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Amy Budd
5 days ago1 min read
BIAS BINDING SERIES - Part 2 - What size to cut fabric strips for single fold bias binding?
Welcome to part two of my bias binding series! Here you will learn how wide to cut bias strips for different widths of binding. The easy...
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Amy Budd
Feb 81 min read
BIAS BINDING SERIES - Part 1 - What is Bias Binding?
Welcome to part one of my new series on bias binding! Such a useful tool for dressmaking and general sewing. What is bias binding? Bias...
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Amy Budd
Jan 311 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 10 - How to Make a Fabric Covered Button
Welcome to the final part of my button series: How to make a fabric covered button Take your piece of fabric and identify which area you...
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Amy Budd
Jan 311 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 9 - Six Types of Buttonhole
Welcome to the penultimate part in my button series where I'm showing six different types of buttonhole sewn on my Janome Atelier 7...
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Amy Budd
Jan 311 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 8 - How to Sew on a Button Using a Sewing Machine
Welcome to part 8 of my button series. Here I'm showing you how I use my Janome Atelier 7 sewing machine to sew on a button. Select the...
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Amy Budd
Jan 311 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 7 - How to Accurately Mark Your Button and Buttonhole Placement
Welcome to part seven of my button series. This part is all about accurately marking your button and buttonhole placement using an...
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Amy Budd
Jan 311 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 3 - How to Sew on a Button With Two Holes
Welcome to part three of my mini button series! I had a button come off one of my cardigans so I filmed a little tutorial about how to...
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Amy Budd
Jan 281 min read
BUTTON SERIES - Part 1 - How to Sew On a Button with Four Holes
Welcome to my January mini series on all things buttons! This one is all about how to sew on a button with four holes. Hope it's...
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Amy Budd
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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 8, 20245 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...
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Amy Budd
Nov 1, 20244 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...
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Amy Budd
Oct 25, 20242 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...
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Amy Budd
Aug 30, 20244 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...
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Amy Budd
Aug 16, 20243 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...
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Amy Budd
Aug 9, 20246 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,...
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Amy Budd
Aug 2, 20243 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...
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Amy Budd
Apr 5, 20243 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...
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Amy Budd
Mar 24, 20243 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...
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Amy Budd
Mar 23, 20242 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...
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Amy Budd
Feb 26, 20242 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...
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