Building a Local Sewing Community
Building a Local Sewing Community How to meet up with other sewists in your area Maeve Fanning Sewing is a lovely mindful craft but sometimes it would be nice to meet up with real people and chat about your hobby, discuss the latest pattern that’s all the rage...
Positive Body Image
Positive Body Image Why we make our own clothes Maeve Fanning A lot of people get into sewing and making their own clothes because they can’t find well-fitting clothes in regular shops (RTW). I’ve written a blog post about why I got into sewing clothes for...
Summer 2017 at Dress fabrics
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...
My Grafton Academy experience. Drafting dress and coat blocks and putting it into practise.
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...