Sewing Tips & Tricks

How to sew small curved seams — If I’m sewing little tabs, flaps, or anything else with a little curved seam, there are a few little tips that can help them look much more polished and neat. Want to see? You can either watch my video below, or scroll on past it and I’ll share those tips […]

How To Sew Small Curved Seams

What Is a Shank Button? Have you seen our beautiful fabric buttons? They are the kind of buttons that have a tunnel running along the back for the thread to pass through, instead of holes that go through to the front. They’re called shank buttons (and so are the ones […]

How To Sew On A Shank Button

How to sew a lettuce hem with a regular sewing machine — Ever noticed those floaty, wavy edges on stretchy tops and skirts? Yep, that’s a lettuce hem, and they are so easy to pull off and you don’t need a fancy overlocker (aka serger) to do it either. A regular sewing machine can do it no problem! Let me show you […]

How To Sew A Lettuce Hem

How to smooth out creased felt fabric tips and tutorial — Whether you’re working with acrylic felt or wool felt, it can seem tricky to flatten out it once it has a stubborn crease in it, especially thick stiff felt. Using too hot a temperature can melt acrylic felt and make it go glossy. Wool felt shrinks and goes shiny with […]

How To Flatten Stiff Felt

Sewing Tip tutorial how to open a buttonhole — Maybe you’re new to sewing buttonholes, or maybe you’ve accidentally cut through your perfectly formed stitches at the end of the buttonhole one too many times and you’re looking for a new way to open up your buttonholes. Let me show you how I like to do it. First up, […]

How To Open A Buttonhole

How I Stop Elastic Waistbands Twisting Cover — Twisted waistbands are both unflattering and uncomfortable but they don’t have to be an inevitable part of wearing elastic. So here’s how I like to sew my waistbands to stop them twisting. I’ve made you a video for a quick overview, or scroll on past if you prefer more step-by-step […]

How To Stop Elastic Waistbands Twisting

How to use Kam snaps — KAM snaps are a quick and easy closure that you can use to give any sewing project a “pop” of fun with. But why might you want to swap metal poppers for plastic KAM snaps? So now we know why you might want to try them, let’s have a look […]

How To Use KAM Snaps