101: Making your own Bias Binding

Bias binding is a strip of fabric that is cut on the bias – at 45 degrees to the fabric’s…

101: The Burn Test

What to do when you’ve forgotten what fibre that fabric hidden away in your stash since goodness knows when is…

Here is the first finished example of my favourite skirt pattern – Burda 8155. I love pencil skirts –…

Pad stitching is a means of joining two pieces of fabric together. In the context of tailoring, it’s used to…

After spending WAY too much time staring at the photo of my toile and not being very happy with the…

Well, my 1970’s Diane Von Furstenberg wrap is finito. I love it! I feel so… elegant wearing it. Which is…

The purpose of shoulder pads is to help shape the jacket into the square line that visually, we associate with…

Ah, Burda 8155. The pencil skirt for the pencil skirt enthusiast. Perfectly shaped, super easy to make and looks great…

When I first start sewing, sleeves gave me the heebie geebies. They look so difficult. But I quickly realised after…

As I’m attempting to create a sort of archive for any sewing knowledge I learn along the way, as well…