Sewists in New York’s Mid-Hudson River Valley region have a new local fabric shop, Beetle and Fred, in the town of Beacon. Katy Hope launched the shop last year around Thanksgiving on the town’s picturesque Main Street, overlooking the Hudson River and not far from the Dia:Beacon museum of modern art. Katy has pulled together … Continue reading
Do you embroider, applique, do silk painting or other creative fabric technique? Have you ever dreamed about creating a unique wedding chuppah for yourself or someone else but weren’t sure how to get started? Well, I can take care of the first step for you: sewing the canopy. In the Sew Jewish Shop you’ll now … Continue reading
A collection of happy Hanukkah fabric patterns. Click the swatches to see details on Spoonflower. I feel like I should point out that these are not affiliate links, just fabrics to inspire your projects and brighten your day. Happy Hanukkah! Continue reading
Here’s a nifty way to add stripes to a zippered tallit bag. I recently created this tallit bag of heavy gabardine for a client, and added stripes of blue Dupioni silk to match the corner pieces that were on the tallit (I wish I had a photo of the tallit to show you, but alas, … Continue reading
With a little holiday ribbon and some simple hand sewing, you can create this little spice pouch. Use it to hold spices for havdalah, the ceremony to end Shabbat. And, as Creative Jewish Mom Sara Rivka points out, it makes a great holiday party favor. The project is my latest guest post for Sara Rivka, … Continue reading
Usually I post Fabric Friday swatches on the Facebook page, but this week I found a bunch of fabrics that I wanted to share, and that calls for a blog post. This week’s fabric theme is snowflakes. Have you ever noticed that the snowflakes on snowflake patterned fabrics often have six points? These subtle graphic … Continue reading
On the Friday before Rosh Hashanah, Sarah Jacobs, the author of the blog Sarah in NYC, was facing a deadline to finish a custom kittel –the white coat traditionally worn by men on special occasions. The deadline was later that day, but she took time to talk to me about the kittel, her work, and … Continue reading
As we roll into the holiday season, here are some book recommendatins for the Jewish sewists in your life — and for your own wish list! Full disclosure, the Amazon and IndieBound links are affiliate links, and they’re books I bought for my own shelf. There’s plenty here to inspire and keep a sewist busy … Continue reading
Mazel tov to Sara Rivka, the creative Jewish mom behind the Creative Jewish Mom blog, on her son’s bar mitzvah last week! This week she took a tiny break from her busy creative pace while I provided a guest post: an embroidered hoopla based on children’s art. That’s my daughter’s drawing on the hoopla, along … Continue reading
Happy hooplas! Lately, when I haven’t been focused on Jewish holidays I’ve been preoccupied with hooplas, or hoop art: fabric art made and framed with embroidery hoops. I love that the embroidery hoop that you work on becomes the frame for your work. It’s charming and sweet and an easy way to display your needlework. … Continue reading
There are so many reasons to enjoy sewing — what are your favorites? What are the favorites of the Sew Jewish community? Choose your top three from the list below and hit the “Vote” button to see the poll results so far. (If you don’t see one of your favorite things about sewing on the … Continue reading
The Jewish new year is on its way — challah dipped in honey! — and the autumn holiday season right behind it. It’s a time for new beginnings, and a great time to start the year with a new challah cover. So I’m releasing the challah cover pattern from the Sew Jewish book as its … Continue reading
https://youtu.be/RFRHPGc49Qs In this video, I show you how to get beautiful results when finishing sharp corners with machine applique. The video covers the classic method as well as a technique I developed (stumbled onto) out of necessity while appliqueing lots of Stars of David with lots of sharp corners. It’s slightly faster than the classic … Continue reading
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If you sew Jewish, a Star of David pattern can come in handy. So here’s a free, ready to print Star of David PDF pattern. In fact, it’s a Stars of David pattern, with three stars of different sizes (of course, you can create more sizes by changing the settings when you print the page). … Continue reading
You’ll find a new video tutorial for finishing machine appliques on the Sew Jewish YouTube channel. It’s a sewing topic I’ve covered in earlier project videos, but I figured that if I made a video dedicated to the topic, I could refer to it in future project videos — and making shorter project videos is … Continue reading
Grace Kelly. Kate Middleton. And now brides of all styles are adopting the drop veil. Change the length and you change the mood. Wear it with a garland of flowers, a tiara, or on its own. It’s easy to make your own drop veil, tailored to fit you and your style. Maria Bywater is the … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love angels, those ethereal creatures who mediate between heaven and earth –between the spiritual and physical worlds. Angel imagery in Jewish needle crafts goes all the way back to the first official Jewish sewing project: the Tabernacle that the Israelites built to house the Ark of the Covenant. In front of the Holy … Continue reading
If you’ve ever sewn a gift for someone, you probably know the feeling that you’re giving them a bit of your heart to carry with them. That’s the case with these challah covers that I finished this week for my daughters, who are are headed off to college next month. I’d wanted to make a … Continue reading
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