Tag Archives: Mending clothes

How to machine-stitch a trouser hem

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”

Sustainability and how to thread a sewing machine

Any of you who have read this blog for a while (thank you!) will know that I am interested in sustainability. Fast fashion with its quick turnover of cheap clothes which are worn for a short time then thrown away is decidedly not good for the environment and  we are currently hearing the message loadContinueContinue reading “Sustainability and how to thread a sewing machine”