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Mind yourself now with sewing

by Maeve Fanning | Dec 4, 2018 | Body Image, knowledge, life, philosophy, sewing classes, sewing community, sewing course, sewing for kids

Mind yourself now with sewing How sewing can be a form of self care Maeve Fanning We are coming into a time of year where lots of people go into overdrive forcing yourself to get ready for the festivities: parties, extra shopping, work overloads, money worries etc....

Building a Local Sewing Community

by Maeve Fanning | Nov 12, 2018 | Body Image, knowledge, life, sewing classes, 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

by Maeve Fanning | Aug 31, 2018 | Body Image, pdf patterns, sewing classes, sewing machines, Sewing Magazines

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

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...

My Grafton Academy experience. Drafting dress and coat blocks and putting it into practise.

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...

My Pattern Drafting Class Experience Part 1

by Maeve Fanning | Sep 21, 2016 | pattern drafting, sewing classes

Pattern Drafting Class A number of us completed a pattern making class earlier in the summer where we learned to make a skirt, trousers and dress block. Basically a standard pattern made to fit our own bodies. I met our teacher Tiina at our open day back in April, she...