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Briefly interrupting the Elisalex Dress Sewalong to bring you a quick and easy tutorial on how to add side seam pockets - not only to the Elisalex Dress, but also to just about anything with a side seam! I think we can all agree that the addition of pockets significantly ups the convenience of almost any garment - and

I bought the Hannah wrap dress a while ago but hadn’t found the right fabric until I saw this cotton from New Craft House. New Craft House have the best selection of ex-designer deadstock fabrics, …

As I'm sure most of you know, it's the little extra details that transform your handmade garms and make them really stand out in a sea of generic High Street trends - things like thoughtful pattern placement, an exquisitely finished hem or the addition of those delicate vintage buttons you found in your Grandma's old s

When it comes to pattern hacks, our favourites are always the ones dreamt up by you! When your keen eyes look at a pattern we've designed, and see something we never even thought of, well, that's when our babies truly fly the nest and come into their own. Today's pattern hack is inspired by, nay, blatantly copied from

One of the things I get asked the most when I'm teaching dressmaking and fitting classes is, "can I just add a sleeve to a sleeveless bodice?". The quick answer is no - a sleeveless bodice has been designed to be sleeveless, and the armhole is very different to one which is designed to hold a sleeve, so by sewing a sle

Does anything say summer quite like a sundress? I’ve been coveting the By Hand London Flora Dress since I started…

Is there anything worse than a sagging, gaping neckline on a wrap dress? Because our bodies are all proportioned so differently, with different high bust - full bust - waist ratios and everything in between and all around, getting a woven wrap to fit snugly without any tweaks or alterations to the fit is like assumin

For those of you who saw our recent posts on working with velvet and sequins, you may have noticed some tell tale signs that I was in the process of stitching up a special something, whilst sharing my tips and tricks... Before I reveal my new beauty, I have to add that the inspiration (or blame...!) behind this make ca

Last week we launched our brand spanking new beauty of a pattern, the Hannah wrap dress, and we couldn't be more bowled over by your response! We knew this pattern had been long anticipated since Elisalex posted a picture of her first Hannah-in-the-works back in May, and despite not being able to get it released during

Since my last post on sewing with velvet, my interest in awkward fabrics is growing exponentially! I seem to have kicked off 2015 with an uncontrollable need to master the art of working with fabrics that I previously would have avoided like the plague. In the interest of documenting my findings and sharing some tips,