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Episode Twenty-Eight: The 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt, Murder At Machu Picchu

Join host Deborah Moebes as she shares details about the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt project!  Sew the quilt to solve the crime by taking part in Murder At Machu Picchu with the nicest quilters on the internet.

Learn more and register: https://murdermysteryquilt.com

Episode Twenty-Seven: Your 9 Most Important Sewing Tools

Host Deborah Moebes shares a list of the nine most important sewing tools you can have in your sewing kit--the perfect collection for anyone new to sewing or looking to improve their results!

 

Find links and more details on the Whipstitch blog:

https://whip-stitch.com/your-9-most-important-everyday-sewing-tools/

Episode Twenty-Six: How Are Your Sewing Goals Coming Along?

Host Deborah Moebes reviews her 2024 sewing goals, including how she set them and what she's hoping to achieve this year. Join the conversation and think through your sewing philosophy, your sewing habits, and how to sew more garments that you love to wear!

 

Read a related blog post here:

https://whip-stitch.com/my-sewing-goals-for-2024/

Episode Twenty-Five: For The Love Of Bias Tape

Host Deborah Moebes guides you through THREE chapters covering everything you want and need to know about bias tape.  Chapter One: What Is It, and Why?  Chapter Two: What to make with bias tape.  Chapter Three: Continuous bias tape, step by step.

 

Read more here:

https://whip-stitch.com/?s=bias+tape

Episode Twenty-Four: What's A Sewing Tournament?

Have you ever heard of a SEWING tournament?  You've heard of a basketball tournament, and a bowling tournament, but a SEWING tournament?  The League of Dressmakers, Whipstitch's subscription garment club for sewing better clothing, has an Annual Sewing Tournament, the only one of its kind.  The next round starts the first week of March 2024, and you can be part of the fun!

Listen to Whipstitch founder Deborah Moebes share the inspiration and concept behind the sewing tournament, the challenges involved, and the unexpected outcomes for members who play along.

Want to take part?  Join The League:

https://leagueofdressmakers.com

Episode Twenty-Three: How To Defeat Sewing Perfectionism

Host Deborah Moebes shares the story of sewing a men's sport coat from a Vogue sewing pattern, only to have it fail miserably--and what that reveals about her own (accidental) pursuit of perfectionism in her sewing.

Read the original blog post here:

https://whip-stitch.com/mens-sport-coat-reveal/

Episode Twenty-Two: Murder In Greece! The 2024 Murder Mystery Quilt--with BONUSES

This year is the NINTH year of the Murder Mystery Quilt, and we're headed to GREECE!  Hear Deborah Moebes share the colors and design of the quilt, the mystery we'll be solving, and how you can also join Murder At Yellowstone for a limited time.

 

Learn more:

MurderMysteryQuilt.com

 

Episode Twenty-one: The Seamstresses of Manzanar

In this episode, Deborah shares a visit to Manzanar, an American internment camp for citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II.  The ways in which sewing formed community, relationships, and identity for those Americans during this tumultuous time should be honored and remembered.  These are Great Women In Sewing.

Read a full transcript, complete with links & more posts in the Great Women In Sewing blog series, here:

https://whip-stitch.com/great-women-in-sewing-the-seamstresses-of-manzanar/

Episode Twenty: Sewing Machine Maintenance For Beginners

Deborah discusses the near-death of her beloved sewing machine, her relationship with her local sewing machine repair shop, and how to maintain our sewing machines so that we don't need repairs as often--and at lower cost.

• Atlanta locals, the repair shop Deborah uses is the Atlanta Sewing Center, which has two locations: https://www.atlantasewing.com/
• Read Deborah's original blog post with these details and show notes here: https://whip-stitch.com/tag/sewing-machine-maintenance/
• Deborah's post about the "Three Most Common Sewing Mistakes--and How To Fix Them" is here: https://whip-stitch.com/answers-to-the-three-most-frequent-sewing-machine-questions/
• Deborah's bulk sewing machine needle purchase link is here (this is an affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3XvtCre
• The sewing machine cover Deborah mentions, which is both in her book Stitch Savvy and a part of the How To Sew video series, you can see here: https://whip-stitch.com/quilted-sewing-machine-cover/
• For more information about the How To Sew video series, see the League of Dressmakers blog post: https://leagueofdressmakers.com/how-to-sew-video-series-master-your-sewing/
• For more about rubbing alcohol to clean your tension discs, see this post from the National Quilters Circle
• The sewing machine oil with a telescoping spout is here: https://amzn.to/3CNd7NS
• Need a new sewing machine instruction manual, especially for a vintage model?  Try this archive: https://archive.org/details/manuals?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22sewing+machine%22&sort=-publicdate
• The post where Deborah looks at images of sewing thread under the microscope is here: https://whip-stitch.com/your-thread-has-a-shelf-life/

 

 

Episode Nineteen: How To Choose A Sewing Machine

Deborah shares FOUR questions that will help you narrow down your sewing machine options, whether you're buying a first sewing machine or buying a replacement sewing machine.  Then, she shares the SIX non-negotiable features that every sewing machine ought to have--along with where and how to buy a great machine for less money!

 

Read a transcript of this episode here:

https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-choose-a-sewing-machine