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How to Make a Facing Pattern

How to Make a Facing Pattern

What is a facing? A facing is a piece of fabric that’s used to cleanly finish and support a garment’s edge. You might find facings around armholes, necklines, waists of...

How to Make a Facing Pattern

What is a facing? A facing is a piece of fabric that’s used to cleanly finish and support a garment’s edge. You might find facings around armholes, necklines, waists of...

How to Make a Lining for a Skirt

How to Make a Lining for a Skirt

There are lots of great reasons for making a lining for a skirt, – it helps the skirt slide on smoothly over your legs, makes the insides look neat, adds...

How to Make a Lining for a Skirt

There are lots of great reasons for making a lining for a skirt, – it helps the skirt slide on smoothly over your legs, makes the insides look neat, adds...

How to Cut Stripes and Checks when Sewing

How to Cut Stripes and Checks when Sewing

Cutting stripes and checks when sewing can take a little longer to cut than plain fabrics, but the results can be very rewarding! Liz Haywood explains why

How to Cut Stripes and Checks when Sewing

Cutting stripes and checks when sewing can take a little longer to cut than plain fabrics, but the results can be very rewarding! Liz Haywood explains why

What Threads Should You Use and Why?

What Threads Should You Use and Why?

How do you pick your threads? Do you just select your thread by colour? Sewing with the right thread is the key to any successful sewing project.

What Threads Should You Use and Why?

How do you pick your threads? Do you just select your thread by colour? Sewing with the right thread is the key to any successful sewing project.

Sewing Pattern Terms and What They Mean

Sewing Pattern Terms and What They Mean

Don’t let not understanding sewing pattern terminology stop your dressmaking creativity. Do you know your sewing pattern terms and what they mean?

Sewing Pattern Terms and What They Mean

Don’t let not understanding sewing pattern terminology stop your dressmaking creativity. Do you know your sewing pattern terms and what they mean?

7 Ways to Neaten a Seam

7 Ways to Neaten a Seam

In this wonderful Learn to Sew feature, Liz Haywood shares 7 ways to neaten a seam on your garments to stop your fabric from fraying and other reasons to neaten...

7 Ways to Neaten a Seam

In this wonderful Learn to Sew feature, Liz Haywood shares 7 ways to neaten a seam on your garments to stop your fabric from fraying and other reasons to neaten...