Today I ran a Free Machine Embroidery workshop – where you drop the feed and “paint” with your needle and thread. It can be a hard…
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On last Monday’s mixed workshop, two ladies made sewing bags. As usual, the fabric choices meant that the end results looked very different, yet each was…
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So, we only returned home after a month long holiday last Saturday afternoon and already I’m fully in the swing of things… On Monday I ran…
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I rarely use commercial patterns – I’m more interested in designing my own – but a friend lent this one to me because I loved the…
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I’ve been experimenting with pattern drafting for a while – I want to create a simple way for people to draft modern-styled clothing from their body…
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I think I like designing things better than actually making them… Well, designing and creating the prototype, so perhaps that DOES count as making! Thinking of…
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Can you believe this gorgeous dress is someone’s very first garment?! See the photos below of the finished product… It’s beautifully made, with buttons all down…
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Here’s the second garment made by the lady here on a Sewing Holiday recently… This time, the challenge was using a very lightweight, shiny, slippery fabric!…
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Last week I had a lady from Barcelona here on a one-to-one, personalised Sewing Holiday. She made two fabulous garments – she is a very capable…
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I ran a new quilt workshop a couple of weeks ago, and here’s the first photo of one of the quilts made that day. The design…