Tutorials and techniques

We are very excited to share this video tutorial with you today! While working on the Lliria dress pattern, we thought it would be such a great idea to offer…

Hello everyone, Lauren, the owner of Birmingham-based haberdashery Guthrie & Ghani and finalist of the first “Great British sewing bee”, has made an amazing video with useful tips for the…

Once again, the wonderful team of Artesane share the second part of the trousers adjustments with us! Thanks so much! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Now that you can alter the legs of a…

I’m very happy to welcome the lovely girls behind Artesane today on the blog for a special post. In case you don’t know Artesane, it’s an online community platform with…

Today, let’s learn how to sew a fly front zipper on your Port trousers. Sewing the zippers on trousers is often one of the most feared step but it really…

It all begins with this amazing fabric: I saw it 3 months ago at my local shop when I went for interfacing (and the plan was to leave with only…

I know a few of you have requested a tutorial on how to sew the sleeve vent for the Carme blouse pattern. I wrote one a couple of months ago…

For the last couple of years, every summer has been filled with weddings and it can become quite difficult not to repeat outfits when you don’t want to buy (or…

Here it is, the last viedo of the #AlamedaSewAlong! In this video, you’ll see how to insert the invisible zipper, attach the lining with a fellstitch and stitch the hem…

As part of the Sewing Indie month, I wrote a tutorial for Maria from Maria Denmark Patterns (find the original on her blog). She kindly sent me her Paula skirt…

Piping! That’s such a great detail to add to any design and so easy to make as well. I’ve been playing with piping lately and eventhough you can find quite…