Finishing a neckline can be a bit of a tricky business. Hemming it as you would a skirt or a sleeve distorts the fabric and generally makes the thing you are making look a mess. So what do you do instead? Here are three ways of finishing a neckline that will help the top or dress you are making to look amazing! How to Finish a Neckline Facings With a commercial pattern, the neckline usually will be finished using facings. Facings are ... Read the Post...
How to Attach a Waistband
According to my mum, the first skirt I ever made was when I was 9 or 10. It was a rectangle of fabric sewn together along one edge, with a hem and casing for and elastic at the waist. Unfortunately now, as a slightly chunky grown up, I am not going to get away with wearing skirts with elasticated waists. Those are best left to children and the very slim. Thankfully attaching a waistband to a skirt is pretty easy once you know how! I've ... Read the Post...
Toddler Trousers Without a Pattern
As Boy 4 has been insisting, "Make mine trackies. Make them now," I've had the perfect excuse to do some sewing during the daytime when I am supposed to be playing with him or doing domestic stuff! I made him some dungarees a few weeks ago (you can read that post here!). He chose the fabric himself and he had also chosen some more to make him some little trousers. I do have a pattern for trousers but I used that to make him these almost a ... Read the Post...
How to Increase and Decrease Stitches in Crochet
Being able to increase and decrease stitches in crochet is useful when you are making all kinds of things. If you are making bowls, bags, hats or anything else that starts with a circle, you will need to know how and when to increase stitches (If you would like a tutorial on how the crochet a circle, you can find one here!). Equally if you want to make something that's flat, like a beard for your little person, or if you are making soft toys or ... Read the Post...
