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Finishing your quilt – It’s all in the quilting at The Sewing and Vacuum Center

March 7, 2024 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Finishing your quilt – It’s all in the quilting at The Sewing and Vacuum Center

Making a quilt involves two separate parts: piecing the top and then quilting the top. Traditionally, quilting was done by hand and there are still those who enjoy the hand quilting. Most quilts today, though, […]

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Talking the talk with quilting terminology at The Sewing and Vacuum Center

October 5, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Talking the talk with quilting terminology at The Sewing and Vacuum Center

As with any sport or hobby, the crafting world has its own set of vocabulary to understand. Quilting has quite a few terms that outsiders should become familiar with, especially if you have someone who […]

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The Sewing & Vacuum Center – Celebrate National Quilting Month: The Log Cabin Quilt

March 4, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on The Sewing & Vacuum Center – Celebrate National Quilting Month: The Log Cabin Quilt

March is National Quilting Month and Saturday, March 18 is Quilter’s Day Out. Quilter’s Day Out was first celebrated in Kentucky in March 1990 by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society. The following year, the National […]

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September is National Sewing Month: Traditional Sewing Techniques – New Sewing Traditions

September 3, 2021 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on September is National Sewing Month: Traditional Sewing Techniques – New Sewing Traditions

On September 21, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared September as National Sewing Month (Proclamation #4976) “in recognition of the importance of home sewing to our nation.” Sewing skills have long been a part of our […]

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Pest Cleaning with Your Vacuum

April 2, 2020 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Pest Cleaning with Your Vacuum

Spring has arrived and for many of us, this is a time to freshen up our homes, both inside and out. We want to open the windows and bring in fresh air. Of course, along […]

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Wool – A fabric for all seasons

February 9, 2020 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Wool – A fabric for all seasons

For thousands of years, natural fiber fabrics of cotton, wool, linen, and silk clothed our ancestors. With the advent of industrialization, new synthetic fabrics were developed for our clothing and decor but natural fiber fabric […]

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Home embroidery machine helpful accessories

April 2, 2019 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Home embroidery machine helpful accessories

                  Home machine embroidery continues to be very popular. Many of our customers purchase machines to personalize items for family and friends and before long, find they have a small business on their hands! As […]

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Celebrate quilting during National Quilting Month!

March 5, 2019 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Celebrate quilting during National Quilting Month!

                  March is National Quilting Month, and Saturday, March 16, is Quilter’s Day Out. Quilter’s Day Out was first celebrated in Kentucky in March 1990 by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society. The following year, the […]

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A Personal Die Cut Machine is a Great Sewing/Crafting Addition

February 4, 2019 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on A Personal Die Cut Machine is a Great Sewing/Crafting Addition

Submitted by The Sewing & Vacuum Center For many people who like the look of sewn applique, want to applique non-fabric items, or craft paper items, the personal die cut machine is a handy addition […]

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Sewing machine maintenance

January 2, 2018 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off on Sewing machine maintenance

submitted by The Sewing and Vacuum Center January is a good time to think about getting your machine in tip-top shape after all of your holiday stitching! For home sewing and embroidery machine owners, keeping […]

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