Say goodbye to sewing F.A.I.L.s (followed-all-instructions letdowns)! Perfect your professional handmade style with garment-making sewist Barbara Emodi by learning methods to understand common missteps and how to avoid frustrating mistakes. Plus, salvage your sewing "oops" with tips and tricks to recognize and rescue immediate errors with easy fixes. Each strategy is geared toward making every project a successful one! The comprehensive instructions and techniques are for every skill set, ...

The storm may have passed, but the real danger is just beginning The long, frigid winters of Nova Scotia are perfect for crafting—but when a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm cuts off Gasper's Cove Island from the mainland, Valerie Rankin and her group of crafters settle in to weather the isolation with needles, fabric, yarn, and determination. As they stitch their way through the dark days, the storm unearths more than snowdrifts—long-buried secrets resurface, and an unsolved murder comes back...

Lies, chaos, and an unexpected death—the hunt for a killer begins. When a blunder among the senior members threatens to expose secrets they can't bear to reveal, Valerie Rankin and her crafting group band together to protect their own. But one lie spirals into another and leads to an unexpected murder that leaves everyone stunned. Now, they face a harrowing choice: confess and risk becoming suspects, or keep their secrets and hunt for the killer themselves. The only way out is to channel t...

Beware! A crafty killer lurks in Gasper's Cove. First in a cozy mystery series set in a fictional Nova Scotia town where crafting and community collide.Seamstress, crafter, and empty-nester Valerie Rankin has plans to open a crafter's co-op that will put Gasper's Cove, Nova Scotia on the map. One month before opening day, she still has to pin down a venue, patch up the family business, iron out corruption in the town council, and unravel why anyone who tries to help...

On the Canadian coast, a sleuthing seamstress teams up with some resourceful friends to sew up a murder case . . .At the Crafter's Co-op in Nova Scotia, seamstress Valerie Rankin sells locally made treasures to tourists, from quilted jackets to stained-glass creations. She also puts in time at the Recreate and Recycle Depot, accepting donations of all sorts of useful materials. Her cousin Darlene desperately wishes she could add to the pile by convincing her elderl...

As the threads of events unwind, so does the mystery of a potential murder. A lot has changed at Rankin's General. Valerie becomes the new manager, while her cousin Rollie opens a B&B with his librarian lady friend, Catherine. The Gasper's Cove Crafters eagerly plan a weeklong sewing and crafting retreat at the new B&B, only to discover a disastrous double-booking with a food truck rally, a corporate getaway, and a secretive romantic weekend. Valerie, determined to restore order, faces mis...

Corruption, chaos, and murder—Valerie Rankin is faced with a killer as crafty as she is. Valerie Rankin is back in Gasper's Cove as a mayoral election brings chaos to the small town. A corrupt political scheme controls the town, and Valerie's cousin, Darlene, an ex-hairdresser, decides to run for mayor. With the help of Valerie and the Gasper's crafters, the group crafts a successful campaign. However, false rumors quickly spread about Darlene. Valerie moves to confront mayoral opponent Mi...

Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this is a book that will make a novice sewist say, "Oh, so that's why you do that," make a practiced sewist think, "Now that's a neat trick," and make a very experienced sewist smile and say, "That is sooo true!" Take advantage of her thoughts, tips, and t...

This book is an introduction to the sewing machine attachments that were widely used on domestic sewing machines between 1920 and 1965. These beautifully built, designed, and ingenious tools are still useful in the construction of the clothes we wear today.

A cozy town, a crafty killer, and a murder caught on tape.Valerie Rankin, manager of the Gasper's Cove Crafter's Co-op, is ready for a successful Spring Craft Show, until the lights go out, she falls down the stairs, and a pushy entrepreneur won't leave her alone. Murray Nunn claims he's there to help local businesses grow, but when Valerie rejects his export scheme, he drops dead at her feet, on camera. With suspects ranging from local artisans to interna...

Four books one for each season.Panic in the PansiesIt's springtime in Nova Scotia- house selling, bulb planting, transplant buying time. Stay at home mom and canning aficionado Krista Willett is happy to be out of the house and working at a garden center. However, she knows nothing about gardening, her boss is AWOL, and her best customers are dead or crooked, or both. Can she keep this job? Does she want to? Her children, a stray cat, and her brother-in-law ...

Heidi MacDonald is not qualified for her new job at the Legislature with Official Opposition.She has never voted, or can't remember when. Her research experience amounts to one letter published in a sewing magazine. She lives in her parents' basement with a cat named Gilbert. Her direct supervisor considers her a useful fall guy, her chief of staff plays solitaire all day, and the MLA she's been assigned to, spends most of his time at the Legion.Then an anonymous message ap...