Welcome to part one of my new series on bias binding! Such a useful tool for dressmaking and general sewing. What is bias binding? Bias...

Welcome to the penultimate part in my button series where I'm showing six different types of buttonhole sewn on my Janome Atelier 7...

Welcome to part 8 of my button series. Here I'm showing you how I use my Janome Atelier 7 sewing machine to sew on a button. Select the...

Welcome to part seven of my button series. This part is all about accurately marking your button and buttonhole placement using an...

Welcome to my January mini series on all things buttons! This one is all about how to sew on a button with four holes. Hope it's...

In previous blogs I have written about how to set yourself up for sewing – how to thread your needle , how to wind your bobbin , how to...

When I first started dressmaking, it didn’t really occur to me that there was any other way of making your own clothes aside from using...

I often get asked where I buy my fabric for sewing and dressmaking and currently I’m not on a fabric buying ban as such, but I’m trying...

One of the first dressmaking pattern alterations that you might want to do as a beginner dressmaker is to lengthen a skirt pattern. This...

One of the first steps in the dressmaking process, after you have chosen and bought your fabric, is to pre-wash it.  Pre-washing your...

I used to be an avid reader of craft magazines and had big collections of them piled up in my sewing room.  Some of them in nice,...

Now that we have wound our bobbin and threaded our needle, we are ready to sew a seam! This is actually more straightforward than you...

Ironing and pressing are fundamental parts of the sewing process and help to make your project look polished and professional. Ironing is...

I’ve previously written about how to wind your bobbin and the next step in setting up your sewing machine is threading.  So in this post...

For this week’s blog post I wanted to talk about one of the essential tools that you need in your kit if you are planning any kind of...

I had heard good things about fabric shopping in Leeds but had never actually visited....until last week that is! Armed with my list of...

One of the first things you need to do in order to start sewing is to wind your bobbin.  This means transferring some of the thread from...

In last week's post I went through the key parts of the sewing machine that you need to get familiar with as a beginner sewist. See that...

Having already done a post about thread, its only right that I now talk about needles!  There are many different types of needles for...

Thread is one of the most fundamental parts of sewing but its often given the least thought!  When you first start sewing, you usually...