Sewing zips onto your garment or other sewing projects can be fast and easy once you know how to do it. Visible zips are easy to do, and it’s a great way to mix and match different colours and showcase your personality through the small details of your sewing. Invisible zips tend to be one…
How to Sew On a Zip
This week our textiles heroine is Leana Zuniga, the founder of label Electric Feathers and owner of Brooklyn boutique Electric Nest. Leana has a long history with travelling, but both of her ventures’ are based in the US, giving her Bohemian backgrounds some roots. She’s a relatively new player in the fashion game, but her special…
Catch Stitch’ is a great stitch to know to add a professional finishing touch to your project. It is a favourite of mine because it is difficult to sew on too tight and therefore least likely to pucker the hem. Although this stitch method might take longer than the machine hemming method; with practice, this can…
We start our Bohemian Modern series with a company whose clothes we have completely fallen in love with, and it all started with overalls! We first discovered them while’ wandering the streets of Williamsburg and stumbled across a tiny boutique called Beautiful Dreamers (which you can read more about in our next feature). What struck us…
Making your own tote bag is one of the easiest, and most fun projects to do. With a plethora’ of colours and patterns, you can whip’ something stylish and personal in no time. Check out our fresh take on a tote bag made from our mid weight stripy Linen Yarn Dye. And the best part about a…
There’s something quite special happening in the world of design – designers of textiles, interiors, fashion and shop owners are making a turn from focusing on the mass-produced, everyman products to a more caring approach where they control the production without compromising the quality. We’re seeing more and more one-of-a-kind pieces – clothing, jewelry and…
A super easy to make blouse that can be worn on all sorts of occasions. Taylor’s loose shape makes it very flattering and comfortable to wear. Materials 2 yards of IL019 AUTUMN GOLD Softened 4 vintage buttons Matching sewing thread Tools Pattern paper, Pattern master, Erasable fabric marker/chalk, Seam ripper, Tape measure, Button hole sewing foot,…
In this tutorial, there will be instructions for various types of finishing you could apply to your sewing, to ensure your fabric doesn’t fray any further and you can keep your results for much longer period of time. All the samples are stitched with contrasting colour thread, for your actual project, we suggest matching the…
My first encounter with Rosy’s work happened about a year ago when I met the rainbow runner accessories designer Fred Butler. Fred and Rosy had worked together in unison on several of Fred’s collections and I was in awe of the fearless handmade revolution of accessories pushing boundaries I had stumbled across. I later found…
Sometimes people will avoid sewing their own buttonholes as much as possible, because it can be quite daunting, however with this tutorial you will be able to master this skills in just a few steps. It will teach you how to utilize your sewing machine and learn how to make a buttonhole, with or without…
I love having people over for dinner. I also love making the meal presentable and one of the key elements, in my mind, is how I set the table. There can be wonderful cutlery and china, but without placemats it’ might not feel as cosy. This is why we thought it would be a great idea…
The great thing about bias binding tape, is that because of the direction of weave it has the most stretch, so its handy for’ sewing’ something round or irregularly shaped. If you can’t find the right matching bias tape in the shop, with the help of this tutorial you can now make your own bias tape.’ You could…
Quilting is one of my favourite types of projects to do, especially when I have all this fabric lying around, waiting to be sewn together! However these projects can be a little time consuming. Here is to creating something that is a simplified version of a quilt technique, that won’t take up weeks of your…
Our competition over at the Studio has come to an end and two fantastic winners have been chosen. This is our second competition and we were so pleased to’ see so’ many more tremendous’ and interesting entries this time round. Christine is our Grand Jury winner, we shall be knocking on her door to find out all about…
The Studio competition is in full swing, people! If you are a lover of sewing and linen, this competition is for you! Yes, absolutely you. Whether you are’ a beginner or a skilled seamstress, whether you are into re-enactment or current fashion designs, whether you are a professional upholsterer or like to make pillows for your…
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