How to renew the elastic in a waistband

This is another ‘Basic Sewing Skills’ post designed to help you mend rather than throw away garments. The elastic in these pyjama trousers had lost some of its elasticity and needed to be renewed. Other reasons for changing the elastic include needing to make the trousers tighter or looser. This post shows you how toContinueContinue reading “How to renew the elastic in a waistband”

Taking pictures for the Newsletter

Each month, I send out the Amanda Jane Textiles newsletter. As I mentioned in the January post here there is always a unique photograph to inspire your use of colour in your own creative work. In the February blog post here I explained how you’ll also find in each newsletter a photograph that is intendedContinueContinue reading “Taking pictures for the Newsletter”