Sewing – Amanda Jane Textiles

Tools for Textiles – Sewing-Machine Feet

This is the latest in the Tools for Textiles series (you can find measuring tools here, pins and pincushions here, safety pinsand clips here, irons and surfaces for pressing here, and scissors here . Here, I’m going to talk about the each sewing machine foot that I use often on my Bernina sewing machine. WhateverContinueContinue reading “Tools for Textiles – Sewing-Machine Feet”

How to do a hand-stitched hem

Last month in this year’s Basic Sewing Skills series, I showed you how to make a machine-stitched hem, for example on a pair of trousers . You can see the post here . This is about stitching a hem by hand – very useful if you haven’t got a sewing-machine available, if you want toContinueContinue reading “How to do a hand-stitched hem”