This is a blog post on how to sew boucle fabric. Boucle fabric is basically loose weave fabric that sometimes do come in different textures and different of weave (tightly or loosely woven). It is indeed a lovely fabric with different coloured threads weaves together in all sorts of style. I have recently got hold […]
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Here is a blog post on haberdashery/ sewing shops online. Nowadays, it’s so easy to buy haberdashery/ sewing supplies without having to leave the house at all. This is all down to the widespread of internet online shopping. I do shop online as it saves me so much time rather than having to make the
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Here are some tips on how to sew a simple straight forward jacket at home. I have recently sewn myself a jacket not long ago. The fabric I use is boucle fabric with nice glitter threads weaves into it. It looks great for a dinner party. How to sew a jacket at home I choose
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The blog post is on sewing a sheer fabric dress. I have sewn sheer fabrics in the past but not much in recent times. As I have sewing using stretch fabrics and wool fabrics. However, I saw this lovely silk organza fabric a past season by Dolce Gabanna and fell in love with it. It
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Here is an ongoing Mary Quant free Mini dress pattern currently still available to download. There are two dress patterns that are available to download. It was created as part of her recent exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It had ended in February but the free patterns are still available. I have managed
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Here is a blog post on french sewing magazines review. I wrote a blog post on this as I have bought myself some more sewing magazines! I bought Coudre cest facile, Modes & Travaux and Ottobre design. Ottobre design is also sold in the UK as well. The first two is not sold in the
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Here are some hand sewing stitches that are great to use in dressmaking. I am a firm believer that one is going to spend this time why don’t just spend a bit more time to give the garment you are making a more professional finish. While the sewing machine but sometimes the sewing machine just
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