The Stitch Up – A Few of Our Favourite Me-Made May Makes

If you’ve read our recent interview with Zoe Edwards, the marvellous founder of Me-Made May, you’ll know that the beloved online challenge is so much...

May the Fabric Be With You: Meet the Founder of Me-Made May

Like many sewing movements, Me-Made May had its genesis in personal experience. Created by sewing teacher and writer Zoe Edwards, the month-long celebration of making...

Mamma Mia! Your Ultimate Guide to a Heartfelt, Handmade Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, maybe you’re hesitant to wade into the blatant disposable consumerism of novelty mugs and cheap bath bombs. Maybe...

Let it Zip! Tips and Tricks For Sewing with the Humble Zipper

Today, 29 April, is National Zipper Day in the US – a beloved and, obviously, well-known holiday where we all take a second to think...

It’s a Dog’s Life! Some of Our Fave Sewing Patterns for Pooches

Once you get the handle on sewing things for yourself, you can enter the dangerous and exciting world of sewing things for the ones you...

Take It or Sleeve It With This Fun Peppermint Bowen Dress Sleeve Hack!

Are you totally obsessed with the Peppermint Bowen dress yet? We know we are. It’s simple, it’s comfortable, it’s elegant, it’s swooshy, what more can...

Stay Sew Happy With These Technicolour Tips

Happy International Day of Happiness everyone! Like Kid Cudi before us, we’re all on the pursuit of happiness to one degree or another. Philosophers, scientists...

From Little Things Big Things Grow – Embrace the Power of Patchwork

Previously the purview of grandmas and Raggedy Ann dolls, patchwork is current, fashionable and dare we say it, even sexy? You may have noticed it...

Hubba Hubba Ding Ding! Meet the Bowen Dress Patternmaker

Get ready to float your way through the day with our latest free pattern, the Peppermint Bowen Dress, a bodaciously breezy tent dress! This exclusive,...

Sewing School: The Peppermint Bowen Dress Is Here!

Dress it up or dress it down, throw it on and get ready to go, go, go with our latest free pattern – the Peppermint Bowen Dress!...

Clever Cookie: Want to Get the Alice Nightingale Look?

The ultimate creative multihyphenate, Alice Veivers channels her love for Australiana into her highly coveted label, Alice...

A Stitch in Time: What Historical Sewists Can Teach Us About Slow Fashion

They say those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it. And while those who do learn history are largely doomed to repeat interesting...