if you’ve missed the previous posts in this mini series, Making Friends With Your Sewing Machine, you can find them here. In this mini series, Making Friends With Your Sewing Machine, we’ve covered what all the different bits of the sewing machine are, including some of the feet,…
I started writing this post about a week before we left to go on holiday, in the hope that it would help me to make a decision about taking craft bits on holiday. It did, but I didn’t finish the post! I’m now back from the holiday, and…
Where Does Creativity Come From? There’s an idea that creativity comes out of nowhere. Or maybe not nowhere, but certainly from somewhere outside of everything else. It’s the idea that, to be truly creative, you have to have lots of ideas that just or drop from heavens into…
This post contains affiliate links. Sometimes the best kind of project is a little thing you can work on for a few minutes, then put down again and come back to later. It can feel like a treat to have a little tray with some bits and pieces…
We’ve covered using a zip foot (the post is here if you missed it!), so in this post, I’m going to talk about using a buttonhole foot. Like zips, it’s very difficult to avoid ever needing to sew a buttonhole! Whether it’s sewing a shirt or a dress,…
Hopefully you’ve made your pattern pieces and you’re all ready to sew a warm winter dress! If you missed the previous post and you haven’t drafted the pattern yet, it’s here. Once you’ve got your pieces cut out, you can start assembling the dress. The order for sewing…