Would you like to learn to sew?
Over the past few years, sewing has undergone a transformation, and become a very popular hobby. It’s great for those of us who can already sew, but many people have grown up whilst sewing, and handicrafts generally, have been marginalised. If you are one of those people, you may have wished to join in but […]
March Club Night – Smocking
This month, we’re going to learn smocking. Not the ‘pretty dress’ smocking you may have worn as a child. We’re going to learn to do the sort of smocking which really manipulates the fabric, with no obvious stitches! We’re going to learn to sew a lozenge pattern, one of the simpler designs, so that we […]
February Club Night – Mini Quilt
February 24th is fast approaching, when we have our February club night. This month, we’re going to make a fun little quilt, using a Japanese Folded patchwork block. I saw these mini quilts on Pinterest some time ago and loved them. I’ve been thinking of making one for some time – and now is the […]
Make Fabric Butterflies – January Club Night
Are you a fan of The Great British Sewing Bee? Did you see the episode a couple of series back, where one of the challenges involved ‘fabric origami’? (In other words, folding and manipulating the fabric to make a 3D effect) We’re going to have a go at this in January and February. We’re going […]
Make a Felt Christmas Jumper
If, like me, you missed Christmas Jumper Day last week, don’t worry. You can make a felt Christmas jumper to go on your tree, and have Christmas Jumper Day all through the festive season! This is a great make for expressing your creativity. You can make it in a number of ways and decorate it […]
Second Free Club Night
We’ve held our first free club night, making a Tumbling Blocks coaster, and now we’re looking forward to our September free club night. This is going to be a bigger project (which we may not finish in one night!), making a skirt. This sort of project doesn’t happen very often! It will be held on […]
Make a girl’s skirt with pockets
If you follow Fabric Fun Craft Club on Instagram, you may remember that I made a little skirt for my granddaughter last summer, using Marnie Makes’ Rainbow design. I wanted a skirt with an elasticated waist at the back, a waistband at the front and pockets – because we all like pockets in our […]
Meet Fifi
Do you make your own clothes? Or wish you could? Either way, you need to check out Tilly and the Buttons. Tilly’s aim in life is to get us all making our own clothes. To that end, she designs simple-to-sew patterns which come with beautifully illustrated instructions. In 2015, she released Fifi, described by […]