More often than not, bright colours and pretty prints are reserved for spring and summer fabrics - so what to do when you’re a colour lover and it's the middle of winter?
Learning to Sew These School Holidays?
With the school holidays upon us, and the winter weather encouraging indoor fun - learning (or teaching) to sew might be just the ticket to boredom bust the...
Sewing Essentials - Hot Hemmer
Written By Caroline I have a soft spot for our Clover Hot Hemmer as it has radically reduced how much my fingers have been scorched...
Fabric Weight, What Does It Mean and How Can it Help You?
Is knowing the weight of fabric helpful? Short Answer - Yes. Have you ever seen a fabric online but been unable to commit to buying it...
How to Shorten a Flared Sleeve
Have you ever shortened the length of you pattern - ie trouser leg, sleeve or hem, and then had difficulty when coming to sew your...
Sewing Review - The Tula Pants by Papercut Patterns
4 December 2021 - After making a few pairs of these pants I have only good things to say about them! To really test this pattern and...
Sewing your own shirt - an introduction
We recently had a delivery of some really lovely shirting fabrics in to the store and it got us all excited about shirts again. A shirt...
Sewing Review: The Oversized Shirt
We love to have things on display that we know you will love to make or will inspire your next project and The Assembly Line Oversized...
Tips for sewing a shirt - Plackets
Plackets can be overlooked as a merely functional part of the shirt. However it can be a great opportunity to personalise your shirt to make it unique. The...
Anatomy of a shirt
Ever looked at the instructions of a shirt sewing pattern, seen names of pattern pieces and aren't sure what they are? We have created this...