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Tiny Tip Tuesday: How to Cut with Scissors

Dear readers, When it comes to cutting fabric, I see a lot of content about two things: explaining grainlines and debating scissors versus rotary cutters. I am firmly on Team...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: How to Cut with Scissors

Dear readers, When it comes to cutting fabric, I see a lot of content about two things: explaining grainlines and debating scissors versus rotary cutters. I am firmly on Team...

Introducing the Jourdan Top + launch discount 🎉

Introducing the Jourdan Top + launch discount 🎉

It's a tie! Meet Jourdan, a semi-fitted sleeveless top with adjustable side ties, in sizes 34-60 with a brand new block for the 46-60 range. 15% off for one week...

Introducing the Jourdan Top + launch discount 🎉

It's a tie! Meet Jourdan, a semi-fitted sleeveless top with adjustable side ties, in sizes 34-60 with a brand new block for the 46-60 range. 15% off for one week...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: 3 Ways to Secure Your Facings

Tiny Tip Tuesday: 3 Ways to Secure Your Facings

Three simple ways to secure facings so they stay flat, behave properly, and stop trying to escape: chainstitching, stitching in the ditch, and catch stitching by hand.

Tiny Tip Tuesday: 3 Ways to Secure Your Facings

Three simple ways to secure facings so they stay flat, behave properly, and stop trying to escape: chainstitching, stitching in the ditch, and catch stitching by hand.

Tiny Tip Tuesday: How to Ease a Stretched Edge ...

Dear readers, Mastering this one is essential because stretched edges happen all the time. Even when you cut carefully, handle your pieces well, and stabilise your edges correctly. Some fabrics...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: How to Ease a Stretched Edge ...

Dear readers, Mastering this one is essential because stretched edges happen all the time. Even when you cut carefully, handle your pieces well, and stabilise your edges correctly. Some fabrics...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: Where Exactly Should You Plac...

Dear readers, Button placement, size, spacing: this is something I tend to agonise over. Because nothing gives away a garment quite like buttons that feel slightly off. Too close to...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: Where Exactly Should You Plac...

Dear readers, Button placement, size, spacing: this is something I tend to agonise over. Because nothing gives away a garment quite like buttons that feel slightly off. Too close to...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: 3 Tips for a Better Tower Pla...

Dear readers, Shirtmaking may very well be my favourite kind of sewing. The clean stitching over neatly pressed cotton is just incredibly satisfying. But some of those traditional details do...

Tiny Tip Tuesday: 3 Tips for a Better Tower Pla...

Dear readers, Shirtmaking may very well be my favourite kind of sewing. The clean stitching over neatly pressed cotton is just incredibly satisfying. But some of those traditional details do...