Whether you’re a sewing beginner or a more advanced seamstress, sewing books with patterns are always a winner. I’ve been sewing for years and still love a good sewing book that tucks patterns away in the back cover for us to trace off! And nowadays there are also sewing books that come with downloadable patterns…
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Types of pockets: 8 Kinds Of Pockets
Keep ReadingIn this post we’ll look at the different types of pockets; specifically, 8 kinds of pockets! (If you missed the first post in this series, you can catch that here!) I love pockets – I make no effort to hide this fact. In fact, back in May 2017 when I participated in a zerowaste workshop…
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Uses Of Pockets: An Overview
Keep ReadingThere are many uses of pockets, going back thousands of years – I’m talking BC here! – when pockets were used to carry valuable items. Back then pockets were more like pouches, but over time, despite pockets still being used for the same reasons, they have evolved into something else. Fast forward to 2018 and…
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50 Gifts For Sewers
Keep ReadingAre you looking for sewing gift ideas? Do you need to buy gifts for sewers but you have no idea what to look for? This post features 50 gifts for sewers that would make wonderful Christmas gift ideas, from sewing tote bags and enamel sewing pins to sewing mugs, sewing glasses and sewing room decor.
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Learn To Sew: Free Sewing Course For Beginners
Keep ReadingLearn To Sew: A Free Sewing Course For Beginners! Are you someone who longs to learn to sew, but has no idea where to start? Perhaps you’d like to sew things for the home, or learn to sew clothes for yourself? Learning sewing isn’t as hard as you might think, and this learn to sew…
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Pattern Ease: What Is It And How Is It Used?
Keep ReadingPattern Ease Part two of the Perfect Pattern Series is Pattern Ease… It’s a term that is thrown around quite a lot. Go to any Facebook sewing group and mention that the pattern you bought, cut out and made up fits nothing like it should, and people will shout back at you ‘because of pattern…
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5 Easy Sewing Patterns for Beginners
Keep ReadingEasy Sewing Patterns for Beginners: An Overview If you’re just getting started in the world of fashion creation, I highly recommend experimenting with some easy sewing patterns for beginners. These more simple patterns will help you to better understand the process of creating garments. By selecting various easy sewing patterns for beginners you can almost guarantee…
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Mending Clothes: A Slow Fashion Book Guide!
Keep ReadingThis post isn’t a tutorial teaching you how to mend clothes. For that, you’ll want to pop to another blog. This post is about mending clothes in a sustainable and creative way. You see, for me, mending clothes is about slow fashion. Sustainable fashion. Fashion that isn’t exploiting the planet and it’s finite resources, nor…
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13 Essential Sewing Tools: Get Started With Sewing
Keep Reading13 Essential Sewing Tools: Get Started With Sewing So you want to learn to sew. You’re excited about the idea of making your own clothes. But you’re not sure where to start? You need a sewing tools list! Why? Because if you have the right tools, even just the basic essential sewing tools set, you’ll…
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How To Assemble PDF Patterns
Keep ReadingLets learn how to assemble PDF patterns. Because when it comes to digital sewing patterns, you need to be able to print them at home or at a printers, and you then need to know how to assemble PDF patterns. I am a stickler for assembling PDF patterns a certain way. When I deviate, I…
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How To Print PDF Patterns On Your Home Printer
Keep ReadingThis 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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