"Thanks for the reminder about this techique,  I too have used it but had forgotten the name for it...........too many years since tailoring classes! "

"Tana............I liked this one too.  I think I start to sew with the color first.  I typically bring out fabrics and hang them together on a hanger or hangers...........looking at them for awhile, maybe mixing them up a bit, or finding…"

"what a great skirt!  Lots of things on here are so beginnerish but yours has good colors and is a sweet combination.  "

"Love this!  And, the dog.  I have a "sewing" dog too.  He has a regular place to lay in the sewing studio & always chooses to come with me when I tell him I'm going to go play with fabric!"

"I've used cone thread on any machine , anywhere there is a wall behind the machine.  I have the thread holders for most of my machines in my own studio, but there are times I am sewing other places, and I just put the cone of thread on the…"

"Great post!  Love your list of ideas.  Would second the need for the bolt of muslin on hand all the time!  I've started tracing my patterns I make, onto the muslin.  Especially the ones I use frequently.  They hold up…"