Repairing clothes is not the happiest of all sewing jobs I know. But it is sometimes a necessary thing you ‘have’ to do, when you see holes in a favourite garment you do not want to lose yet. You ...

I recently tried watercolor embroidery after discovering it on Instagram. It’s simply a combination of watercolor painting and hand embroidery, but the effect is striking. Instead of stitching on ...

You only need a straight stitching sewing machine for this wonderful ‘drawing with thread’ freehand machine embroidery – with a feed dog cover or drop feed capacity. The advantages of this embroidery ...

The canvas I am most familiar with as a sewist is the sturdy fabric used for tote bags, aprons, slipcovers, and other heavy-duty sewing projects. I have seen cotton canvas in many fabric stores in ...

There comes a point in all of our lives when you open your wardrobe and feel that you have nothing to wear. This signals that you have an identity problem and also that you are ready for a change of ...

When selecting the fabric for your clothes, accessories or home furnishing, you usually just go with terms like cotton, wool, knit, polyester, etc. As a layman, I used to get confused upon hearing ...

Most people with heavy thighs have a problem finding clothes, especially jeans that fit them—the reason is not you, but the standardization of clothing. When companies make clothes, they make them ...

When you go to buy fabric in a shop, the last thing you have in mind is to burn them – but sometimes that is exactly what you have to do. The fabric burn test is one of the many methods of fabric ...

Any one who has a home sewing machine will have a zig zag stitch and any one with a zig zag machine can make satin stitch applique – And, Satin Stitch Applique is considered as the holy grail of ...

How to fix a new button on jeans when the original button falls off your jeans- this is a dilemma many of us who live in jeans face many times over in our lives. Jeans button smashed in the washing ...

What with all the talk of fast fashion, throwing away old things for the sake of mental peace and nirvana, the convenience of not stepping out or even taking out your wallet for buying things, and the ...

When I started embroidery, all I knew was the stem stitch and satin stitch. I made many embroidery designs with these basic stitches. The nun who taught this introduced me to a wonderful world of ...