It is here! Our next Crochet Club.
We want to introduce you to the crochet designers that you should be crushing hard on.
In this fortnightly club, you will learn how to make the Katie Jones Flower Poncho with Amy.
Sewing Journal
Fabric Identification
Our in-house Fabricophile: Meagan has created a 2 hour workshop where participants learn how to identify what is in their fabric stash.
Covering a bit of fabric history, production and environmental impacts to build a good basis of understanding. You will start to build your own fabric identification resource. The let’s get to know fabrics: wovens, non-woven and knits, how they are made and the most common weave structures. Learn how to work out has it been made from synthetic fibres or natural? Take your fabric knowledge to the next level and discover what to look for when conducting a burn test.
New Embroidery Workshops
The new embroidery workshops are taught by Hozanna, a Japanese designer and embroidery artist currently in Australia. You can see her inspiring work under her label Towelket Tokyo by clicking here.
In our beginners embroidery workshop you will learn techniques that will allow you to create a beautiful neat monogram over three hours.
In our intermediate embroidery workshop you will learn more embroidery stitches over four hours. Using the new stitches you will create a beautiful floral design.
Hozanna’s style reflects nature and uses earthy tones, she embellishes her beautiful creations with embroidery to make them even more stunning. Hozanna’s work in Japan involved fashion design, pattern drafting, dressmaking, crochet, knitting and embroidery! She explained that in a small industry it’s important to be able to do it all. Hozanna believes in making everyday items beautiful to bring you continuous pleasure and enjoyment while you use them.
Hozanna graduated from Bunka Fashion College or Bunka Fukuso Gakuin in Japanese.
Is Fitzroy Melbourne’s newest Sewing Hub?
With a new dress fabric store opening on Brunswick Street in the last couple of weeks, there is now four fabric stores less than 1km from Thread Den! YAY four fabric stores in Fitzroy! Buy all the fabrics!
Drapers Fabrics joins our local fabric favs, which now include The Fabric Store, Clear It, and Le Nguyen. We couldn’t possibly forget our best haberdashery – Jimmy Buttons – with its amazing assortment of trims, buttons and more. Plus there are sewing accessories, drafting supplies and more at both M.Recht and WmC. Jackson.
Sew, could Fitzroy become Melbourne’s sewing hub?
DOWNLOAD HERE SEWER WORKS WITHIN 1KM OF THREAD DEN – If you need fabric, download our list of dress fabric stores nearby Thread Den
We are adding to our list! You can now download a list of stores within 15km of Thread Den – Fabric Stores within 15km
More coming! Stay tuned.
Why is making coats so satisfying?
Compared with other garments, there is something extra enjoyable about making coats. I sat down and tried to put my finger on exactly what about coat making is it that I love?
Choosing interfacing for your sewing project
Selecting the interfacing you should use in your project can be a challenge and feel intimidating. We’ve put a variety of information into this post in our Sewing Journal to help you choose the right interfacing for your sewing project.
Why do I need interfacing?
[Read more…] about Choosing interfacing for your sewing projectFabric stores in Melbourne
Updated January 2026
Sewer Works Fabric Stores by Thread Den#MakeYourStash
If you have one, you probably lie about how big it is…
Your fabric stash.
I heard about a sewing enthusiast recently who only buys fabric for a project. She makes that project and only then buys fabric when she has the next project planned and ready to start. I was seriously impressed – that is incredible will power! I am obviously not like that…
So, as soon as I saw this campaign I loved it. I am just as guilty as the next Fabricophile of having a huge fabric stash.
#MakeYourStash
In its 2nd year the challenge is: to make garment(s) that we will love and wear, using fabric that has been in the stash for more than 6 months.
Changing the way we think about consuming fashion, wearing fashion, making fashion and wasting fashion.
We’ve come to the close of the annual #whomademyclothes campaign, it starts each year on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsing.
On 24 April 2013, 1,138 people died and another 2,500 were injured, making it the fourth largest industrial disaster in history… Thats when Fashion Revolution started. The #whomademyclothes campaign in April every year works to highlight transparency in the fashion industry.
#MeMadeMay
2019 is the TENTH year of the #MeMadeMay challenge. It is all about building your relationship with your handmade wardrobe.
To take part, make a pledge to wear the garments you made yourself more and/or in different ways. Then you showcase it throughout May. By the end of May, you will have learnt a whole load about yourself, your style, how you feel about your wardrobe, and how best to spend your clothes-making time going forwards.
To take part, make a pledge to wear the garments you made yourself more and/or in different ways. Then you showcase it throughout May. By the end of May, you will have learnt a whole load about yourself, your style, how you feel about your wardrobe, and how best to spend your clothes-making time going forwards.To officially set your pledge, click the logo and visit So,Zo the creator of #MeMadeMay.
To Celebrate Thread Den is discounting selected classes in May to get you sewing more!