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The Sew Down – August 2019

Welcome to The Sew Down where each month we bring you a run down of some of the interesting stuff we have found and bought in the world of sewing! We will be talking fabric hauls, new sewing patterns and sharing some of the interesting things we have seen, eaten, listened to and sewn over […]

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Find My Pattern: Episode 2

  Hi team, Kate here and welcome back to another instalment of find my pattern! Those new to this feature, the premise is that you send in images of ready to wear garments you need in your life and I put me best detective hat and and hunt it our for you.  As a self […]

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Careers in Sewing – Designer/Maker/Shop Owner

Have you ever considered a Career in Sewing? Do you dream of ditching the 9-5 and pursuing your creative dreams? In this blog series we will be posting interviews for a range of different sewing jobs to give you a taste of what possibilities are out there. Today we interview Rebecca Coyle who runs Love […]

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Sew The Trends – Summer

Hi team, Kate here and this week I’m chatting over some sewing pattern ideas for summer. If you haven’t seen our sew the trends for spring make sure you go watch that before watching this. Now that summer is in ‘full swing’ it’s time to plan holiday makes, apply the fake tan order a Pina […]

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The Sew Down – June 2019

Welcome to The Sew Down where each month we bring you a run down of some of the interesting stuff we have found and bought in the world of sewing! We will be talking fabric hauls, new sewing patterns and sharing some of the interesting things we have seen, eaten, listened to and sewn over […]

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The Sewing Pattern Tutorials 12: Sewing patterns for different bust cups

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE: SEWING PATTERNS FOR DIFFERENT BUST CUPS   Hi, it’s Rachel here on the blog today with the next instalment of our popular Pattern Tutorial series. When we shared a recent Pattern Tutorials blog post on sewing patterns and body shape, one of the topics that came up was about different cup sizes. For […]

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Careers in Sewing – Textile Conservation Specialist

  Have you ever considered a Career in Sewing? Do you dream of ditching the 9-5 and pursuing your creative dreams? In this blog series we will be posting interviews for a range of different sewing jobs to give you a taste of what possibilities are out there. This week we’ve chatted to Lilia who’s […]

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The Sewing Pattern Tutorials 11: pattern symbols and fabric marking tools

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE: SEWING PATTERN SYMBOLS and FABRIC MARKING TOOLS The Sewing Pattern Tutorials is a year-long FREE sewing course where we will demystify dressmaking patterns. We’ll begin with the basics so that if you are new to sewing you can join in from the start. We also know that lots of you want to learn new sewing skills […]

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The Sew Down – May 2019

Welcome to The Sew Down where each month we bring you a run down of some of the interesting stuff we have found and bought in the world of sewing! We will be talking fabric hauls, new sewing patterns and sharing some of the interesting things we have seen, eaten, listened to and sewn over […]

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Marie Kondo your sewing space and Me Made May

  I’ve been wanting to do a little video about organising your sewing space for a while. Having really enjoyed watching Marie Kondo’s show on Nextflix  I saw a couple of her ideas for clothes storage that I would would be fantastic for our sewing space. They a really simple ideas but ones I implemented […]

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