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 Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack
This is the third post this year in a series on basic sewing and mending skills. In January, it was all about getting started (threading a needle, making a knot) here and in February I explained how to sew on a button here. This month I am tackling the problem of a broken zip onContinueContinue reading “How to Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack”
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