The Perfect Dress for Valentine’s Day

Janome Maker Merrick White made this pretty color blocked lace dress for Valentine’s Day that is shortly approaching. This dress is perfect, unique and feminine for a Valentine’s Day date. Instructions

DIY Bell Sleeve Swing Dress

We were super excited to get the new Skyline S9 sewing and embroidery machine into the hands of our Artisan Merrick White of Merrick’s Art. Merrick’s projects consist of cute and trendy outfits, so she couldn’t wait to create a DIY Bell Sleeve Swing Dress for this season. Instructions

DIY Easy Tank Dress

Using the Skyline S7, Janome Artisan Jen Schumann made a girls DIY Easy Tank Dress that is colorful and light for the warm summer months. Just take a knit fitted tank top or tee shirt, fabric of your choice and matching thread to make both a comfortable and fashionable dress. Instructions

Boxy Shift Dress

“One of my biggest challenges when creating my own clothes is finding fabrics that I love and match my mental vision. I don’t know why it hadn’t dawned on me to create my own textiles, but when I received my Sprout by HP and started playing around with its capabilities, the idea just came and wouldn’t go away. My […]

Pom-Pom Trim Beach Cover Up

“When I was preparing for Hawaii, I knew I wanted to make a few new beach coverups. And, as luck would have it, my local fabric shop had a beautiful lightweight rayon in this perfect light teal — obviously I had to make it. The best part is that it came together so easily and it’s a super quick […]

Little Yellow Dress

Heirloom sewing is characterized by fine fabrics and stitching. A wide range of trims are used in this technique, and a delicate touch is necessary to achieve the fine stitching necessary. The Horizon’s precision stitches and superior plus feed system offer the perfect combination for this impressive work. Below you will find a glossary of […]

Simplicity Dress

In early 2014, Janome issued a fabric design challenge to three of our educators. Take the same peice of fabric, and turn it into whatever you want! Erin decided to use a basic A-line dress pattern that would showcase a large scale print and provide the right type of drape for a cotton fabric. With […]