Winter streets can be deadly. Bring some fun and light into darkness by making these reflective brooches to decorate your winter coats. Or make some as gifts to your friends and relatives. A free pattern is included.
This is a free tutorial on how to make a jumpsuit out of the Kielo dress by Named clothing. I love my own Kielo jumpsuit and want to share the instructions…
I describe my journey through the trouser pattern jungle and show how I finally found my perfect pattern by tracing it from an old pair of trousers. I also go through many fitting issues and explain how to get rid of them.
Opi poimuttamaan saumurin differentiaalisyöttöä hyväksikäyttämällä ja ompelemaan rullapäärmeitä. Saumurini on Bernina 800DL, joten muilla saumureilla kannattaa tarkistaa ohjekirjasta, miten säädöt asetetaan oikein.
Tässä videossa näytän, miten peitetikkikoneeseen vaihdetaan langat, kuinka peitetikkikoneella ommellaan kauniita käänteitä ja kuinka kantinkääntäjää käytetään esimerkiksi pääntien huolitteluun.
I think this is the easiest way to hem a circle skirt. No basting, no pinning and I can even do it one-handed! Works for slightly heavier fabrics like wools, tweeds and such. The best thing is that the resulting hem is very neat and drapes well.
The best solution for storing your fabric depends on the size of your stash. I have found it best to wrap my fabrics in bolts. However, no matter how you store your fabrics, you need to protect them from damage.
Presser feet are little tools that are easily underestimated. For a long time I used to sew with just two or three presser feet and did not realise how my sewing could be improved with some little additions to my presser feet stash. Now I have over 20...
I have been using bullet journal for over a year. I have found it very handy to use it to plan and organize my sewing. Here are a few ideas for other people interested in doing the same.
If you sewing machine keeps ugly noise or misbehaves it is often due to lack of oiling and fluff accumulation. As we use our machines we must also regularly maintain them. Sometimes even the most misbehaving machines can be fixed with some oil…
Make your seams smooth and achieve professional finish using these tailor's ironing tools. Sew yourself sleeve rolls, make a simple wool dauber and fashion a tailor's clapper and a point presser from wood.
Get free printable pages with realistic body templates. Add a notes section or a page for body measurements. Store the pages into a ring binder or learn how to make them into real notebooks!
Here are some tips on how to cover pre-formed foam cups to make a teeshirt bra. Learn also how I cover my straps with fabric and add lace details to my bras and panties.
You don't need a perfect sewing pattern to make a garment that you have on your mind. With adjustments you can modify details and adjust the pattern so that it has all the features you want.
If you have ever looked at haute couture fashion shows, you have seen the breathtaking embroidery designs that combine thread, sequins and beads to create fantastic elaborate designs. In this post I try to learn to do this myself!
How to make smarter choices when choosing the patterns, materials and techniques for your handmade wardrobe to avoid spending time and money on garments you never wear? What can I learn from my successes and failures…
The picture in the garment envelope or on the website looks nice. You are instantly transferred into day-dreams about Regency-era and imagine swishing around gardens in you empire waist ballgown surrounded by handsome gentlemen in their frock coats… Wait! Is this style something that you will actually venture…
So, my challenge to myself and for anyone else wanting to take part is to make a set of basics that I will actually wear. I selected 10 patterns that I think will fit in this category and I’m going to make all of them…
Have you been sewing only jerseys for a while? Are you hesitant to abandon the stretch and to move into wovens that require more tailoring. Read my tips to get you started!
Learn how to pad your dressform to your unique measurements. Cover the dressform with a beautiful fabric and mark all the important positions with a ribbon and you don't need to hide your dressform anymore!
Some sewing tricks that make your life easier are never mentioned in any sewing book. They aren’t necessary expensive or require anything that you don’t already have in your closet. Here is my collection of 10 sewing tricks that I have found very useful…
I made a tailored trench coat and documented the whole long process from making toiles all the way to the finished coat. These posts contain tons of information on tailoring and coat construction processes.
I found this lovely pink piping as I went through my stash of trimmings and it fitted the colours so well that I decided to use it for the button bands and the collar. In this post I give a lot of details on how to achieve a neat result.
There are different types of boning and different ways of sewing them on. Very often it seems that the boning either comes or is sewn in to a narrow casing. For my lightweight summer dress with pretty much straight seams, it was enough to fasten the boning only from the top and the bottom. Here is how to do it.
Often I feel that one pattern has a really nice fit and the other has very interesting details and that I’d like to have both in the same garment. In this post I describe how I combined two pretty different shirt patterns to make a shirt I really wanted.
Piping has to be sewn in very close to the piping cord. With zipper-foot the piping tends to slide away from the seam line. I have noticed that using an appliqué presser foot the piping goes on like a dream. Check the short tutorial!