Sewing Tuition & Garment Alterations
Sewing Tuition & Garment Alterations
🧵 New Service : Fit, Resize or Remodel As many of you know, I teach sewing and enjoy helping others develop their skills and confidence with their machines. I’m often asked whether I offer garment alterations, so I’ve now decided to include this service, with a list of approximate prices on my website. I use my …
Hi everyone, welcome to today’s tutorial on how to make fabric flowers to match a dress or use as decoration. If you’re a bridesmaid or a bride looking for a creative way to incorporate matching flowers into your wedding, this tutorial is for you. Fabric flowers are a great option because they’re inexpensive, easy to …
It’s been a while since lockdown spoiled my plans for sewing and pattern making courses. I still have my studio, but it has been let out for a while to keep things ticking over. From May 2023 onwards, I will be adding dates and lesson choices to this site. There will also be some sewing …
Now that the patterns and sizings for our Face Coverings are all sorted, it’s time to add some fun! I have been busy creating and testing different fabrics and embellishments, but it’s taking me forever to upload them to the store. So, while I’m battling with that, here’s a few examples. Most are suitable for …
I’ve been busy developing a practical and easy-care, re-usable Face Covering design, and put some in the online shop. Please take a look here.
What a strange year so far!
I thought I’d get so much done in Lockdown, for example, updating my website and doing my tax returns before December. None of that happened, mainly because April, May and June were spent sewing Scrubs! Now we’re trying to get used to a “New Normal”, and that will soon include the wearing of Face Coverings. …
I love flowers! These Hydrangea heads were from my garden last year, and I have now dried enough to make a photo backdrop. I enjoy watching the colours as they mute and fade, and this particular bloom is one that I’d like to reproduce in fabric. I have managed to create reasonable fabric Roses, Daisies, …
I’d hoped that this January’s Blog Posts would be full of exciting Workshop News! However, having broken the site, it will mostly be messages like these – testing to see if it’s working again! It’s Saturday the 4th, and so far it’s limping back. The Calendar appears to be working, and so does the blog, …
At the beginning of February, I fell and hurt my wrist and have spent the many weeks with a splint. This has been extremely frustrating, since my New Year’s Resolution was to create a working sewing space in my studio. Trying to tidy up, move equipment and sort through boxes of fabric is not easy …
