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”

Make a Sewing Machine Cover

How about making a new sewing machine cover for your machine? In our last house, which was a converted Salvation Army Hall, a cover for the machine was really necessary. The roof was traditional slate and on the inside were wooden boards. Let’s just say that it tended to be dusty! Now, we have moved,ContinueContinue reading “Make a Sewing Machine Cover”