This afternoon’s workshop involved both sheer fabrics and quilting, but not combined – two projects… The sheer fabrics were turned into beautiful scented pillow squares and…
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I’ve made 3 more items to add to the “Learn to Sew” kits range, and taken 100s of photos for my online step-by-step instructions! Hopefully, I’ll…
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What a fabulous day! The first Christmas workshop took place today and some wonderful products were made… The fabrics were absolutely gorgeous and the way they…
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It’s taken much longer to organise the sewing kits I want to start selling! That’s mainly because I’ve not had a block of time to spend…
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This week, I finally had time to perfect the manufacturing method for the Sashiko scarves I intend to start selling, and I made a batch of…
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I’m sure there’s a patchwork block called “Garden Maze”… Certainly, I doubt I’ve invented a new block! However, this week I’ve been experimenting with using jelly…
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This week I’ve had a lady here learning about dressmaking and pattern adapting… She first of all made up a calico toile, to check the fit…
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The Intermediate workshop this week was about luxury fabrics – in particular, pile fabrics such as velvet and corduroy. We looked at samples of various fabrics…
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Another busy day in the studio… One of my Intermediate sexists came in to make an eternity scarf, and to learn about different ways of sewing…
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The Intermediate workshop today focussed on different kinds of sheer fabric – voile, chiffon, organza, georgette etc – and I gave out samples of these fabrics…