Regular readers will know that I sew using an industrial plain sewer – this only sews a straight stitch, so I’m a bit stuck when it comes to buttonholes. I usually take my garment along to work and do it on one of these: Image sourced here This is an industrial buttonholer, a rather scary […]
Are you a sewing gadget minimalist? Do you have few tools and sew on the smell of an oily rag – with a secondhand machine, a pair of scissors, using the kitchen table and a household iron? Or are you a maximalist – with a dedicated sewing space, a machine with all the bells-and-whistles, an […]
Today I printed out all 86 names and folded them up into a pile: Then my 12 year old picked out five – this important decision took quite a while! Do you recognise any of these? So the five winners of Hollie’s Seam Allowance Guide are… Fran! Jodie! lakaribane! Samina! and Tanit-Isis! Congratulations all – I’ll […]
I’m sold! Hollie sent me one of her Seam Allowance Guides to review, and for someone who operates on minimal equipment and has very few sewing gadgets to their name, I have to say I love this clever little tool! For those of us who trace Burda patterns or any other pattern system that omits […]