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Sew The Trends – Winter

Today we are bringing you the next instalment of our blog series where we go onto the high street and discover the latest fashion trends. We then find the perfect patterns for you to sew the look. This time it’s all about planning your winter makes and we have loads of looks for you to […]

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Kate’s Sewing Half Term!

Kate had a dream… three days of silence, a ton of podcasts and a desire to sew all her stash. Having had a pretty full on few months at Fold Line HQ she managed to carve out three days to sew just for her. Follow her of her slightly manic sewing adventure and see what […]

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The Sewing Pattern Tutorials: 7. Top 10 pattern cutting tools for fitting and tracing

Top 10 sewing pattern drafting and fitting 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 so as […]

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Top 10 Coat Sewing Patterns to Make this Winter

Top 10 coat sewing patterns to make this Winter We’ve updated this blog post so it’s a little more up to date so have have a read here. When it’s getting chilly outside, we start to think about our Winter makes. If you haven’t tackling it yet, how about challenging you sewing skills and making […]

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Careers in Sewing: 25 years owning a fabric shop!

  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 Paul who has been running […]

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The Sew Down – September

Welcome to The Sew Down where each month we are going to bring you a run down of some of 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 […]

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The Refashioners 2017 upcycling suits

The Refashioner’s 2017 #suitsyou If you’ve not come across The Refashioner’s before, organised by Portia Lawrie of Makery blog, then do check out what it’s all about in our Refashioning and Upcycling sewing resource. This year the theme is upcycling suits and we are excited to be taking part during the month long blogger tour […]

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Sewing refashioning and upcycling resources

With The Refashioners in full swing this month (more on this below) we thought it would be handy to bring together lots of upcycling sewing tips and dressmaking tutorials so you have all the information you need to give refashioning a go. Below we’ve got sewing blogs you can find sewing pattern inspiration to give […]

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Careers in Sewing: Bespoke Alterations at Harrods

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 Christina who has a fascinating job […]

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The Sew Down – August

Welcome to The Sew Down where each month we are going to bring you a run down of some of 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 […]

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