Pillow Making – dog ears or no dog ears?
Let's talk about pillow making. With so much information available online these days, I can see where someone getting into the soft furnishings/workroom business may get confused on fabrication techniques. Today, let's talk about pillow making. Specifically how to sew the corners of pillows. Do you taper the corners of the pillows to remove [...]
Top Tips for Inserting Zippers Next To Welt Cord
Tips for Inserting Zippers Next To Welt Cord Zippers next to welt cord. How are you doing inserting zippers next to welt cord in pillows, cushions, and bedding? Do you ever wonder if yours are sewn well enough? Do you ever struggle with the size or type of zipper you should use? In this [...]
Learn To Sew Blocked Squares Pillows
A blocked squares pillow, or color blocked pillow is a fun and creative way to add color and texture to any room. Pillows are the Jewelry for your Furniture. Have you ever struggled when designing pillows? Or have you ever struggled with pillow fabrication? Or are you ever challenged with not having [...]
Learning to upholster a chair through the eyes of a drapery gal
Plaid chair no more! Now it's fun and happy with new colors, patterns, and textures. A drapery gal's perspective on learning upholstery. Learning to upholster furniture is a totally different skillset than drapery making. For one thing, you don't have to strip naked before making draperies. My friend, [...]
Drapery panels at 25 widths each & how to tackle such a project.
Drapery panels at 25 widths each? Have you ever been asked to make a really wide drapery panel? What did you do? Did you turn and run the other way? Or did you accept the drapery panel project and then wonder how you were going to tackle the job? I was recently hired to [...]
Flowery Branch is a beautiful place to visit.
Designs by Donna is located in the cute town of Flowery Branch, GA. So let me show you around downtown, in case you're wondering what there is to do when you come and visit while taking a workshop at Designs by Donna. Flowery Branch crossroads of Railroad Ave. and Main St. Don't you love [...]