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It’s been an eventful 2017 at Designs by Donna!
I hope your year has been a good one too and that 2018 brings you good health and much joy! At Designs by Donna my mission is: To use my passion, gifts, and abilities to bring joy and beauty into the lives of others through exquisite design, teaching, and sharing.
Difficult Fabrics – Silk Velvet Banding on Drapery Lead Edge
Working with difficult fabrics can be challenging and stressful unless you first determine your course of action. This is the second edition of working with difficult fabrics. I'll show you [...]
Difficult Fabrics – Working With Pleated Fabrics
Have you ever had to work with difficult fabrics? If you've been sewing for any length of time, you probably have. You know the ones. The slippery fabrics that move around [...]
What’s your learning style?
If there's one thing I've figured out from teaching it's that each person has a different way of learning. Some prefer reading to learn a new technique. Others prefer hands [...]
How to sew a interlock stitch in drapery panels
When making multi width drapery panels, adding an interlock stitch at the seams will help keep the seams lined up as they hang. Without this stitch the fabric layers may shift making [...]
Fabric Check-In Process
Fabric arriving at Designs by Donna is checked in and inspected as soon as it arrives. Doing so may avoid delays with the project if any flaws, inconsistencies in the repeat, or wrong [...]
