Blog RSS Feed
30 Oct
0
46
A cape is the easiest garment you can sew, especially in boiled wool. The fabric doesn't fray, so you cut it out and you're done: no hemming, no linin..
26 Oct
0
163
A handmade cuddly toy is the kind of gift that stays around for years. And it's easier to sew than you might think. This teddy bear is made from a sin..
22 Oct
0
220
A cushion is the quickest sewing project there is. Three pieces of fabric, four straight seams, and you have something that goes straight onto the sof..
14 Oct
0
385
Felt is the most forgiving fabric there is for making a bag. It doesn't fray, so there's nothing to hem, overlock or line. It stands up on its own. An..
06 Oct
0
511
Can I just use ordinary fabric, or does it have to be proper upholstery fabric? That is the question we get at the cutting table almost every time som..
02 Oct
0
499
Last Saturday a customer laid a shop-bought T-shirt on our cutting table, turned inside out, and asked us to find her the same thing by the metre. Sma..
24 Sep
0
606
How much fabric do I need is the question we get asked more than any other, and honestly, most people underestimate it. They measure the window, or th..
21 Sep
0
692
Two rolls on the cutting table, both called "jersey", both perfectly happy to become a dress. That's exactly what makes this choice annoying. If you'r..
13 Sep
0
788
A dye lot is basically a fingerprint. Even when a mill uses the exact same recipe, the exact same fibre and the exact same machine, two separate vats ..
04 Sep
0
745
Twelve linen jumpsuits hanging on a rail, all cut from the same bolt, all the same shade of washed grey-blue. That's what a small studio in Antwerp ha..
23 Aug
0
899
A length of fabric cut to your exact order and a ready-made garment bought off a rack are two completely different things when it comes to returns, an..
21 Aug
0
1129
Last week a buyer called us about a new hoodie line and opened with: "just send me your fleece." Fair enough, except we sell about six different thing..