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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
My top 4 tips for organising your sewing and dressmaking supplies
Get control of your stash of fabrics and sewing patterns once and for all!
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Sewing projects Tutorials
Everything you need to know about PDF Sewing Patterns
What are they and how to use them
Sewing buttonholes on clothes - beginner dressmakers guide
Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Sewing buttonholes on clothes - beginner dressmakers guide
Part Twelve
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How to spot and block fuse woollen fabric for coat making
Part Eleven
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Invisible and standard zip insertion for dressmaking
Part Ten
Beginners guide to sewing a sleeve
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Beginners guide to sewing a sleeve
Part Nine
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Beginners Guide to reading and interpreting sewing patterns and choosing a size
Part Eight
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Guide to Sewing Machine Needles for the home dressmaker using a domestic sewing machine
Part Seven
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Product review
Alternative cutting tools and scissors for dressmaking
The g&g team test out different types of scissors
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Guide to Facings and Under-stitching
Part Six
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Guide to Interfacing for dressmaking
Part Five
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Hand sewing for dressmaking
Part Four
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How to sew a double fold hem
Part Three
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Sewing simple seams and basic terms
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Getting to know your sewing machine
Part One
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Tutorials
The Ultimate Guide to Bias Binding
Part 2 - Applying the binding to your garments
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The Ultimate Guide to Bias Binding
Part 1 - Making your own
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Lauren's Top Tips for pressing and ironing
for a lovely finish on your dressmaking projects
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Form Tape Interfacing
What it is and how to use it
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Tutorials
The easy guide to
machine needles for jersey fabrics
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Product review
New ironing gadgets for sewing
I’m a huge fan of the iron when it comes to sewing. In fact I couldn’t sew without ironing! When I sew at home I always have the ironing board set up and use it almost like a standing workbench....

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