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If you are sewing with a lightweight or sheer fabric, an excellent option for a clean finish is to sew French seams. Find this technique used in our Wren and Sun Tote patterns. French seams are sewn twice, and the raw edges are enclosed inside the second stitching line. This technique prevents your fabric from fraying
One really important sewing skill is knowing how to attach a button to your garment! If you’re making our Evelyn, Fringe, or Wren you’ll need to sew on multiple buttons. There are 2 main ways to do this, by hand and by machine. In this sewing tip, we are going to demonstrate both methods. GATHERING
In today’s we are going to talk about finishing edges with bias tape or bias bindings. Bias is used to finish the front of the Orchid pattern and in the Farrah pattern but has so many other uses! This is a method that is used frequently in garment sewing to finish armholes, necklines, and other
I’ve been sewing a lot of Sun Totes this summer and wanted a way to personalize them a bit! Adding iron-on patches to the Sun Tote is such a fun and easy project. When sourcing patches I thought I would round up some of my favorite resources. You can find and shop more patches on
Let’s talk about gathering! Gathering is when we pull fabric along a line of stitching to create a ruffled edge that can be attached to a smaller piece of fabric. Gathering is a very common technique in garment sewing and is used in some of our patterns, including Marcel, Fringe, and Wren. In this sewing
We are back today with another sewing tip that we hope you find helpful! Adding snaps is an optional closure for many garments, and we recommend it when sewing the Sun Tote. The type of snaps we are talking about today are metal setting snaps. Most metal setting snap kits include instructions, but we thought
We are going to talk about hemming knits in this sewing tip. We love sewing knits but know that sometimes that very last step of your project, hemming, can be a little daunting! There are many ways to get a professional-looking hem whether you are using a regular sewing machine or if you have a
