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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
Makers Gallery Cover March 2019
Makers Gallery
g&g Makers Gallery
March makes by our lovely customers!
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Guide to Facings and Under-stitching
Part Six
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Spotted on the Sewing Bee
Series 5 - Episode 6 - British and Irish Fabrics
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Shop tours and window displays
Our new Cherry Blossom themed window
It's that time of year again when the days start getting so much longer and brighter and we give our lovely big bay window in the shop a nice freshen up! This spring Jo (who works in the shop and...
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Guide to Interfacing for dressmaking
Part Five
Makers Gallery Cover Feb 19
Makers Gallery
g&g Makers Gallery
February's makes by our lovely customers!
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Sewing Bee
Spotted on the Sewing Bee
Series 5 - Episode 4 - Technical Fabrics week
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Shop tours and window displays Workshops
Sewing Studio Tour
Our revamped sewing studio
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Hand sewing for dressmaking
Part Four
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Sewing projects Staff pattern reviews
The g&g team pattern review
February 2019 - Nenuphar kimono, Maritime top, Jarrah jumper and Etta Dress
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Sewing Bee
Spotted on the Sewing Bee
Series 5 - Episode 3 - 1970's week
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Spotted on the Sewing Bee
Series 5 - Episode 2 - Childrens week
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Lauren's Latest Make Sewing projects
Grainline Archer Shirt and Closet Core Patterns Sasha Trousers
In Atelier Brunette viscose and Liberty stretch gaberdine
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
How to sew a double fold hem
Part Three
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Sewing Bee
Spotted on the Sewing Bee
Series 5 - Episode 1 - Cotton Week
Sewing tools and gadgets
Product review Tutorials
Sewing tools and gadgets
The g&g team test out some Prym Haberdashery tools and notions
Makers Gallery Cover Jan 19
Makers Gallery Sewing projects
January g&g Makers Gallery
Gorgeous makes from our clever customers!
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Sewing simple seams and basic terms
Part two
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Lauren's Top Sewing Tips
Getting to know your sewing machine
Part One
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Shop tours and window displays
Our gorgeous window displays of 2018
Even though the building that houses the g&g shop wasn't originally designed or intended to be a shop front, the huge bay window certainly acts as an amazing space to showcase our love of fabric and haberdashery. Our resident window...

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