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Avoid These Mistakes When Cutting Denim for Your Projects
Read more: Avoid These Mistakes When Cutting Denim for Your ProjectsThere are two main problems with denim; it’s over dyed and it shrinks. Your denim sheet needs a good wash first. Then dry it and steam iron it so it’s easy to work with. Secondly, denim will shrink, between 2% to 5% so it’s essential that you wash it before you cut! Once you have…
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Kimono completed!
Read more: Kimono completed!Kimono from a duvet cover PART 2 I joined the inner and outer parts together and edge stitched the sleeves. Joining the collar was a challenge but with lots of pins it is doable! The collar needed stitching along the top edge. It also needed stitching along the edge where it joins the shoulders. The…
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First garment: tropical shirt
Read more: First garment: tropical shirtThis was the first garment I ever made. It would not have been successful without the Wardrobe By Me pattern. The instruction booklet and YouTube video also helped a lot! One of the most interesting (startling) things about this project is the yolk across the shoulders. There is an outer and inner yolk. At one…
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Why Use Clips Over Pins in Sewing?
Read more: Why Use Clips Over Pins in Sewing?I thought that you always pinned your fabric pieces together before sewing. Then, on the Great British Sewing Bee, I saw several contestants using these little plastic clips and ordered some straight away from Amazon.WOW these are so useful and help get pieces aligned much faster that using pins.Pins still are essential but the clips…
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Kimono Jacket
Read more: Kimono JacketA simple design with a pattern sourced from Etsy and made out of black stretch denim. Using denim from Dalston Mills, this kimono jacket was easy to make. The lapels were adapted to include the opposite colour panels. This garment was made from a 2 meter length of denim. Again, this could really have used…
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Stephen Sews 