Christmas Embroidery Hoop Last month I was invited to contribute to a series of posts on All Free Sewing for National Sewing Month. One of the suggestions was sewing for Christmas and, as it had been a long time since I'd made anything Christmassy, I decided to hatch some Christmas themed embroidery. I've recently jumped on the handlettering band wagon. If you haven't tried it, it's a lot of fun! It doesn't matter if you're not arty or ... Read the Post...
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Drafting the Pattern
Halter Neck Dress Without a Pattern: Drafting the Pattern Having a wardrobe full of clothes that are too big has been the perfect excuse to make new things for myself! When the weather's warm enough, I love my vintage style dresses. It's not easy to find these in the shops, so the obvious answer is to make my own. I successfully turned my cherry blossom dress into a sundress, and having seen a halter neck dress on Pinterest that I ... Read the Post...
How to Design and Make a Dress
How to Design and Make a Dress Have you ever considered that it might just be possible to design and make a dress from scratch? One of the best things about being able to sew is making your own clothes. How many times have you been shopping and seen something you quite liked, except that it didn't fit quite right, it wasn't available in the right size, you didn't like the colour or the collar made it look weird? I've walked past things ... Read the Post...
Tote Bag Tutorial
Tote Bag Tutorial Here's a tote bag tutorial! I'm not going to say an awful lot about this, except that I've made 2 of these bags for a teacher. They're the correct size for carrying A4 exercise books, so they'd also be fine for carrying library books or shopping. The webbing handles go right underneath the bag, so it's the webbing that takes the strain, not your sewing! I sewed French seams as the fabric was fraying quite a bit ... Read the Post...
