Month: January 2018

Mrs Bowden’s top tip – an introduction to piping As a small child I would often visit a Tobacconist, not too different in looks to the one in the photograph, to purchase my Father’s Christmas and Birthday presents.  A new packet of soft but wirey pipe cleaners, wrapped in a greasproof like paper with a…
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Mrs Bowden’s top tip – hem preparation If you have been to my classroom recently you may have noticed a rather nice triple pure wool crepe 1950’s coat on the stand.  It has been there for some time……. Here are a few close ups of the coat showing the underlay in the hall before carpeting…
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First of all Happy New Year to you and thank you for subscribing to my blog/tip/sewingnatter thing….. Let’s face it – life can sometimes get in the way of our sewing time. We are all pretty busy and occasionally our hobbies are pushed to the back burner.  Here are a few tips I use to…
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