Pattern hacking 101-Part 2: Understanding Dart rotation
Dart rotation or maunipulation as it's also known, is another key technique used by pattern makers to transform pattern pieces into a new...
New facebook Live Techniques series. PT 1- Pattern hacking, what is slash and spread?
Pattern hacking 101- understanding slash and spread is a new facebook live series exploring the basic skills you'll need to transform your sewing...
Elevate Your Sewing: An exclusive Monthly Membership Club
Would you like to get monthly sewing support tailored to your needs? Are you, like many of my regular students and followers turning more...
Adding bicep width to sleeves
Struggle with too tight upper arms when using dressmaking patterns? Then watch this short video to learn how to add extra width at...
Unpickers-A stitcher’s best friend.
The humble unpicker- a stitcher’s best friend. These little tools can rescue the greatest of sewing errors BUT did you know they aren't...
The art and craft of mindful mending.
As they say “sewing soothes the soul”, and hand sewing can be therapeutic, since you can only make your fingers so fast! It’s...
How to use a tiled pdf pattern
If you're a conventional paper pattern consumer then this new world of downloadable tiled patterns may seem mind boggling! Fear not, it's all pretty...
Could sewing for yourself be the holy grail for self esteem and body acceptance?
do you feel empowered by sewing clothes you love, regardless of what shape you are now, or does it make you feel worse?...
5 sewing tips we can steal from ready to wear!
Ready to wear clothes construction often gets slated in the home sewing community. It’s often assumed that cheap must mean inferior, when in...
Pattern Hacking
You’ve probably heard the word “hacking” and may be confused by what it means? Essentially it means you are making changes to a...