Stash Busting
We all have a stash of projects in drawers, on shelves and in containers that have been started but never quite crossed the finish line. ASG member, Hope Wright, had a stash of UFO's and a plan and now she's sharing her tips and hints on how an online challenge in 2011 inspired her to finish an unprecedented 926 projects!
Click here to find out how she did this!
We all have a stash of projects in drawers, on shelves and in containers that have been started but never quite crossed the finish line. ASG member, Hope Wright, had a stash of UFO's and a plan and now she's sharing her tips and hints on how an online challenge in 2011 inspired her to finish an unprecedented 926 projects!
Click here to find out how she did this!
Sewing in the News
Nurses at Tampa General Hospital in FL have come up with a wonderful recycle project for blue wrap - the sterile, cloth-like covering used in hospitals. Clean wraps - used only once to wrap sterile instruments - cannot be reused and are routinely thrown away. However, these creative nurses knew that the wrap is both warm and waterproof and have started using them to create sleeping bags for transient residents around Tampa Bay. The project has been such a hit, other hospitals are now interested in this great idea too!
Click here to find out the fantastic idea they implemented.
Nurses at Tampa General Hospital in FL have come up with a wonderful recycle project for blue wrap - the sterile, cloth-like covering used in hospitals. Clean wraps - used only once to wrap sterile instruments - cannot be reused and are routinely thrown away. However, these creative nurses knew that the wrap is both warm and waterproof and have started using them to create sleeping bags for transient residents around Tampa Bay. The project has been such a hit, other hospitals are now interested in this great idea too!
Click here to find out the fantastic idea they implemented.
Comments and insights from ASG followers:
A fine edge on your tailor's chalk assures more accurange markings.
Use a commercial sharpener, or in a pinch, try a potato peeler. Don't
have either? Rub each side against a piece of cardboard.
A fine edge on your tailor's chalk assures more accurange markings.
Use a commercial sharpener, or in a pinch, try a potato peeler. Don't
have either? Rub each side against a piece of cardboard.
- Lisa G. suggested using the edge of a metal hem gauge, or an old plastic gift card.
- Lynn L. uses white chalk pencils used for drawing and says they are easy to sharpen
- Several people hadn't thought of sharpening their tailor's chalk
- And Lorraine O. shared her thoughts on using a potato peeler: "We would all rather be sewing than peeling potatoes!" We agree, Lorraine!
