Knitting
Hip Hip Hooray Holidays
Hip Hip Hooray Holidays The holidays have come and gone. This brings a sigh of relief and reminds me that birthdays are [Read More]
Anna KAL
Between teaching 3 10-12 hour days in a row weekly, living with a major house renovation (yes, that’s the floor [Read More]
SAW: Drop Spindle Class with Denny McMillan
For a very long time I’ve wanted to learn how to drop spindle. While visiting New York Sheep and Wool last fall I [Read More]
Costuming
Holiday Joy in NYC
You may have noticed that my posts slowed down in October and November. No, I haven’t given up on The MacKay Way, I was headlong into a really fun freelance project! [Read More]
Sewing
Tuesday Tip: Machine Stitches
Which Stitch? Have a new machine? Curious about all the new stitches it can make? Thread [Read More]
Tuesday Tip: Tracing Wheel
How to hold your Tracing Wheel Manning that Tracing Wheel When using your tracing wheel, [Read More]
Mystery Project The MacKay Way!
Presenting her finished Needle Case! What are we Making? Mystery Sewing projects are fun, [Read More]
Paper
It’s a Wrap
I love to wrap presents. I love to reuse and recycle things. In an effort to use up some of the multitude of catalogs that are sent to us here at The MacKay Way, I came up [Read More]
The MacKay Way
Tuesday Tip: Machine Stitches
Which Stitch? Have a new machine? Curious about all the new stitches it can make? Thread it with a dark color thread and some light color fabric and make yourself a stitch chart of your machines capabilities. Try each stitch in all stitch lengths possible and label your [Read More]
Learn to Embroider – May 19 – NYC
Do you walk through boutiques adoring the hand embroidered items but balking at the prices? Have you thought, “I can [Read More]
Tuesday Tip: Tracing Wheel
How to hold your Tracing Wheel Manning that Tracing Wheel When using your tracing wheel, be sure that the crook in the arm [Read More]
Mystery Project The MacKay Way!
Presenting her finished Needle Case! What are we Making? Mystery Sewing projects are fun, whether it’s with children [Read More]