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Fabric stores in Melbourne

13 May 2019 by Danielle 9 Comments

Updated May 2023

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Filed Under: Melbourne Suppliers Tagged With: sewing

#MeMadeMay

28 April 2019 by Danielle Leave a Comment

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 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!

Filed Under: Sew-inspiring Tagged With: dressmaking, memademay, sewing

Amazing A Line Skirts

30 May 2018 by Danielle Leave a Comment

Over 5 hours these gorgeous students made their own A Line skirts. The skirt waist is finished with a facing, they learnt to insert a lapped zip, use the overlockers, sew back waist darts and hem. This is the workshop that they did – The Simple A Line Skirt.

Sewing Lessons:

This photo demonstrates two things: 1) Always press your projects.  The skirt on the left hasn’t had a final press and looks terrible. 2) Don’t ask a cheeky ten year old boy to take a photo of your matching A Line skirts!

Filed Under: Made in Class Tagged With: A Line Skirt, sewing

A trio of Sigma Dresses

22 May 2018 by Danielle Leave a Comment

The Dress with POCKETS! These lovely Sigma dresses were made in our May 18 workshop with Jenni. A beautiful floral theme was in play.

Nice work ladies.

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Filed Under: Made in Class Tagged With: dressmaking, Papercut Patterns, sewing

Types of Pattern Making Paper

12 May 2018 by Danielle

  • Cardimage – popular for the durability of the pattern pieces you can draft and the ease of tracing around. If you have a favourite paper pattern that you use a lot, trace it onto pattern card and it will last you much longer.
  • Dash cross guided paper – has a gloss finish to allow magic tape to come off without tearing, dash cross markings make grading and general drafting a dream, light enough to see commercial patterns placed underneath.

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Filed Under: Sewing Tools Tagged With: pattern drafting, sewing, sewing tools

Where to now?

3 May 2018 by Danielle Leave a Comment

If you have completed the Sewing Basics Course – congratulations! Well done on jumping in and getting to know the machines and the basics of sewing.

Don’t let everything you’ve learnt go to the dark recesses of your mind.  If you don’t keep using your new skills they’ll wind up back there with the knowledge of how long to boil an egg with soft, medium or hard yolk (every time I have to look it up… EVERY time).

So let’s look at projects, resources and information to keep you going!

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Filed Under: Patterns, Workshops Tagged With: sewing

A Dress With POCKETS

2 May 2018 by Danielle Leave a Comment

My Dress Has Pockets

The best thing about learning to make your own clothes – is putting pockets in everything you make! 

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Filed Under: Made in Class, Patterns Tagged With: dressmaking, Papercut Patterns, sewing

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