Category: slow sewing

My first coat!! The Maker’s Atelier Raw-Edged Coat

Posted in Dressmaking, Merchant and Mills, slow fashion, slow sewing, sustainable sewing, The Maker's Atelier2 Comments

I have had my beady eye on this coat for absolutely ages but I chickened out of sewing it because a coat!  Too hard surely?  I made the “raw-edged coat” pattern from The Essential Collection by The Maker’s Atelier.  Except I didn’t want raw edges.  So just the “coat” then.  Sounds less impressive now.  Anyway…… Continue reading My first coat!! The Maker’s Atelier Raw-Edged Coat

7 wonderful benefits of joining a sewing group

Posted in mental wellbeing, Sewcial, Sewing space, slow sewingLeave a comment

Sewing our own clothes is, of course, awesome.  But sometimes it is also lonely.  It can be frustrating.  It can be expensive.  We can get stuck in a rut.  We can get distracted and sew ourselves a pair of velvet dungarees when we were supposed to be making pyjamas.  OMG, suddenly I NEED a pair…… Continue reading 7 wonderful benefits of joining a sewing group