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The retro Vogue pattern I sewed my wedding dress from

What I Started Making When Learning To Sew

I thought it was about time to start sharing my thoughts about what I’ve been making – which patterns I’ve been working with and anything they’ve taught me.

wedding bouquet

Holding A Handmade Wedding

Wedding plans take time to perfect and many things you might wish to make also take a lot of time! If you’re really crafty, you can make a lot of things, but be sure to draft in a few other crafty folk to help!

Basic stitches are often arranged and selected using a selector

Basic and Utility Stitches

There are several basic and utility stitch types which every sewing machine should have and these are the standard stitch types you’re most likely to use for projects.

choosing needles and threads

Choosing The Right Needle And Thread

You’ve chosen your sewing pattern and your fabric to make it from, but what needle might you need for a particular fabric? Ever considered what thread you might use?

Basic stitches

Setting Up A Sewing Machine

My sewing machine is older than I am and came with a brilliant instruction book which tells you all sorts of useful information. Whether you’re new to sewing, simply haven’t done something for a while or are learning a new technique, I had to share the wisdom it contains!

setting up Affinity Designer to cut sewing patterns in

Designing Sewing Patterns in Affinity Designer

After recently watching a series of tutorials on how to design and cut patterns in Adobe Illustrator, I realised Affinity Designer was quite different to set up.