Student Stories 2020 – A series of interviews with Sewing School Students in their own words. (2 of 5) Do you remember the first garment you made? I can’t remember the exact one, but my friend Helen and I used to make clothes as teenagers in the 80s on her...
Student Stories 2020 – A series of interviews with Sewing School Students in their own words (1 of 5) Do you remember the first garment you made? The first proper thing I can remember doing was a skater style skirt. With a waist band and a gathered...
What about finishing touches? Or after the fact adjustments and alterations? It it finished when you sew the last stitch? Is it finished the first time you wear it? I believe tweaking and finessing can happen throughout the garments lifetime and it’s finished when I...
These are the 3 sewing machines that have had the biggest impact in my life! If that sounds dramatic, perhaps it is! If I hadn’t had these 3 machines my life would be very different to what it is today. I maybe wouldn’t have started to sew in the first place, grown...
Jersey fabric is something that students often have a fear of working with. Usually this a fear of the unknown. Or perhaps they have tried before and it didn’t work out. But I’m here today to say, “Get over that fear! Follow these simple dos & don’ts and you’ll...
Do you need an overlocker? Do you want the short answer or the long answer to this one? Short answer: No, you don’t need an overlocker. I made all the clothes I’m wearing in these pictures entirely without an overlocker. Long answer: No, you don’t need an overlocker,...
