How to Make a Shirt Without a Pattern The full tutorial showing how to make a shirt without a pattern is here on the Minerva Crafts Bloggers’ Network. My third little boy, Barnabas, took a fancy to wearing shirts a couple of years ago. I don’t know the…
A Small Round Bag Tutorial This small round bag tutorial is the third in a series I’m writing to showย what you could make using the new Tilda collections, Memory Lane and Cabbage Rose. I was sent the fabric by the people at Stitch Craft Create. The previous two…
Sewing is Good For You I’ve suspected for a while that sewing might be good for you.ย Now it’s official. Sewingย actually has health benefits. We know that it’s important to make time to do things that matter to usย and that make usย happy. Doing something you enjoy makes you feel…
Free Patterns and Templates on Tea and a Sewing Machine Over the last 18 months or so, I’ve written a number of tutorials and other posts that have involved a free digital download of some sort. These have included free patterns, templates and one or two other things….
How to Make a Zippered Pouch With a Flat Bottom I was recently sent some fabric from the people at Stitch Craft Create so that I could participate in their blog hop. The fabric was a selection of fat quarters from the new Tilda collections, Memory Lane and…
Rotary Cutter or Scissors: Which is Best? Until about a year ago, I’d always used scissors and pins. I’d never even considered that I had a choice between using a rotary cutter or scissors until I saw them on The Great British Sewing Bee. Cutting out always takes…