Monthly Archives: May 2011
How to sew a closed seam
Yesterday I showed you how to sew a straight seam and I mentioned that the raw edges of the seam allowance usually need to be finished off in some manner. In this article I’m going to show you a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Learn to Sew, Sewing & Craft Basics
Tagged learn to sew, seams, Tutorials, zig zag finishes, zig-zag
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How to sew a straight seam
It might seem silly to be devoting a whole article to how to sew a simple straight seam, but if you’ve never sewn anything before you will hopefully find this to be a helpful starting point. First off, here are … Continue reading
Fabric Flower Brooch Tutorial
As promised, here is the tutorial for the fabric flower brooch I posted about yesterday. Cut a rectangle of fabric 8 cm by 42 cm. Fold it in half lengthways and sew along each short end about 1 cm from … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Crafty Goodness, DIY & Tutorials
Tagged accessories, Brooch swap, DIY & Tutorials, Flower Brooch, Tutorials
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Brooch Swap
Have you ever been involved in a crafty, bloggy type of swap before? You know, like a pillow swap or a pincushion swap? I had heard of these swaps but had never been involved in one until I joined up … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, DIY & Tutorials
Tagged accessories, Brooch swap, DIY & Tutorials, Flower Brooch
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Fabric Rant Part VI – Synthetics
To be honest I find synthetic fibres a bit boring and technical when compared to the romance of wearing a shirt made from fluffy balls of cotton, or a jumper made from cashmere. I mean, think about it, that jumper … Continue reading
Learn to Sew!
Now you can learn to sew while hanging out with me here at my blog! We can have many cups of tea and sewing adventures together. Yay! As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, my mother taught me to sew … Continue reading
Fabric Rant Part V – Wool & Cashmere
Wool and Other Fuzzy Fibre Types Gosh, I am up to Part V in my rant on fabrics and fibre types! This is turning out to be a very lengthy rant indeed. Wool is a protein fibre obtained from the … Continue reading
DIY Wooden Bead Necklace
How to Make a Wooden Bead Necklace After having a bag of navy blue wooden beads lying around for ages, I’ve finally come up with a design for a necklace that I’m happy with. If you like it, maybe you … Continue reading
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Tagged accessories, DIY & Tutorials, How-to, necklace, Tutorials, wooden beads
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Overdosing on Accessories
“Many women tend to overdress, failing to realize that deciding what not to wear is as important as deciding what to wear” This quote is from a book that I’m reading at the moment called The Wide World of Clothing … Continue reading
A Final Word on Body Shapes
It’s taken a while, but I have finally finished posting articles on styling for the following body shapes: © 2011, Angela. All rights reserved. On reposting any images contained herein you must provide link to original post. Please don’t repost … Continue reading
