HOW TO SEW SUSTAINABLY
Find out more about the projects in the book here and buy the book here.
Mercedes (a contestant on series 5 of the Great British Sewing Bee) recently reviewed the book on her blog and made one of the projects, find it here.
Read a thorough review of the book by Kate on her blog Time to Sew here.
Liz Haywood who specialises in zero waste sewing made a great version of the Different Perspective pants here.
Find out more about the projects in the book, alongside reviews and inspiration here and buy the book here.
** The sleeve facing pattern piece for the Dylan coat project is missing from the pattern sheets. You can download it here. **
The lovely Fiona of Faberwood Fabrics made this gorgeous Felix sweatshirt from the book for her husband and wrote a blog post about her experience of making it here.
The first two makes for the blog tour are in and they’re amazing! See them in this post.
Kerry wrote up a really in-depth review of the book and included a good look inside it over on her blog Very Kerry Berry.
Weeks 3 and 4 of the blog tour are here. I can see a theme emerging!!
There is a board on Pinterest of inspiration, reader’s makes and hacks from the book:
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SEWING WITH KNITTED FABRICS
Find out more about the projects in the book here and buy the book here.
Here’s the first review from the Sewing Directory website – http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-with-knitted-fabrics/
The blog tour resulted in a gorgeous collection of garments and some in-depth reviews of the book:
Zoe Edwards of So-Zo blog: http://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-with.html
Melissa of A Happy Stitch blog: http://ahappystitch.com/2018/04/03/beginners-guide-to-sewing-with-knitted-fabrics-monsal-lounge-pants/
Jane of Handmade Jane blog: http://www.handmadejane.co.uk/2018/04/a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-with.html
Kerry of Very Kerry Berry blog: https://verykerryberry.blogspot.com/2018/04/wendy-wards-beginners-guide-to-sewing.html
Marilla Walker: http://marillawalker.blogspot.com/2018/04/kinder-cardigan-wendy-ward.html
Beth of Sew DIY: http://www.sewdiy.com/blog/2018/blog-tour-beginners-guide-sewing-knitted-fabrics
Rachel of House of Pinheiro: http://houseofpinheiro.com/2018/04/beginners-guide-to-sewing-with-knitted-fabrics-blog-tour.html
Elisalex of By Hand London: https://byhandlondon.com/blogs/by-hand-london/wendy-ward-book-tour-a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-with-knitted-fabrics
Katie of What Katie Sews blog: http://whatkatiesews.net/sewing-with-knitted-fabrics-derwent-and-peak/
This epic blog tour then handed over its baton to the bloggers of the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network! Here are their makes and thoughts:
Sophia of Jessalli Handmade blog: https://www.minervacrafts.com/blog/product-reviews/wendy-wards-new-book-a-beginners-guide-to-knitted-fabrics
Sarah of Sew Sarah Smith blog: https://www.minervacrafts.com/blog/product-reviews/-book-review-beginners-guide-to-sewing-knitted-fabrics–dont-want-get-dressed-but-have-to-then-make-something-from-this-book
Hila of Saturday Night Stitch blog: https://www.minervacrafts.com/blog/product-reviews/a-beginners-guide-to-sewing-with-knitted-fabrics-by-wendy-ward-by-hila
You can see what the on-line sewing community is making from the book on Instagram using these hashtags: #beginnersguidetoknits #sewingwithknittedfabrics #beginnersguidetosewingknits
There is a board on Pinterest of inspiration, reader’s makes and hacks from the book:
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MAKING SKIRTS
Find out more about the projects in the book here and buy the book here.
Here’s the first review from the Sewing Directory website – http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/making-skirts/
The blog tour generated some inspiring makes from the book and detailed reviews, here they are:
On Jane Marland’s blog Handmade Jane –http://www.handmadejane.co.uk/2016/11/a-beginners-guide-to-making-skirts-blog.html
On Kerry Green’s blog Very Kerry Berry –http://verykerryberry.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/wendy-wards-beginners-guide-to-making.html
On Marilla Walker’s blog – http://marillawalker.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/wendy-ward-culottes.html
And on the By Hand London blog – http://byhandlondon.com/blogs/by-hand-london/a-beginners-guide-to-making-skirts-by-wendy-ward-blog-tour
The Foldline posted a really detailed video review of the book with lots of looks inside the book – https://thefoldline.com/2016/11/26/beginners-guide-making-skirts/
Portia Lawrie of the Makery blog went above and beyond and did a really in-depth review of the book by testing it out on a group of beginner’s by teaching a workshop! – http://www.makery.uk/2016/12/a-beginners-guide-to-skirts-a-beginners-eye-view/
There is a board on Pinterest of inspiration, reader’s makes and hacks from the book:
If you want to share pictures of your own makes from the book, do email me a copy or share on Twitter or Instagram tagging me (@thatwendyward) and using #miyskirts
THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DRESSMAKING
Take a look inside the book in this post and buy the book here.
I’m rather chuffed with this review of my book by the lovely Claire-Louise Hardie aka The Thrifty Stitcher who, for those of you that don’t know, is the sewing brains behind the scenes of the popular BBC series “The Great British Sewing Bee” – http://thethriftystitcher.co.uk/the-beginners-guide-to-dressmaking-a-book-review/
On the London Dressmakers Club blog – http://londondressmakersclub.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-beginners-guide-to-dressmaking-by.html
On the Croft Mill Fabrics blog – http://craftii.co.uk/company-news/chance-win/
On the Sewing Directory website – http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/news/2014/10/07/the-beginners-guide-to-dressmaking/
On Stitched up by Sam’s blog – http://www.stitchedupbysamantha.co.uk/2014/11/the-beginners-guide-to-dressmaking.html
Interview on the Ditto Fabric blog – http://dittofabrics.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/wendy-ward-designer-dressmaking-teacher-writer/
On Portland’s Bolt Fabric Boutique blog – http://www.boltneighborhood.com/blog/2015/1/20/book-review-beginners-guide-to-dressmaking.html
There is a board on Pinterest of inspiration, reader’s makes and hacks from the book:
If you want to share pictures of your own makes from the book, do email me a copy or share on Twitter or Instagram tagging me (@thatwendyward) and using #bgtdm
Reviews of “My Fashion Label”:
Have a look inside the book here.
By Miss Fab Fashionista – http://missfabfashionista.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/book-review-my-fashion-label/
Wendy Ward 