This short, 5 minute video tutorial will show you how to print PDF patterns on your home printer, so that they print at the correct scale. Printing at the correct scale is super important, otherwise your PDF sewing patterns will be incorrect and the clothes that you make from them will not end up in…
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PDF Sewing Patterns: How Do They Work?
Keep ReadingSewing patterns are available now in two formats: paper or PDF sewing patterns. For many though, PDF sewing patterns are a new thing, and that can sometimes be a little overwhelming for people new to PDF sewing patterns. This step by step tutorial will demystify everything about PDF sewing patterns and you’ll feel super confident…
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Fanny Pack Sewing Pattern: Meet Clio!
Keep ReadingI have always loved fanny packs. Maybe it was growing up as a teen in the 90s, but there’s something about using a Fanny pack (aka Bumbag for non US peeps!) that makes me happy! So, it made sense that my first pattern release would be a fanny pack sewing pattern! Clio: The Fanny Pack…
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Burberry SS2017: Loose Fit Jacket
Keep ReadingFor this first in an ongoing category of posts ‘Pattern Suggestions’ we’ll start with a loose fit jacket from the Burberry SS2017 collection. Shown in October 2017, the Burberry SS2017 show was the last from designer Christopher Bailey, who was with Burberry for over 15 years. I have for the most part always been a…
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Refashioned Trousers: Banana Pants
Keep ReadingIn January, along with packing up my life in London, I worked on a refashioned trouser project for the Sewcialists blog. Their theme for February was stripes, and as I needed another pair of my Banana Pants to test out, I opted to make them as a pair of refashioned trousers. Now, this is the…
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How To Put Eyelets In Fabric: A Step by Step Tutorial
Keep ReadingHow To Put Eyelets In Fabric: A Step By Step Tutorial If you’re into sewing, you will probably at some point need to know how to put eyelets in fabric. Eyelets – and grommets too for that matter – are little metal circles, that can be inserted into fabric to create an enclosed hole.…
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2018 Make Nine – My Make Nine Choices
Keep Reading2018 Make Nine – My Make Nine Choices So, I have seen a few – read thousand – posts in Instagram with the hashtag #makenine2018 (apparently the official one is #2018makenine – see this post for more info!) and I decided to get in on the action. To me, Make Nine is about making nine…
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Most Popular Sewing And Pattern Making posts in 2017!
Keep ReadingWell hello my friends! It is 2018! It felt like 2017 rushed by, at least a good portion did for me! How was your 2017? Did you set and succeed with your sewing and pattern making goals or are there a few lurking on sewing pile waiting to be finished? If that is you, do…
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170+ Pattern Making and Sewing Words: A Dedicated Dictionary
Keep ReadingThis is a dedicated dictionary for pattern making and sewing words. If you feel I have missed anything please feel free to drop it in the comments below so that I can add it in! I have tried to keep the pattern making and sewing words in alphabetical order for you to better find what you’re…
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Fashion Design Skills
Keep ReadingI get this statement come through on emails from some of my subscribers; I want to be a fashion designer! And it got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be rather awesome to run a fashion design skills course, as an online course, that people could take alongside me? As in, while I’m working on my new…
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Fix Your Fit: Free Fit Issues Challenge!
Keep ReadingThe biggest request for help that I get is about fit. So, today I’m gonna tell you about a free challenge I have created for you – Fix Your Fit! Now, initially this was going to be part of the free Pattern Making Basics course, but it’s a hefty subject, and I was…
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Pattern Testing Your Sewing Pattern
Keep ReadingPattern Testing Your Sewing Pattern (Part 4) You’ve done it. You started out wanting to know how to make your own sewing patterns, and now you’ve reached that final stage – pattern testing your sewing pattern! If you missed the first three parts in the series you can catch up here: • Part 1: How…
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Developing A Design: Make Your Own Sewing Pattern Design
Keep ReadingMake Your Own Sewing Pattern Design (Part 3) Alright then.. We have covered Getting Started in this post, and the five techniques you can use to make a sewing pattern with in this post, but today we are going to focus on developing a sewing pattern design. This is my favourite thing. I often sit…
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5 Techniques To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns
Keep Reading5 Techniques To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns (Part 2) You want to know how to make your own sewing patterns, and you’ve read part one in the series. What’s next that you need to think about? The next thing to consider is which technique you should use to make your own sewing patterns. Now, before…
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How To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns: Getting Started
Keep ReadingHow To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns: Getting Started (Part 1) You’ve done it. You have decided you want to learn how to make your own sewing patterns but you’re a little lost on where and how to get started. I hear ya! This 4 part series on how to make your own sewing patterns…
