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Our flowery Spring Window Tour
Spring has sprung in the g&g window! Jo, who designs all of our lovely window displays, has been busy making lots of beautiful felt flowers and sewing up gorgeous garments. You can check out my latest Youtube vlog to see...
Gorgeous new fabric arrivals for spring sewing
It's been almost two months since I did a new fabrics vlog and blog so I feel like there is so much to show you! We've had some beautiful new fabrics and if you've been keeping an eye on the...
March Makes from the g&g team pattern club
The team here at g&g love to sew and make things as much as me so every few months at our team meetings everyone chooses to make one of the indie patterns we stock along with one of our lovely...
We are 5!
Happy Birthday to g&g - celebrate with us!
The Taylor Tailor Desmond Back Pack
In British Millerain waxed cotton canvas
Our pre-spring window tour
I feel really lucky to have such a huge light and bright window in the shop that we can fill up with lovely displays. Our resident window designer extraordinaire Jo always does such an amazing job so in todays post...
Megan Nielsen Flint Pants
in a beautiful jungle jamboree crepe fabric
Cute Bear Top for Sophia
Using the Building Block Dress Book
Closet Core Patterns Kelly Anorak
Part 2 - The finished article!
Lauren's Top Tips for pressing and ironing
for a lovely finish on your dressmaking projects
Choosing what shirt or blouse pattern to make
Laurens summary of all our lovely patterns and tips on choosing the right one for you
The Great British Sewing Bee Live
a round up of our trip to the best show ever!
Form Tape Interfacing
What it is and how to use it
July makes from the g&g pattern club meeting
The g&g team are usually always busy working on their own sewing projects at home, but every 2 months we agree to get together and chat about a recent make that uses fabric and a pattern from the shop, so...
The Closet Core Patterns Ginger Jeans
Part 4 - with top stitching waistbands and pockets tips
The Grainline Lark Tee
Part 2 - with tips on jersey neckbands
The Pauline Alice Rosari Skirt
Part 1 - Top Stitching tips and button hole placement
Summer sewing with g&g
new capsule wardrobe blog series and Summer event
May makes from the g&g pattern club meeting
The team here at g&g love to sew and make things as much as me so every few months at our team meetings everyone chooses to make one of the indie patterns we stock along with one of our lovely...