Miss Maude Musings

Ways to try to Reduce your Fabric Waste

24 March 2021 - There are many reasons why people sew, for example as a creative outlet, to make themselves feel better or perhaps to reduce how m...

Project Ideas for Your Fabric Scraps

24 March 2021 - A selection of project or gift ideas for your offcuts or remnants from your stash. These project or gift ideas have been taken from...

wool and wax tote sewing review. sewing with oilskin waxed canvas and tweed wool fabric.

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 will look great wi...

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 tweeds w...

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 iconic cloth. Twee...

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 Ca...

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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...

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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 inspiration for...

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 before (yes, seriously...

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, ...

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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 of events that are happ...

Miss Maude In Store Remnant Sale

One day, In Store only, Saturday 23 January 2021 Rare and eagerly anticipated where 50% of total remnant sales will be donated to the New Zealand...