Dressmaking. Making clothes at home. Techniques or how to.
Invisible or concealed zip is a great invention for dressmakers as it’s visible at all once it’s inserted. This technique can use for all invisible zip insertion whether is a dress, skirt or trousers. Here is how I sew an invisible zip to a skirt. Preparing the opening Prepare the opening sew up about 5 […]
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This is a log on sewing with stretch fabric. I have recently got myself some stretch jersey fabric to make a dress. If one knows how to sew stretch or jersey fabrics one can sew a lot of garments like t-shirts, leisure wear like yoga or exercise garments or swimwear. I have never sew any
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I have recently made myself a tweed skirt. Now I would to share on how to wear tweed. Tweed is basically a wool. It is very English type of fabric. It hails from Scotland and the north of England. In Scotland there are so many factory making tweed. As due to the cold weather in
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This is a blog post on how to sew buttonholes by machine. Recently I have made a blouse using silk organza fabric. Bias cut At home I have got a Toyota sewing machine for many years (it’s nearly 10 years old ?!!). I must admit I never quite know how to sew buttonholes properly by machine
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Here is my experience of sewing a silk chiffon blouse in comparison to sewing with ordinary thickness fabrics like cotton, linen and even heavy silks like crepe silk. I have sewn a blouse using an old Burda edition ‘world of sewing’ magazine. I have collected loads of burda magazine patterns over the years. I just
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I love making things at home. it’s one of hobbies in my past time. I love to sew, knit and crochet. This blog post is on my review of new craftsy which is now called bluprint. I must admit being based in the UK I have not quite heard much of crafsy/ bluprint till I
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Recently I did a blog post on sewing with sheer fabric. Sewing with sheer fabricsI ended up sewing a blouse as a result and I used french seams in most places of the blouse. As a result the sheer, light and delicate fabric seems much stronger?!! I didn’t quite believe it till I started sewing. It
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