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My TOP FIVE online sewing and craft retailers…
There’s no getting away from the fact that online fabric shopping can sometimes be tricky. It’s always lovely to be able to go into a shop and feel the fabric and know exactly what you’re getting before investing your hard earned cash. Unfortunately, particularly with the Covid lockdown situation and more and more retailers moving to online trading, this isn’t always possible so I’ve put together this little list of my top five online sewing and fabric stores in the hope that it might be helpful if you don’t know where to start! All of these shops I’ve used and would highly recommend based on my experience of product quality…
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Vlog | Fabric haul – so many sewing plans and a knitting project too…
Hi everyone, Join me in this week’s video as I talk through some new fabrics and what I’m planning to make with them. I also have a new knitting project to share too… Thank you for watching! Sally x
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VLOG | What I’ve been sewing and knitting in March…
Hi everyone Today I’m sharing everything I made in March. There are four sewing makes in there plus two knitting projects that I managed to get finished up this month. I hope you’ll enjoy watching! Sally xx
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Vlog | Fabric haul and what I’m planning to sew in March…
Hi everyone… In this week’s video I’m sharing some new fabrics I’ve acquired recently and what I’m planning to sew with them during March. I’m also sharing a new pattern too…! Thank you so much for watching! Sally x
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What I’ve been sewing and making in February…
Join me as I chat all about everything I’ve been sewing and making in February, including a swimsuit, some trousers and two dresses. Thank you so much for watching! Sally x
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VLOG | My favourite sewing and knitting makes of 2021…
Hello everyone… In this video I’m sharing all of my favourite sewing and knitting makes from 2021, chatting through them and talking about how last year went and plans (or not) for the new year. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching! Sally x
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VLOG | Sorting out my entire fabric stash and organising with Trello…
In this week’s video I’m sorting out my entire fabric stash and organising it with the Trello app. I don’t have a huge fabric stash but it was really helpful to me to get organised, have a good sort out and put things in some sort of order. I hope you enjoy watching… Sally xx
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My Favourite Makes of Summer 2021
Summer is probably my favourite season to sew for. I feel most inspired when planning for floaty summer dresses and pretty woven tops. This year, the weather was particularly uninspiring but I still managed to make up a few things to see me through the season. Here’s a quick run down of my top three makes from summer 2021. My frill collar blouse hack…. I’m never quite sure what to title this make but I guess the title I’ve given it is a pretty good description. Early at the beginning of summer, I made a list of three things I’d like to make to add to my summer wardrobe this…
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VLOG | Sewing and knitting plans for autumn, new fabric haul…
Hi everyone Join me as I talk about some new fabrics I picked up over the summer holidays, a new pattern, some knitting plans and a bit of reading chat at the end. I hope you enjoy it! I’m super excited for autumn making now… Thank you for watching! Sally xx
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How to choose the right fabric for your sewing pattern | My top five tips…
This is something I’ve been asked about quite a lot recently on Instagram and over on YouTube so I thought I’d write a short blog and make a quick YouTube video explaining how I personally go about selecting my pattern and fabric matches. I hope you might find something helpful in it 🙂 Tip No. 1 – Use the Pattern Envelope… It might be an obvious one but those fabric suggestions are included on the back of your pattern envelope for a good reason and that is that the pattern designer or company think these will work best for the type of garment the pattern is designed to make. That’s…
