Thank-you all so much for your fabulous cushion pictures! We are excited to announce our cushion sewalong results today.
Read MoreThe Handmade Cushion Sewalong - Announcing the Winner!
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The Handmade Cushion Sewalong: Part Three
Lovely to have you back again, and I hope you’ve all enjoyed working on your appliqué designs. Or maybe you spent last week choosing a lovely print and now you're just waiting to make your plain cushion cover? In which case, your patience is rewarded, because this week we're putting in our zippers and sewing our cushions together!
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The Handmade Cushion Sewalong: Part One
Cushions are something we do a lot at The Stitchery: on our Introduction to Sewing Workshops and Sewing for Beginners course. They are a really satisfying first project; but also one that, as an experienced sewer, I never get tired of doing.
Read MoreAnnouncing a new Sewalong!
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Now that we're in our lovely new studio, it's time to start making it feel like home. And what better way than with a handmade cushion or two; which gives us the perfect excuse for a brand new Sewalong!
Read MoreAnd the Votes are In!
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Thanks to everyone to voted in our Zinnia Sewalong competition. Voting is now closed and we have a winner! (and a couple of lovely runners up too).
Read MoreThe Zinnia Sewalong Finale
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Hello Sewers! And, welcome to the final post of the Zinnia Sewalong. In today's installment we'll be showing off our finished Zinnia skirts and (drum roll please) we'll be announcing the Five finalists for our Zinnia Competition!
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 13
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After many hours of sewing, keyboard tapping and trying to balance daylight lamps whilst taking photographs, we've finally reached our last tutorial of this Sewalong. And what better topic to finish on than that of BUTTONS!
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 12
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Well sewers, this is it. We're talking penultimate post here. And I'm not talking about Royal Mail. I mean this is the second-to-last tutorial post for the Zinnia Sewalong! And our subject is the hem of your skirt. We'll follow it up soon after with another post on buttons and buttonholes, so don't wory if you haven't done those yet.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 11
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Hello Sewers! And welcome to Part 11 of our Zinnia Skirt Sewalong. Yesterday we showed you how to prepare your waistband. Today we're going to show you how to insert it. Aaaannnd…excitement of all excitements, this blog marks a first for The Stitchery: our very first tutorial video!
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 10
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Welcome to Part 10 of our Zinnia Sewalong. This post and the next are all about the waistband for Versions 2 and 3. This first one is about preparing the waistband and the one we’ll post tomorrow will be on inserting it into the skirt.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 9
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Today our post is all about inserting the zipper. If you're doing Versions 2 or 3, this is a step you'll want to undertake before trying to insert the waistband. We'll try to get a post up for the waistband of these versions over the next couple of days.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 8
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This week, in Part 8 of our Zinnia Sewalong, we'l be showing you how to attach the waistband for Version 1, the gathered skirt. And at the start of next week, we'll do the same for Version 2. Nearly there folks!
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 7
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Welcome to the second part of our pockets tutorial for the Zinnia Skirt. Today we’ll be talking about in-seam pockets, which are the type of pocket used in Versions 2 of the Zinna pattern.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 6
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This is Part 6, and today we’re looking at pockets: specifically patch pockets. Then in a couple of days we'll be sticking up another post on in-seam pockets.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 5
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Welcome to Part 5 of our Zinnia Sewalong. Today we’re going to be taking a wee jaunt through the topic of Seam Finishes.
Read MoreZinnia Sewalong Submissions
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We'd like to give you a quick update on the submissions for the Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Competition.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 4
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Welcome to this fourth part of the Zinnia Sewalong. In this post we are going to start sewing, yay! Some of the fundamentals we’ll be covering include seam allowances, button plackets (version 1), stitch length and width, pressing a seam, and staystitching. We will also explain how to use fusible interfacing, sew a basic seam, and finally how to do gathering and pleats.
Read MoreThe Zinnia Skirt Sewalong Part 3
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Welcome to the (long awaited) Part 3 of the Zinnia Sewalong. In this post we'll be discussing the importance of making a toile, pattern cutting layouts, pinning and marking, and how to cut out your fabric.
Read MoreSorry for the Delay....
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For those of you who are following our Zinnia Sewalong, we just wanted to put out a wee apology for the delay of Part 3. Our household has been struck with illness this past week, but we're feeling better now and typing up the next installment. We hope to have it posted in the next day or two.
Thank you all so much for your patience. This is our first Sewalong, so we're learning a bit about forward planning!
The Zinnia Skirt Sewalong - Part 2
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In today's post we're going to continue our preparation for sewing the skirt. In Part 1 we focused on the pattern front as well as the tools, supplies and fabric options for the garment. Today we're going to discuss how to take your body measurements, choosing a size to make, and how much fabric you'll need for your chosen pattern size. We'll also give you some suggestions for fabric shopping and we'll have a wee chat about pre-washing fabrics. And to round off, there will be a quick tutorial on tracing your pattern and I will explain the Finished Garment Measurements on the pattern back.
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