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Sew Tell Me Interview with Jaime Ruckel from The Sewcial Bee

3/27/2021

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Conversations with Industry Experts and fellow Sewing and Embroidery Enthusiasts just like YOU!
This is a followup to the live show presented on the fourth Monday of March. Each month you can look forward to a Live YouTube show on my Let's Go Sew with Joanne Banko YouTube channel HERE. If you haven't already, I encourage you to subscribe and get notifications for future shows.
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Monday's show featured Jaime Ruckel. Jaime is known for running her own Sewcial Bee Facebook page and The Sewcial Bee Etsy shop, where she sells some very unique patterns, including slippers for the entire family, specialized caps to sew for welders, bikers, and more! Jaime is also founder of the Facebook Sew it's for Sale group, where fellow sewing enthusiasts can buy and sell sewing related items. It's a popular spot for finding fabric treasures and for selling your stash.

Jaime and I had a delightful conversation that lasted well over an hour. ​Live chat during the show was full of active, fun, and friendly, folks! 

This
post includes a few highlights and links we talked about during the show. You'll also find the video posted here too. If you come up with any questions while watching please feel free to leave them here and I'll make sure they get answered.
Watch the replay below!

Lots of tips, tricks and resources were part of the conversation, not only from Jaime and myself but also from those who joined us. Here are some highlights:

Jaime's favorite 1 yard T-shirt top:
Ellie and Mac patterns - Everyday Tee pattern

We talked about sewing undergarments and swimwear. Here is a link to a great resource for notions including rubber elastic: SewSassy.com

Favorite leggings patterns came up as a topic and two were mentioned, Sandra Betzina's Vogue pattern 1376 and Emily Thompson's Life Sew Savory leggings pattern HERE.

Special pressing tools came up, made by Cheryl Avery's husband. You can find out more directly when you visit Jaime's The SEWcial Bee Facebook page.

Last but not least, the burrito method for making pillowcases came up and I promised to share  instructions I contributed to the Brother blog as a Brother Ambassador. You'll find a full post HERE.


Looking to connect with Jaime? You'll find her at the links below:

Etsy shop: 
www.etsy.com/shop/TheSewcialBee

Facebook The SEWcial Bee site:
​www.facebook.com/SEWcialBee/

Private SewItsForSale Facebook Group:
www.facebook.com/groups/sassysewingsales/about

(Note: You'll need to request being added to the group)

You'll find Jaime's YouTube channel HERE

Many thanks go to Jaime for being such a wonderful guest!
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Let's Go Sew Snippets and Sewing News

3/21/2021

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Sew with your feet!!! Accessory feet can make ordinary sewing tasks easier and more mistake free. Bit by bit and blog by blog, I seek to share tips and tricks for accessories that help you enjoy your sewing time each and every time you sit down to sew. Let's start with a peek at the possibilities of sewing with a Stitch Guide foot.
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You'll find this foot with guidelines highlighted in red and labeled as the Brother SA189 "V" foot. This particular foot was designed to work with a former top of the line Brother Quattro series and a special feature known as automatic edge sewing. Since this is past history, I won't go into all the details but if you had or have a Quattro, this foot came packed in your standard accessory box. Details on using this feature begin on page 140 of the original Quattro manual.
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The almost identical twin of the V foot is the Brother SA160 Stitch Guide Foot, as seen the photo above. They both work the same, but the red lines are really nice to have for extra visibility. Lines are spaced 2mm apart, giving you lots of options for seams and topstitching. You'll find that this snap-on foot fits many machines. If in doubt, consider heading to your Brother dealer with your machine in tow and give it a trial fitting. CLICK HERE to visit the official Brother blog and read a full post on the many ways to use this foot. It can help you sew straight in a variety of sewing situations. 

​I've seen a generic version of this foot too, sometimes called a ruler foot. 
The big wide world of sewing!
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The sewing world is full folks that are interesting, fun, and full of information! Some have a platform to share their enthusiasm and others have a smaller sphere of outreach and influence. I count myself one of the fortunate ones to serve both as a free-lance sewing educator and also play a role as a Brother Ambassador.

Along with regular visits to letsgosew.com, Many of you have been following my posts on Stitching Sewcial, the official Brother blog. In actuality, I've been designing projects for Brother for many years, contributing monthly content for their presence on the web since 2011.

Brother is in the process of revamping Stitching Sewcial to make it easier for you to access all your favorite sewing, embroidery, quilting, and crafting projects, free designs, and tutorials. Stay tuned for more news coming soon! In the meantime, I'd love to hear your thoughts on future projects and tutorials. What accessories and machine features would YOU like to see me expound on? Leave your comments below or drop me a note HERE.

Speaking of fun folks in the world of sewing, I recently connected with Becky Thompson, the creative genius behind Power Tools with Thread.
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Becky's enthusiasm and energy shine through in all her YouTube videos as she shares her quilting expertise, and teaches tricks on machines like the ScanNCut and ten needle embroidery machine. 
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She reached out to me recently with the idea of doing a book give-away. Sure enough, one day her video popped up with Wrapped in Embroidery in her hand. Becky and I plan to collaborate on some things in the future. You can be sure I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, click the pic you see above and check out her channel.
While we're on the topic of YouTube, last month was the debut of the Let's Go Sew live show called Sew Tell Me. Watch for a new show going live the fourth Monday of each month at 7PM Eastern Standard time on my YouTube channel HERE.

If you missed the first show where I interviewed Reen Wilcoxson, you can read all about it and watch the video HERE.

My special guest on Monday March 22, 2021 is Jaime O'Berry Ruckel,  The Sewcial Bee Etsy shop owner, pattern designer of some very unique and special items, and founder of the Facebook Sew it's for Sale Facebook group. Hope you can make it to the live show but if not, that's okay. I'll post a link to the replay for you next week.
Okay! I'm ready to knot this thread and tie off this post. Happy Sewing!
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