by Maeve Fanning | Oct 23, 2020 | Autumn Sewing, guest blogger, how to order fabric
Dress Fabrics Guest Blogger: Bernie This is my first blogg! I read some of the bloggs on Maeve’s site and it was lovely to read about how many of you learned sewing skills from your Mam. The only thing I helped my mam sew was the carcase of a chicken with a...
by Maeve Fanning | Sep 25, 2018 | Autumn Sewing, life, open day, sale, Special offers
Autumn Open Day Saturday, October 13th from 10 am to 4 pm. Maeve Fanning Come and join us for our Autumn Open Day. It’s going to be great fun, with loads of other like-minded sewists you can chat to about your favourite fabrics and patterns for the winter… ‘til...
by Maeve Fanning | Jan 14, 2018 | Autumn Sewing, Cashmerette Patterns, Coats, Denim, Ginger Jeans, Grafton Academy, jacket, Jeans, pattern drafting, pdf patterns, Sewing Magazines, Winter sewing
Winter Sewing Progress There’s been a moderately productive few months of sewing recently. I went back to Grafton Academy for a day a week between Halloween and Christmas and had a few projects earmarked for that. I also made a few other basics that were needed...
by Maeve Fanning | Aug 15, 2017 | Autumn Sewing, Christmas, Coats, Grafton Academy, jacket, Linen, New Fabrics, pattern drafting, payment details, sewing classes, summer fabrics, summer sale
First of all – a Big thank you to all who supported our summer sale. We understand it’s not the perfect time of year to be stockpiling fabrics as theres so many other distractions and expenses with kids off school and holidays so a big thanks. We have had...
by Maeve Fanning | Apr 16, 2017 | Autumn Sewing, Coats, Grafton Academy, pattern drafting, sewing classes, twill, Winter sewing
Pattern Drafting Experience at the Grafton Academy, Dublin. Back in November I took a notion and rang the Grafton Academy to find out how their evening / part time classes worked. I always had a dream of attending to learn the secrets of pattern design and to get some...
by Maeve Fanning | Nov 21, 2016 | Autumn Sewing, Closet Case Patterns, New Fabrics, Sewing Magazines, Softshell Fabric, Viscose Jersey Prints, Winter sewing
Its time I gave you an update on the Sewing News going on here at Dress Fabrics! Recently it’s very hard to get much sewing done – everything else seems to get in the way amazing all the admin work that goes with running this little business. But I...
