Sewing With Jersey & Knits

Hilary Pullen Tips & Tricks, Tricky Fabrics, Tutorial 0 Comments

Follow our advice for sewing with jersey for a professional neat finish to your garments. Watch our sewing with knits tutorial and read our top tips for sewing with Jersey and you’ll be ready to try some exciting patterns, even without an overlocker!   If you ever thought about taking up sewing, chances are that you’ve considered jersey as your …

Sewing Tricky Fabrics

Hilary Pullen Great British Sewing Bee, Tips & Tricks, Tricky Fabrics 1 Comment

Do you steer clear of tricky fabrics in your sewing? We really enjoy watching the ‘transformation’ challenge on the Great British Sewing Bee, we’re always so surprised by what the sewists manage to create! The sewing bees are often faced with tricky fabrics and we thought it would be good to go through a few fabrics that you may never …

Wool Cocoon Coat by Simple Sew: Top Tips

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Warmth and simplicity meet in this super-wearable, oversized Cocoon coat. With its minimalist style, it’s a cinch to make too! Use our tips on sewing and caring for wool fabric for the ultimate wool, Cocoon Coat by Simple Sew   Pre-washing your fabric We know how tempting it is to dive into a new project. However, preparing your wool first …

Looks Like I Made It’s Shannon Shorts

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I’m always over-buying fabric. This month I found myself with a surplus of black drill from John Lewis that was too full of potential to stuff in a bag and worry about later. It’s shorts weather and I’ve been wearing my Denim Simple Sew Shannon Shorts every weekend. The sturdy structure of my drill fabric lends itself to another pair, the …