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Grainline Alder gathered shirtdress
in a lovely summery nautical viscose
Maternity Agnes tunic top tutorial
I promise not to go about maternity pattern adaptations too much more (I’ll be onto feeding tops soon enough!), but I wanted to share another quick pattern hack of the Tilly and the Buttons Agnes top that makes it into...
Happy New Year 2016!
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you’ve been having a lovely time over the festive season and had a chance to relax a bit. The 1st of January is always a nice time to stop and reflect for...
The Ultimate Fancy Shopping Bag Tutorial
I think you can never have enough bags! I always seem to have several everywhere I go – a handbag, a laptop bag and a general bag for lunch, projects, extra papers…..the list goes on! Now that the plastic bag...
Neckerchief Scarf Tutorial
Despite the totally gorgeous weather we have been having the past week, it is drawing closer and closer to that time of year. I won’t actually say (type) it yet as I know it is really early……..but there may be...
Summer 2015
I've got another lovely bunch of photos to share with you this week of all the awesome things you have been making with our fabrics and patterns! Bridey made this lovely simple top from my book Learn to Sew with...
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....
Adding in pin tucks tutorial
For week four of my Me Made May Simple Sleeveless Top Challenge I’m going to show you another design detail that can be added to this ultimate basic pattern – pin tucks! This is one of my favourite variations! It’s...
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...
Adjusting the neckline and adding ribbon tutorial
This week on the Simple Sleeveless Top Blog Series as part of my Me Made May Challenge I’m going to show you how to adapt and change the neckline if the Simple Sleeveless Top from my book, along with how...
Choosing a size and making bust adjustments tutorial
For the first part of my Me Made May 2015 Blog series on the Simple Sleeveless Top from my book, I wanted to give you a few pointers about getting the fit right and this week I’ll be showing you...
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...
The Great British Sewing Bee - Fashion with Fabric
With this years’ Great British Sewing Bee now drawn to a close, if your anything like me you’ll be totally missing it already! I’ve really, really enjoyed this series. I loved all the contestants and the challenges were amazing –...
Road testing a Magnetic Seam Guide and Aqua Glue Marker
Carrying so many different lines of haberdashery can blow our minds sometimes and there are so many different gadgets out there to help make sewing that little bit easier. To help the g&g girls learn more about all the different...
Maker Gallery Catch Up
Over the last few months of 2014 I was seeing so many lovely things on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook that you talented lot had been making with your lovely purchases from g&g. There was so much going on over that...
What a Year - 2014 Round Up!
There is nothing like the dawn of a New Year to stop and take stock of what has happened in the past 12 months. Time passes really quickly here at g&g as there are always so many different things happening...
Makers Gallery October
As ever, you never fail to blow me away with all your lovely makes that you share each month! Here is October's round up of loveliness... Amanda made this fab geeky specs Meghan dress! I love the use of the...