1:1 Sewing lessons – Harrogate and Knaresborough
Are you looking for a new hobby that can take you into 2025 and beyond? Or are you fed up with paying for clothes alterations which you...
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Amy Budd
Nov 85 min read
How to Cut Out Fabric for Dressmaking
In previous blogs I have written about how to set yourself up for sewing – how to thread your needle , how to wind your bobbin , how to...
Amy Budd
Nov 14 min read
How to Draft Your Own Dressmaking Patterns - 8 Great Resources
When I first started dressmaking, it didn’t really occur to me that there was any other way of making your own clothes aside from using...
Amy Budd
Oct 252 min read
Where To Buy Fabric Online
I often get asked where I buy my fabric for sewing and dressmaking and currently I’m not on a fabric buying ban as such, but I’m trying...
Amy Budd
Aug 304 min read
How to Prepare Your Fabric for Dressmaking
One of the first steps in the dressmaking process, after you have chosen and bought your fabric, is to pre-wash it. Pre-washing your...
Amy Budd
Aug 163 min read
What's in My Sewing Room?
When we moved into our house a few years ago, I was lucky enough to be able to commandeer the attic room as my own, and even luckier that...
Amy Budd
Aug 96 min read
Four Sewing Magazines to Try!
I used to be an avid reader of craft magazines and had big collections of them piled up in my sewing room. Some of them in nice,...
Amy Budd
Aug 23 min read
Seven Ways to Use Up Your Fabric Scraps
Anyone who sews, especially dressmakers, will know that its very rarely possible to use 100% of the piece of fabric that you have bought...
Amy Budd
Apr 53 min read
How to Sew a Seam
Now that we have wound our bobbin and threaded our needle, we are ready to sew a seam! This is actually more straightforward than you...
Amy Budd
Mar 243 min read
Eight Tools to Improve your Ironing & Pressing
Ironing and pressing are fundamental parts of the sewing process and help to make your project look polished and professional. Ironing is...
Amy Budd
Mar 232 min read
How to Thread Your Sewing Machine
I’ve previously written about how to wind your bobbin and the next step in setting up your sewing machine is threading. So in this post...
Amy Budd
Feb 262 min read
Eight Types of Scissors for Sewing & Dressmaking
For this week’s blog post I wanted to talk about one of the essential tools that you need in your kit if you are planning any kind of...
Amy Budd
Feb 192 min read
Fabric shopping in Leeds City Centre
I had heard good things about fabric shopping in Leeds but had never actually visited....until last week that is! Armed with my list of...
Amy Budd
Feb 123 min read
How to Wind a Bobbin for your Sewing Machine - Step by Step Guide
One of the first things you need to do in order to start sewing is to wind your bobbin. This means transferring some of the thread from...
Amy Budd
Jan 223 min read
Five Most Useful Presser Feet for your Sewing Machine - Beginner's Guide
In last week's post I went through the key parts of the sewing machine that you need to get familiar with as a beginner sewist. See that...
Amy Budd
Jan 153 min read
Beginner's Guide to Parts of the Sewing Machine
If you are new to sewing and have just bought a sewing machine, you might be wondering what all of the different parts are and what they...
Amy Budd
Jan 15 min read
Beginner's Guide to Sewing Machine Needles
Having already done a post about thread, its only right that I now talk about needles! There are many different types of needles for...
Amy Budd
Nov 26, 20234 min read
Beginner's Guide to Thread for your Sewing Machine
Thread is one of the most fundamental parts of sewing but its often given the least thought! When you first start sewing, you usually...
Amy Budd
Nov 10, 20233 min read
Eight Ideas for Organising your Sewing Space!
Once you have been sewing a while, you will probably start to accumulate lots of ‘things’! Fabric, patterns, sewing tools, bits and...
Amy Budd
Oct 27, 20234 min read
How to Start Sewing in 2024: A Checklist for Beginners
To start sewing might have been something that you have wanted to do for a while but you have never got round to actually doing it. If...
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