarai Mitnick, Betz White and Heather Jones to tell us about spray starch…

Laura Laing, author of Math for Grownups, joins us to talk about math and sewing…

My friend, Heather (music plays), is all about “keepin’ it real”–truthful online as well as in real life, not afraid of the good, the bad and the ugly.  I’ll keep it real and tell you that I’m terrible about pre-washing and I’ve cleaned my machine once in the past two years. I am, however, fiercely protective of my sewing scissors and have a stash of machine needles for every possible project. Just for fun, let’s be honest about our sewing habits. We all know there are a few best practices we should be following, but do you? Let’s see where we all land. Who knows, maybe we’ll come up with a few ideas for posts or a new resolution or two.