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?
Sewing Review: The Wool and Wax Tote
23 March 2021 - The Wool and Wax Tote is a pattern from Issue 2 of Making Magazine. The bag is described as ‘a classic tote that...
Winter Tweed Delivery has now landed in store!
12 March 2021 - The beginning of autumn is never a bad time to start planning and making, so you are ready for winter. And these gorgeous...
A Brief History of Tweed
12 March 2021- We recently had a delivery of beautiful tweed in to the store and it made me think about the history of the this...
Sewing Pattern Review: The Ellis and Hattie Dress
10 March 2021 - Carissa recently stunned us with her latest make, the Ellis by Merchant and Mills. It is a truly unique dress and according to Carrisa...
Sewing Review: The Petal Pouch
This is the second of our scrap blog posts from Gabrielle from Bibbity Bobbity Buttons. In it she talks us through how she used the leftover needle cord left...
Sewing Tutorial: The Rib-Knit Headband
This is the first of two blog posts that she wrote for us detailing how she used the fabric offcuts. Hopefully this will spark some...
Sewing Pattern Review: The Sienna Maker Jacket
This is the story of how I used materials that I have never sewn with before and used a pattern company that I haven’t tried...
Shirts Shirts Shirts
Shirts can be a little intimidating with their collars, cuffs, plackets and button holes but we have picked a variety of patterns that have these,...
The Wairarapa is a hive of activity over the next few months!
If you were looking for an excuse to visit us (other than to just see our gorgeous fabric in real life!) There are a number...