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...

Welcome to part seven of my button series. This part is all about accurately marking your button and buttonhole placement using an...

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...

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...

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...