Having a dress form or tailors' dummy can make making your own clothes so much easier. It's very difficult pinning things to your back and then drawing on yourself with a pen! It's equally difficult trying to pin a hem and check that it's straight. They're not so useful if they are not the same size as you! This is when you might need to alter a dress form. The best kind of tailors' dummy is the adjustable sort. These are more expensive ... Read the Post...
How to Make Nesting Fabric Storage Boxes
These nesting fabric storage boxes are the second in a series of posts about making quick and easy storage solutions! They are perfect for rehoming mess after Christmas, but useful at other times as well when you just need somewhere to put stuff! You might also like to read the previous post in this series, How to Make a Drawstring Bag From a Pillowcase. The patterns for the boxes are available to buy here if you don't want to make your own ... Read the Post...
How to Make Handmade Clothes Look Professional
There are a number of things we can all remember to do to make our handmade clothes look professional. It's a lot of fun to make your own clothes. I've been making clothes for myself since I was 10, and I love it! I can choose a style that I like and fabric that I love. I can make it so that it fits me. And I can walk down the street knowing that I won't see 10 people all wearing the same thing, like we're all off to a Primark convention or ... Read the Post...
How to Make a Drawstring Bag From a Pillowcase
How to Make a Drawstring Bag From a Pillowcase is the first in a series of posts I'm writing about storage ideas that are easy to make. If your house is anything like mine, every available surface has probably disappeared under the chaos of post Christmas clutter. Toys that need homes, lego everywhere, games and puzzles that there's not quite room for in the existing storage. Happily it is easy enough to whip up some storage solutions and ... Read the Post...
