For those of you who are unaware of the past 10 days, let me fill you in... A week ago this past Friday, Izzy and I announced that we were closing our shop and retiring. We planned to have a liquidation sale. The announcement was made Friday morning. Friday afternoon we received an offer to buy the shop!!! Move forward to this past Friday. During our sale, we were able to let our customers know that our shop had been sold, and that the new owners were keeping the name, and keeping all our AWESOME staff!! What a whirlwind week. Needless to say, Izzy and I are so happy that Be Sew Creative will still be here in Las Cruces to take care of all our customers, both near and far! All this being said, I am trying to play catch up with getting things put together for our Gadget Gurus, please stay tuned. Content will continue to be added, so keep checking the classroom for new content!! I hope your coming week will give you some time to create!! Until next time!! Happy Stitching! Marsha

Hi everyone such a large group already its thrilling. I have been sewing just about all my life I think I started at age 10 I needed a purple skirt for a football game my brother was playing in. My mom, bless her worked full time as a nurse she had bought the fabric but didnt have time to make it. I had never made anything before but I had watched her so I got busy and made a shirt. Im sure it was not the best but it served the purpose. So I guess I have been sewing 65 years

Can you imagine quilting without a rotary cutter? 😳 The world’s first rotary cutter was invented in 1979 by Yoshio Okada, founder of OLFA Corporation in Japan. His simple-but-brilliant idea was to replace the traditional cutting motion of scissors with a rolling circular blade—making it much faster and easier to cut fabric accurately. Paired with an acrylic ruler and self-healing cutting mat, the rotary cutter completely changed the way quilters cut fabric—and today, it’s hard to imagine a quilting room without one! Fun fact: Okada was also the inventor of the world’s first snap-off blade cutter. Apparently, the man really had a thing for making our lives easier one sharp blade at a time. 😂

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Oh boy!! I'm not very good at navigation, especially on a new sight. But I'm so happy to be here, amongst fellow enthusiasts. Thank you Marsha for your welcome note. This is all so very exciting.