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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
Part two
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Getting to know your sewing machine
Part One
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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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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Tutorials
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
Ironing Gadget
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....
Fray Check
Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Product review
Fray Check and Transparent Sewing Thread
I'm always keen to try out new sewing gadgets and recently the girls and I have been trying out some more cool haberdashery items - so here are the details of what we thought of them! First one under the...
Wonder Tape
Lauren's Top Sewing Tips Product review
Textile Repair Powder and Wonder Tape
Recently we have been checking out and investigating two of our more unusal haberdahery items to bring you the low down on how to use these gizmos! First up is the Prym Textile Repair Powder (Price £3.60), which we have...

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