At the end of this month, I'll be heading back to university to start my third and final year of university. It is crazy that two y...
A lot of people get really scared about sewing stretch or knit fabrics. I've created a guide to have you successfully sewing with stretch in no time!
Today I'll be showing you my favourite neckline finish for knit fabrics. It's my personal method for sewing knit neckline bindings, and I prefer it to the standard method!
Alsace, France is straight out of a fairytale (but even better, because there's wine). Read this post to find out why this should be your next destination!
Guess what everyone, it's time for our favourite part of every pattern release, our Reef Curve Tester Round Up!
This time on Beginner Sews: Belle's rounding out her me-made wardrobe with a staple dress that can take her from day to night—and she found it with Eucalypt!
It's time to finish up our Brumby skirts, only the hem is left now! There are two different Brumby hem methods, depending on which view and what type of fabric you are using, so I'll cover both here.
This tutorial shows you how to keep bugs at bay with natural moth & silverfish repellent. Create your own fragrant sachets with lavender, rosemary & more!
French darts are a little different than your standard side seam bust dart. We'll show you how to sew this incredibly flattering dart!
In today's blog post we're here to help you make body, sleeve & leg lengthening & shortening adjustments to your Durban jumpsuit for the perfect fit!
It's officially been two months since I finished university and let's just say that life after university is not all it's cra...
Have you ever done a flat felled seam? Its commonly used on denim, trousers, and jackets. Its a super clean and neat seam finish to give your garment that little professional touch, since it completel
Today we will go over the button waistband version of your Wattle skirt!
Learn three ways to sew beautiful hem facings every single time for your Dove blouse or any top you'd like!
Learn three ways to sew beautiful hem facings every single time for your Dove blouse or any top you'd like!
Learn three ways to sew beautiful hem facings every single time for your Dove blouse or any top you'd like!
How are everyone's Floreat dresses or tops coming along? It's time to add the neckline facing to your sleeved Floreat make!
This indepth tutorial covers how to make bulk bias binding quickly and easily using a special folding and cutting technique.
We'll show you how to sew the bias facing neckline of our Eucalypt pattern! We've got three methods to sew this facing, including a bias binding finish.
Woo-hoo , it's zipper time on our Brumby skirts! Although other zipper installations are possible (invisible zipper, etc), the Brumby pattern instructions are for an exposed zipper, so that's what we will cover today.
Hello & happy Monday! This summer is flying by so quickly -- August, already?! Today I am sharing a quilt that was actually finished earlier this Spring. Some of you may recognize it from Instagram or even this sneak peek progress post. This Giant Starburst quilt is a larger, one block design from March's Fresh Mini Quilt Club. Here's a look at the mini quilt! For the Giant Starburst quilt I used a vibrant selection of Pure Element solids from Art Gallery Fabrics -- Cherry Lipgloss, Lemonade, Cozumel Blue, and Verve Violet. The color saturation just "pops" against the crisp, clean white background fabric. I quilted this lap size quilt using my favorite straight-line quilting technique, my BERNINA walking foot, & of course, Aurifil thread (50 wt., color 2024). I did play around with the straight-line quilting pattern -- three close lines & then a larger gap -- which really makes an interesting texture! The backing fabric is a text print from Ikea -- one of my favorites! I chose one of my all time favorite black & white binding fabrics to finish off the design. Unfortunately it's an out of print Moda fabric, but there are plenty of stripped fabric alternatives from several different fabric manufacturers. The finished quilt size is 60" x 60". Find the fabric here: Pink Castle Fabrics Fat Quarter Shop Have you experimented with block size before? Feel free to share your projects below, I'd love to see! xo, Megan
We'll show you how to sew the bias facing neckline of our Eucalypt pattern! We've got three methods to sew this facing, including a bias binding finish.
V neck blouses can look like a hot mess if you don't take care when sewing them. Here's my quick tips for to sew a perfect v neck every time!
Now it's time to add ties and hangloop on views A, C & E of the Hovea Jacket.
I absolutely love swaddling my babies! Swaddling is awesome because not only does it keep your baby snug and warm, but it helps prevent them from waking themselves with their own startle reflex. There are a lot of really cute swaddling blankets out there, but unfortunately many of them are just too tiny to actually be useful. The only brand I’ve bought and actually been able to use were Aden and Anais swaddles, they are truly lovely and very large. Generally I much prefer to make my own, that way i can have complete control over size and fabric choice. It’s easy, cheap, and i think anyone can do it, even with the most basic of sewing skills. I always keep one in my handbag incase i need an emergency breastfeeding cover, or something clean to […]
We became pretty obsessed with finding different ways to customize my denim including how to fade and distress denim.
Have you noticed the embroidered jeans trend that’s being going on in recent years? I have wanted to try this for so long but have been hesitant to try a lot of the embroidery positioning that I’ve seen. I think to make this feature work you need to be careful not to go overboard. I decided on embroidering one back pocket, the idea being that it’s enough to be a feature and is also a removable part of my jeans so if i get sick of it I can easily remove the pocket and sew a new one on. This is a great option if you are worried about fully committing to embroidering your handmade jeans. I thought I’d walk you through the process I used and a few tricks I figured out along the […]
It's easy to modify our Olive pattern - our blog post shows you ways to hack your pattern pieces to create different styles for the Olive dress & top.
Oh how I love pockets! Today we'll show you how to sew inseam pockets, using our Darling Ranges dress pattern. This method can be altered for any pattern!
Hello everyone! I know it's been SO long since I've posted. It's been so hard to find the time to blog this year. Hopefully I'll get better...
I really hope you have enjoyed this past month following along with The Skill Collective as we focused on mindfulness, connectedness and mental health over on Instagram. As we wrap up the month I wanted to share with you 7 simple things that I do for my mental health. I’m not a psychologist or any expert by any means – these are just some practical ideas from a normal girl for how I look after my mental health. I’d love to hear your tips for how you manage your mental health in the comments! Swapping my phone for a book Last year I made a change to how I interact with my phone. There are so many times that I find myself waiting. Waiting for/on a bus. Waiting to pick up my kids from school. […]
It's time for the second sleeve insertion method for the Hovea jacket - the flat sleeve insertion method
This is it - the very last post in our Virginia leggings construction. It's time for the basic hem.
Yes, shutters. One topic I never thought I’d be blogging about! But these are something I’ve been asked about quite a bit, so I wanted to save it to the site for easy reference in
Megan has done a few scalloped hem tutorials in the past, but we thought it would be nice for a little update. It’s really not as hard as you would think! So follow along, and you’ll be creating scalloped hems in no time……. 1. Start by folding, pressing, and sewing a single fold hem towards the inside of your garment. It doesn’t necessarily have to be quite as much as mine ( about 1”), but make it at least 1/2″. 2. Now fold again, right sides together, a couple of inches or so. Your sewn line will be the guideline for the top of your scallop.So how much you fold over will really depend on how deep you want your scallop pattern to be. You’ll see what I mean within the next few steps. Pin […]
Today we’ll be covering how to add a neckline band – the most common neckline finish you’ll see on tshirts. You can attach a neckline band to any tee using either ribbing, self fabric or contrast fabric. You’ll just need to make sure that your fabric has the appropriate amount of stretch. If you need help calculating stretch percentage don’t forget to check out this post all about stretch percentage, and download my free guide. This neckline works beautifully on the Briar sweater and tee, Mini Briar sweater and tee and Cara maternity tee sewing patterns. In the Briar and Cara i provide a pattern piece for a neck band made from self fabric. If you choose to use ribbing with the Briar or Cara you’ll need to remove about an inch (possibly more) from the neckline […]
It's time to finish up our Brumby skirts, only the hem is left now! There are two different Brumby hem methods, depending on which view and what type of fabric you are using, so I'll cover both here.
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