Its that time of year again when thoughts turn to spooky goings on, thinking about whether I have enough sweets in the house to give to...

One of the first dressmaking pattern alterations that you might want to do as a beginner dressmaker is to lengthen a skirt pattern. This...

Anyone who sews, especially dressmakers, will know that its very rarely possible to use 100% of the piece of fabric that you have bought...

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...

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...

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...

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

I mentioned in my last post that I would write a tutorial on how to add beading to a plain top…..so here it is! This is a great way to...

Everyone has one piece of clothing in their wardrobe that fits them like a glove and they never want to get rid of! My version of that...