Mercedes walks us through making a machine cover. Transformations are one of the big challenges for contestants on the Great British Sewing Bee. Mercedes, a favourite on GBSB Series 5, shares a bit of magic as she transforms a basic plastic cover for her Juki overlocker into something special. When my new Juki overlocker was …
Meet Claudia @retroclaude. While researching Accessibility, I stumbled across a YouTube video by Claudia aimed at making sewing more accessible for people sewing with disability. Claudia has a penchant for period costume and she produced the video for COCOVID, a weekend of online costuming content last June. Although Claudia sews period costumes, we think her …
We have a fun mother daughter Dance Costume collab to bring in the New Year. Last month we asked Kay @fabriccornerlincoln and her daughter Sophie who just completed a Dance Degree in Leeds to do a collaboration for us. The pitch was to create a winter white dance costume for Sophie. We wanted some inside …
Emily at Brick Dust and Glitter found this great gift wrap idea on Pinterest. It’s a no-sew gift wrap that uses fabric you already have! Take a look at the simplest, prettiest, reusable wrapping! All you need is some fabric. You can raid your stash or use a silky scarf or up-cycle an old shirt …
These DIY Gift Bags are fun to make and you get to use them again and again. Emily posted about these Gift Bags on her Brick Dust and Glitter Blog. She’s keen to reduce, reuse and recycle. These Christmas Sacks are a great way to cut down on wasted paper. They’re one of Emily’s alternative ways to wrap presents. …
It’s good to cultivate gratefulness wherever we are. Emily’s gorgeous tablescape certainly puts me in a thankful mood. Here’s a post from our archives. Even though most of us will be staying home this year, we can still make the table special and be grateful that 2020 is almost over! Emily celebrates Thanksgiving along side …
We’re delighted to have Mark Francis from season 6 of The Great British Sewing Bee join our Juki Club Team of contributors. Read on to find out about Mark’s penchant for forgotten fabrics and linen cupboards. New stuff from old sheets Our first blog post from British Sewing Bee contestant Mark Francis is inspired by …
Every film has a backstory. Here’s the story behind our film prop quilt. Getting Dressed in the 18th century In September 2017 Crows Eye Productions released Getting Dressed in the 18th Century. It was a short film commissioned by the Lady Lever Art Gallery and National Museum of Liverpool showing a Lady in the 18th …
Following on from her last post on making jeans, Jen takes a look at mending denim: Invisible mending Visible mending Sashiko stitching on denim Embroidery and embellishing denim Meet the Author – Katrina Rodabaugh Textile artist Tamara Russell Social media inspiration @MendingMayhem More about jeans! As I touched on in my previous blog, denim has …
In this post Jen Hogg shares her take and make on Jeans. History of jeans Jeans and the environment Ginger Jeans by Closet Core patterns Pattern hacks for high waist and wider leg Construction fitting Sewing tips I’ve been a bit obsessed with jeans making recently. Made to measure jeans are a thing of joy. …
