Dressmaking. Making clothes at home. Techniques or how to.
I recently made myself a coat. The pattern uses collar band for its notch collar. Therefore this blog is on how to sew collar band. Some collar bands do come with collars some don’t. Collar bands are used to ‘hold’ the collar up so as to give it more shape. It is a function in […]
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Sewing sleeves here how to sew it. Here is an example I have made on a wrap-around stretch fabric dress. Bias cut. There are many types of sleeves in a pattern. Roglan, puffed, ordinary shirt sleeves. The type of fabric used will also determine the outcome of the final look of the sleeve. Below I
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Here is a blog post on how to make welt pockets. I have bought a few fabrics recently and I need a new coat. Welt pockets are very commonly seen on coats, trousers and jackets. Some welt pockets come in the double welt. Which just simply means there is two
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Recently I have bought a load of beautiful fabrics on eBay. They are gorgeous. As these fabric are made out of cotton jersey I have decided to make some pyjamas out of them. Therefore this post is on how to sew pyjama. It’s my new series on sewing loungewear. after a recent series on sewing
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Here is a post about basic sewing tools that is needed for sewing a simple dress. I am writing the post as I felt I haven’t touch and said much about the basics of sewing. I have written post on why dress make? In which is a great post all together as my non sewing
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin How to sew a skirt vent, kick pleat or split. I have recently sew a tweed skirt. For the opening I didn’t want to end up with an ordinary skirt slit which can be revealing. I wanted something that is neat. It is called a skirt vent, kick pleat or
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Here is a blog post and review on how to make your own shopping/ shoulder bag. I have recently been to the knitting and stitching show at Olympia, London. it’s a show that is held twice a year. Here is an blog post about it. What a haul I have got myself this time?!! Enough
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