Let’s be clear about one thing - you don’t need ANY of the following items to become a better seamstress. They won’t stop you sewing things together upside down, they won’t prevent you having to use the seam ripper or tipping your pins all over the floor. Of course, we NEVER do any of these things…ahem…
Well we’re starting off 2013 with a call for help! We’re now looking for some pattern testers to help us test out our first Gather dress pattern.
This is possibly the quickest and simplest way to use up your fabric scraps and make some toddler/cat proof decorations for the tree!
Seeing as it’s coming round to ‘that’ time of year again (I can’t quite bring myself to say the big C word…) I thought I’d get cracking early with some little me-made pressies for some of the little people in my family!
Well summer 2012 is definitely a sporty one, particularly if you are, like us, residents of London. I’m gaily ignoring the Euros, much to my husband’s disgust, but one event us gather girls get excited over is Wimbledon! This year, one of us (but sadly not me…) is off to SW19 to eat strawberries, drink pimms and perve over Nadal watch the tennis and cheer Murray on.
There is a great post over on Tilly’s blog right now about Stitcher’s Indecision (an ailment I suffer from mildly but that’s another blog post entirely…). She talks about “the ability to design bespoke garments exactly how you want them. You choose the colour, the style, the fit, the neckline, the sleeve, the buttons…”
We’re spending an awful lot of time at the moment working with our pattern pieces. We’re currently also doing a lot of research into the best paper to print on to. Which brings me to this question: What do you do with your pattern pieces?