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Last year in sewing class we had a fabric dolls making session. I allowed everyone to choose what type of doll they wanted to make but laid down some ground rules. I believe in teaching them life skills from an early age and planning and drawing a pattern before beginning to work is one of those skills.

One of her purchases from our morning trip to the charity store was a red and white checked cotton tablecloth. She took one look at it...

One of the mothers of a student called me last week and said that her daughter wants to sew at home and asked me where she could buy cheap second hand fabrics. I told her that she should be sewing with vintage fabrics and the first place to go was her clothing closet and then her linen cupboard. She said that sounded weird. I told her to take out all the pieces of clothing that she had not worn for a year or didn't like at all. The same for the linen closet. How many sheets d