Buying fabric is one of the most pleasurable parts of sewing and probably why sewists have such large stashes of fabric! Buying fabric seems to be a separate hobby to sewing for most of us! Choosing the correct fabric is crucial for the success of your project. Having said that, I have made plenty of [...]
Hurrah! You've just begun your sewing journey, and I couldn't be more happier for you. The trick to sewing, like most things, is practice. And more practice. So now that you are on your way, here are some ideas for projects that will give you some experience...and fun! Homewares and sewing projects Sewing Machine Cover - [...]
Sewing is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. To get our puzzle pieces, we need a sewing pattern to cut out the fabric into the shapes we need to make up the garment. It takes some practise to learn to read a pattern and find the ones that work well for your body. I know [...]
Lindsey is the designer and sewing teacher extraordinaire behind Sew to Grow, and one of my favourite people in the sewing community. Her sun-shiny personality and passion is infectious. I so enjoy hearing from her and chatting though we've never met IRL. Here we learn more about her and her business. You will smile the [...]
Welcome back to part two of our Thread Talk! Now that we covered the basics in part one, you may be looking to understand thread a little better, perhaps diversify your thread stash or learn about types of thread. In this post, we’ll get a bit technical and geeky to learn the details of construction [...]
Hi there! Welcome to your two part series on thread. Today, we are going to walk through the basics of thread with the aim to help you buy the right thread for your projects. In focussing on construction thread, we’ll talk about how to identify quality thread, what is thread fibre and weight plus cover [...]
It is Me Made May! If you are on Instagram, you may be very familiar with Me Made May. It has become quite the event in the instagram sewing community since its beginnings in 2010. Zoe Edwards began the hashtag as a way of documenting her makes and a personal challenge to see how much wear she was [...]
Sewing in isolation! Us sewists are good at being isolated. After all sewing is a mostly solitary past time. I think that might be one of the things I like about it. And now here we are, the world is in isolation and sewing and crafting is suddenly even more important, for many reasons. Our [...]
