Hopefully you've made your pattern pieces and you're all ready to sew a warm winter dress! If you missed the previous post and you haven't drafted the pattern yet, it's here. Once you've got your pieces cut out, you can start assembling the dress. The order for sewing the dress is:Shoulder seamsBinding the neckline and the frontSleevesSkirt piecesSide and arm seamsHems You might choose to go about things in a different order and ... Read the Post...
A Warm Winter Dress: Drafting the Pattern
One of the negative things about winter is the clothes. In summer, we wear pretty colours, pastels, bright colours and prints. In winter, everything is drab. Sometimes we might be able to find something brighter for Christmas, but party dresses are not known for being warm. Much as I love my gold sequinned dress I wore on Christmas day, there is no way I'm going to stand and shiver at the bus stop or at forest school just so that I can wear ... Read the Post...
Book Review: Making Winter By Emma Mitchell
I think being a homebody is one of the reasons why I like sewing and making things. With this being the case, it probably comes as no surprise that I like books and reading just as much! My funny old house is stuffed full of books. Looking at them on the shelves around me, they feel like old friends. Especially the ones that I have read more than once! I love a story book. There's nothing quite like getting lost in a story and almost ... Read the Post...
Making Friends With Your Sewing Machine: How to Use a Zip Foot
Hopefully by now you have a good understanding of how your sewing machine works and how to use it. Now we're going to move on to using some of the different feet that your sewing machine might have come with. If your sewing machine only has one foot, don't worry. It's possible to buy sewing machine feet separately if you decide you need them. I mentioned in the post about sewing machine feet that there are some that I use and others that ... Read the Post...
