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How To Sew A French Seam
How To Sew A French Seam - Step By Step! Place your fabric WRONG sides together and sew your seam with a quarter of an inch seam allowance. Trim your seam allowances by an eighth of an inch. Press the seam flat to set the stitches. Press the seam open. Now fold the fabric around the seam right sides together. Press the fold making sure its completely on the edge. Pin along that fold. And sew again, this time using a three eighths of an inch seam allowance. Then finally press

Amy Budd
Oct 171 min read


How To Sew A Flat Fell Seam
A short and sweet tutorial on how to sew a flat fell seam! Follow along with the video or the step by step instructions below to sew...

Amy Budd
Sep 241 min read


BIAS BINDING SERIES: Part 6 - How to Make Bias Binding
Welcome to part six of my bias binding series - How to make bias tape user a bias tape making tool. You'll need an iron, a flat surface...

Amy Budd
Apr 141 min read


BIAS BINDING SERIES - Part 5 - How to Use the Simplicity Bias Tape Maker
Welcome to part five of my bias binding series! This one is all about making up your bias fabric strips into actual binding using the...

Amy Budd
Mar 22 min read


BIAS BINDING SERIES - Part 4 - How To Join Fabric Strips for Bias Binding
Welcome to part four of my bias binding series! How to join fabric strips for bias binding. If you are following along with my bias...

Amy Budd
Feb 231 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...

Amy Budd
Feb 141 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...

Amy Budd
Feb 81 min read


BUTTON SERIES - Part 6 - How to Open a Buttonhole with a Seam-Ripper
Welcome to part six of my button series where I talk you through opening a buttonhole with a seam-ripper. Take a pin and insert it into...

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...

Amy Budd
Jan 311 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...

Amy Budd
Jan 281 min read
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