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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Having already done a post about thread, its only right that I now talk about needles!  There are many different types of needles for...

Thread is one of the most fundamental parts of sewing but its often given the least thought!  When you first start sewing, you usually...

Once you have been sewing a while, you will probably start to accumulate lots of ‘things’! Fabric, patterns, sewing tools, bits and...

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...

I can honestly say that I have been sewing nearly all my life. Well, at least from the point at which I could hold a needle and thread...

When I first started making my own clothes, I used the first pins that came to hand and to be honest, that was fine for a long time. ...