Forums and Commenting

There are several categories in the forums, and posting to the correct thread will help you get the desired responses. You may ask, How exactly can I get sewing advice or help using the Website, discuss creations or content, participate in a sew along, post classifieds or request new features? Below you will find some advice on taking advantage of this helpful resource and getting in touch with other members of our community.

Post a Comment

To post a comment go to the thread of your choice. At the top and bottom of the Posts Box you will see a blue “Add Post” link. Click the link. The “Post Reply” box will pop up. Type in whatever your heart desires (there are cool html functions listed below the box.) When you are done hit “post.” Your comment should appear up with the others.

Hyperlinks, Italics, Bold Text in Comments

The tags below let you link to websites, post images, italicize or make your text bold:


To add an image, make sure that the image you would like to post is uploaded on the web.: Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket (Useful sites to upload images for free are www.flickr.com or www.photobucket.com)


Notes & Tags: Copy and paste the tags below into your comment field to format your text.



  • To Italicize: Your Italic Text

  • To Bold: Your Bold Text

  • To add an image:
Post/Edit in the Forum
  1. Make sure you are Signed in to your account.

  1. Go to the Forum section.

  1. Select “Post New Thread,” in the upper right hand corner of the screen and choose your forum category from the drop down menu, enter the subject, and description in the space provided, then click “post.”

  1. To respond to an existing thread, select the thread title you wish to respond to, then select “add post,” located at the top and bottom of the posts.

  1. To upload a picture in the thread put the following markup language in the text box: img src="http://yourfilename.jpg" with < at the beginning and > at the end. Replace “yourfilename” with the URL of the image you would like to upload. Note: pictures need to be from an online source such as Flickr or Photobucket.
Forum rules and best practices

The Forum is here to help and connect you to other users. When posting a thread, give as much information as possible about the pattern, creation, or problem. This will help the other users respond. Please treat other members, their questions and opinions with respect. Please do not attack someone personally: this is a sewing website, no need to be snarky. Oh, and do NOT spam.

Start a Sew Along

Go to the Forum section of the website. At the very top, above all the boxes you will see a “post new thread” button. Choose the “sew along” category from the drop down menu and enter the title of the sew along (ex: Spring Skirt!) and fill in the description. Either chose a specific pattern or say ‘any skirt pattern’. You can ask people which one they are planning on using. Give a start date if you would like. There you go! You have started your own sew along.