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Print Your Own Slogan T-Shirt

Posted on May 6, 2020 | 4 comments

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Posted in Customising, Fabric Printing

Tagged how to print a t-shirt, print your own t-shirt, slogan t-shirt, slogan tee, t-shirt pattern, Wendy Ward

Repurposing Household Items as Sewing Tools!

Posted on April 23, 2020 | 2 comments

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Posted in Sewing Help, Sewing Machines, Tools & Equipment

Tagged improvised sewing tools, make do, sewing advice, sewing blog, sewing blogger, sewing tips, sewing tools, tools of the trade, Wendy Ward, what to do with a stuck needle, which sewing tools do i need

Top 20 Beginner Sewing Questions (& Answers!)

Posted on September 3, 2019 | 1 comment

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Grading Up a Size – Fulwood Pattern

Posted on January 23, 2019 | 9 comments

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Posted in Fulwood Pattern, Sewing Help

Tagged fulwood dress, Fulwood Pattern, grading up a pattern size, increasing pattern size, MIY collection, miy fulwood, Wendy Ward

Grading Up a Size – BGTDM T-Shirt & Walkley Vest/Dress

Posted on January 21, 2019 | Leave a comment

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Posted in Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking, bgtdm t-shirt, Sewing Help, Walkley pattern

Tagged bgtdm t-shirt, grading up a pattern size, increasing pattern size, MIY collection, t-shirt pattern, walkley dress, walkley vest, Wendy Ward

The Story of Spandex

Posted on January 7, 2019 | 4 comments

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Posted in Fabric, Sewing Help, Writing for Magazines

Tagged activewear fabric, elastane content, environmental impact elastane, environmental impact lycra, environmental impact of fashion, environmental impact spandex, how to wash elastane, how to wash lycra, how to wash spandex, laundry tips, lycra content, spandex vs lycra, sportswear fabric, Wendy Ward, what is elastane, what is lycra, what is spandex

Quick, Neat Unpicking

Posted on July 28, 2018 | 1 comment

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Posted in Sewing Help, YouTube tutorials

Tagged how to sew, how to unpick, machine tacking, quick unpicking, sewing advice, sewing help, sewing tips, Wendy Ward

The Fulwood Dress – How to Make the Gathered Skirt and Add a Neck Facing

Posted on June 11, 2018 | 1 comment

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Posted in Fulwood Pattern, Sewing Help

Tagged easy dress pattern, fulwood dress, Fulwood Pattern, fulwood top, indie patterns, MIY collection, miy fulwood, modern sewing patterns, pull-on shift dress, Wendy Ward

How to Transfer Pattern Markings

Posted on December 30, 2017 | 7 comments

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Posted in Sewing Help, Sewing Machines, Tools & Equipment

Tagged hancock's chalk, how to transfer pattern markings, marking on fabric, marking pens, sewing help, sewing tips, tailor's wax, tailors chalk, transferring pattern markings, Wendy Ward

Where to Buy Sustainable Fabrics

Posted on December 27, 2017 | 26 comments

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Posted in Buying Guides, Fabric, Sewing Help, Sustainable Sewing

Tagged dressmaking fabric, ethical fabric, fabric shopping, organic fabric, sustainable fabric, uk, uk fabric, uk fabric manufacturer, uk fabric suppliers, uk made fabric, Wendy Ward, what is ethical fabric, what is organic fabric, what is sustainable fabric, where to buy ethical fabric, where to buy fabric, where to buy organic fabric, where to buy sustainable fabric, where to buy uk made fabric

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Still sorting through all the samples that recently came back from the last photoshoot for my new book How to Sew Sustainably 🪡 Note to self: do more of this as a break from all the thinky work!

Yay I actually got my sewing machine out this afternoon!! In total I probably sewed about 10cm 😆 every stitch counted though as I was repairing this key case of partner's that originally belonged to his grandmother. Over the decades and through lots of recent use the sides had started to come apart. The leather is really soft and it gets a lot of use so we decided good strong machine stitching would be better than a visible hand sewn mend. Hopefully it now has decades more use in it 💚

What's your go-to "pick up / put down" job to keep your hands busy and give your brain a rest?

Leftover fabrics from Sewing Basics For Every Body now in a sample in How to Sew Sustainably! ⭕♻️
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