This is a guest post brought to you by Top Sewing Machines UK. There is no better time than right now to practice a new hobby. Why not try sewing? Sewing is relaxing and meditative, and at the end of a project, you could end up with a fabulous garment or exquisite quilt. Buying your first sewing machine can be a bit intimidating; after all, sewing machines have quite a few settings, knobs, and buttons. Educate yourself on a few aspects of ... Read the Post...
DIY Spanish Style Skirt
So last time I showed how to draft a skirt pattern from your own measurements, in preparation to make a Spanish style skirt from the dress Nicole made on The Great British Sewing Bee. The post is here if you missed it. If you don't want to make your own pattern, you might have a pattern already that you can use. To make a Spanish style skirt, we'll need to make some modifications to the pattern we drafted, and the same modifications will ... Read the Post...
Drafting a Skirt Pattern: Spanish Style Skirt
This post about drafting a skirt pattern contains affiliate links. So the Great British Sewing Bee is over for another year, and while there are things they made on the programme that I probably wouldn't make, I feel inspired to make a Spanish style skirt like the dress that Nicole made. It's not the kind of thing I would normally wear. I like my circle skirts! But this dress was so pretty and I loved the ruffles at the hem. Wearing a ... Read the Post...
Embroidered Pincushion Tutorial
It could be possible to become addicted to pincushions. Like having an collection of pretty teacups, pincushions can be as different as you want them to be and pretty as you like. There are so many different ways to make them and, because they are little things, you can use scraps that are too big to throw away but too small to use for a larger project. This embroidered pincushion is part of a kit that I've been developing. I wanted to call it ... Read the Post...