A journey towards sustainable sewing
Blocking knits was definitely one of the most mysterious parts of knitting for me when I started learning two years ago. I remember reading that you have to block things when you've finished knitting them, but never really understood WHY. I read about how to do it, but don't feel that many of the blogs…
I am thrilled to be making my first project from Adaku’s book ‘Sewing With African Wax Print Fabrics’ which was kindly sent to me along with the fabric to celebrate the book launch. The book is brilliant and has so many brilliant projects from extremely simple hair ties, to gorgeous shirts and dresses! For my…
A few months ago (at the beginning of Lockdown 2 here in the UK), my husband Martin was complaining about how much time he was spending on his phone. He has hobbies, lots of them, but he is a very active and outdoorsy person and has struggled with being stuck in our local area far…
These linen Arenite Pants are perfect for all seasons! I made them around six months ago (I am carrying on with my look back at makes that never made it to the blog) and I have been wearing them with different shoes/jackets and they are actually perfect for many situations! The linen is definitely more…
Every year around Feb/March, I update this list so that I can add new free patterns, check/update all the links and remove all the patterns that are no longer available for free (TIP: they don't always stay free, so if you see a pattern you like, I recommend you download it!). This year I have…
I know it seems a little odd to be afraid of needles and choose to sew for a hobby. I do admit it is impossible to sew without them - machine needles and hand sewing needles are an unfortunate necessity if you want to join two pieces of fabric together. However! My fear of needles…
Continue reading ➞ Sewing Tools for People Afraid of Needles
I am continuing sharing makes that were made a while ago and not yet blogged. Today I am talking about the Closet Core Pouf. First of all I want to say that because this pattern is pieced together it would make an amazing scrapbuster - in fact, I believe it was originally designed to be…
I don't know about you, but there is not a lot of sewing going on around here right now. We are in the middle of lockdown (again) here in the UK and I am homeschooling my little boy full-time. After he goes to bed I am much more likely to be found knitting on the…
I love sewing with scraps, it's so satisfying making a garment out of what are essentially waste materials. When I ordered 3m of tencel/cotton twill I was planning to make dungarees but changed my mind as to whether I would wear them. So I made a beautiful Grainline Farrow dress which I love and have…
I am trying to be a bit more timely in my publishing of One Year Sewn posts this year, although I've been thinking about it and I am not sure how much use they will be this year? I did sew several garments in 2020 but the garments that I made haven't seen the usual…
