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Host Deborah Moebes shares details and design insight into the 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt: Murder in the Alps!   Learn more: https://whip-stitch.com/mmq-2026 https://murdermysteryquilt.com  

Host Deborah Moebes discusses ten reasons why a sewing membership is a good choice for you.  Improve your technical skills, get inspired, master tricky sewing methods, and improve your mental well-being with a sewing community like the League of Dressmakers, where you'll be encouraged and supported by consistent, recurring relationships with other folks who sew and want to sew alongside you.   Learn more: https://leagueofdressmakers.com

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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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  

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/