Month: February 2016

  Mrs Bowden’s top tip – joining bias strips     You may find you would like to make your own bias binding to finish the edges of your seams (Hong Kong finishing) or to add a decorative effect to armholes, collars, pocket edges etc. There are plenty of lovely commercial bias bindings available but…
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Let’s start at the root. When fabric is woven on a loom there are two threads. The WARP thread which travels along the length of the fabric and the WEFT thread which travels from side to side – this is the moving thread on the bobbin. As the bobbin moves it creates loops at the…
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Mrs Bowden’s top tip – avoid twisting! An indication that a skirt doesn’t fit you correctly or is off centre when you put it on is a twisted feeling with the side seams sneaking around. This week’s top tip is to help you sort this out without awkwardly having to contort in a mirror to…
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Mrs Bowden’s top tip – a few charming ideas It’s World Cancer Day today (Thursday 4th February 2016). As you may know St Elizabeth Hospice are running a very splendid event based on the popular BBC programme ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’. You are being encouraged to purchase a garment from one of their wonderful…
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