10th birthday post

Image credit: Pixaby Amanda Jane Textiles is 10 years old this week!  I can hardly believe it. In September 2014, having resigned from my job as a schoolteacher, I started out on this interesting journey of entrepreneurship. Mine is a ‘micro-business’ (defined as ‘having between one and nine employees’) because I am the sole employee.ContinueContinue reading “10th birthday post”

How to mend a seam (in a shirt) without a sewing machine

This is the latest of the ‘basic sewing skills’ post to help you mend clothes rather than chucking them out. This week is about mending a gap that has appeared in a seam of garment, for example, a shirt, a skirt or a pair of trousers, without the use of a sewing machine. The gapContinueContinue reading “How to mend a seam (in a shirt) without a sewing machine”