Adding eyelets (grommets) on stretchy knit fabrics can be a challenging as the fabric has a tendency to slip through after a while and several times I have ended up with a big hole and a loose metal ring. Not…
Adding eyelets (grommets) on stretchy knit fabrics can be a challenging as the fabric has a tendency to slip through after a while and several times I have ended up with a big hole and a loose metal ring. Not…
I put built-in sports bras in pretty much all workout tops that I make. Since I’m a B-cup I find that a regular tank top sports bra works fine for me, however, the bra fabric needs to be really firm,…
I love adding mesh inserts to my garments! Even more so than I thought, which I realized when I began looking through my archive for photos of projects with mesh inserts. Anyways, through trials and tribulations I’ve learnt a few…
I love fabric self covered buttons, but let’s be honest – the process is quite fiddly if you do it the old school way with thread, needles and gathers. That’s where Prym’s universal tool for cover buttons comes in handy.…
I’ve been experimenting lately sewing gathers on the serger, and I think that it’s actually better than a regular sewing machine in some instances and I thought I should share some of my experiments and what you can achieve…
For my wool underwear set I did a lot of experimenting before I got started to see which method that would be best for applying stretch lace to a very stretchy knit. In the end, I had to use two…
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been craving a sweater or a jacket with my initial in varsity letters on it. But the sew-on letters that you can find in Sweden are always teeny-tiny and made for small children and…
So lets talk about that magic trick called ease stitching or crowd stitching and how to use it when hemming a flared skirt. Hemming an a-line or bias cut skirt or dress can be a bit tricky since…
Do you guys use a tailor’s awl for sewing? I find it to be an excellent tool, perfect for marking everything from buttonholes to darts. I know it can be a bit intimidating to punch a hole in your precious…
For my silk sheer blouse Peter Pan blouse I was unsure on how to make darts look good in a sheer fabric. My reader Raquel suggested I use a technique called one stitch darts or continuous thread darts. The trick is to sew…
I love wandering around in stores looking inside RTW garments. Since time is money, clothing manufactures often have more nifty solutions for construction than the methods most sewing pattern companies offers in their instructions. Case in point is how to…
For the swing shorts I wanted to make a button fly instead of a regular zipper application and since I have a great vintage sewing book that explains this process well, I decided to try it out. And it turned…