Author Archives: AmandaBee

Let us Help You Shed Some Light on That!

X-ray vision. Where is it on your super power wish list? It for sure is on my list but it really isn’t at the top of the list. Teleportation is my number one! I wish I could flit from place … Continue reading

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Scrap busting Egg Project

I’ve been spending a lot of this year focusing on using up my scraps. These little pieces of fabric taunt me by multiplying every time I close the scrap bin. I have zero clue how this happens but I don’t … Continue reading

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Get Ready to Bling All the Things!

I love sparkly things, but often say to myself that I wouldn’t bedazzle everything, even if I had the chance. This is such a lie! If I had a Be-dazzler in my life, NOTHING would be safe. Did you know … Continue reading

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Cloth Napkins with the Janome 9mm Bi-Level Foot

I love some quick but useful projects. Many years ago I made a bunch of napkins for my niece P, and for my own kids, as well. P has used these napkins in her lunch nonstop and needed some new … Continue reading

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Adjusting the Serger Cutting Width

Sergers are amazing machines and one of the things we LOVE about the Janome AT2000D is right in the name; Air Threading. A quick flip of a switch and push on the lever and each looper is threaded. If you … Continue reading

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How AmandaBee Tries to Stay Organized

Much like many of you, my sewing journey started out at the kitchen table. A dedicated sewing space was not in the cards in our first house. We barely had room for a double bed in our bedroom and we … Continue reading

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Learning to Quilt; Youth Edition – Part 2

After a longer break than we should have taken, Alice and I have jumped back into making her first Quilt! You can read more about the project we’re working on HERE. We had her fabric all ready to go, the … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Janome’s NEW 9mm Narrow Piping Foot (I2)

Last year my Mum politely asked me to recover some pillows for her. I love her so I said yes. In fact, I love her soooooo much that I made pillows with zippers AND piping. That my friends, is a … Continue reading

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Learning to Quilt; Youth Edition

When should kids learn to sew? That is such a tricky question. Can you teach teeny tiny kids to sew? Absolutely! Will this foster a love of sewing for them forever? Maybe. Sewing is such a great skill to have, … Continue reading

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Janome’s Lap-Seam Foot for 9mm Machines

In April I wrote a blog post about 2 ways of making Flat Felled/Lap seams. The techniques and presser feet I used in that post worked fine, but I was SO excited to see that Janome now has a NEW … Continue reading

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