newsboyhat

Ladies and especially gentlemen!

I love creating new items for my shop. Sometimes it’s a challenge, if I’m making a completely new model and have to start from scratch with the patterns. That was the case with these newsboy hats; I simply started trying what might work out, made several prototypes, adjusted the patterns again and made new ones […]

Style Yourself And Save The Planet

Style Yourself And Save The Planet

3 compelling reasons to choose reclaimed fabrics Hello! We are Stitched Up, a non-profit sewing cooperative from Manchester, England. Like Anna-Mari, our aim is to prove that wearing sustainable fashion does not mean compromising on style. We feel strongly about recycling, upcycling and reusing; almost everything we use in our upcycling projects and workshops is reclaimed. […]

altering a wedding dress

8 Tips for Seamstresses Altering a Wedding Dress

Right now I’m working on two wedding dresses. One of them is an alteration project, the other one a full sewing project from beginning to the end. These are not the first gowns I’ve worked on, yet I always feel a little timid taking on a project like this. It’s probably the most important dress […]