This month’s ‘basic sewing skills’ post is about putting up a hem on a pair of trousers, using the sewing machine. This is useful because you might need to, say, shorten a pair of trousers – or the previous hem might have just worn out, which is what has happened here. This pair of cottonContinueContinue reading “How to machine-stitch a trouser hem”
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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”
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