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Mrs Bowden’s top tip – fitting advice One of the reasons you may make your own clothes is because you want your garments to fit you. Very few of us are a standard size which means that we can become a wee bit frustrated shopping for ready to wear (RTW) particularly if clothes are mean…
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Variations on a theme…. There are just some ‘go to’ patterns that I have in my stock and this is one of them. I have made it 4 times with slight variations and just about to embark on my 5th version. This time in chestnut brown pure wool crepe. I thought it might be interesting…
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It’s a simple one but effective! Here are a couple of garments that I am presently making which inspired this week’s top tip. On the left is a modern ‘retro’ Butterick pattern for a charming tea dress. You can see I have created quite ornate hand embroidered motifs on the front yolks; based on a…
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Mrs Bowden’s top tip – to wash or not to wash? That really is the question. Felixstowe Sewing School https://www.felixstowesewingschool.co.uk To prewash or not to prewash……that is the question! An extremely frequent question I get asked in my Dressmaking classes is ‘should I wash this fabric before I use it?’. This is a ‘how…
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If you know me, you will know that I am forever pursuing either vintage clothes in a size to fit (tricky as I do have a full figure) or I make my own. I also have a bit of a ‘thing’ for vintage or vintage style patterns. I can easily justify my frequent purchases of…
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Felixstowe Sewing School Mrs Bowden’s top tip – Needlework Development Series part 2 https://www.felixstowesewingschool.co.uk This is the second part of a little series about the Needlework Development Scheme which was started in collaboration with J P Coats Threads and 4 Art Schools in Scotland in 1934. The NDS was temporarily suspended due to the outbreak…
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Needlework Development Series or NDS part 1 A trip down memory lane….. https://www.felixstowesewingschool.co.uk On occasion I get contacted in my capacity as the proprietor of a sewing school. It’s usually by people who have an interesting book or maybe some fabric they want to sell/donate or those just seeking some advice about a sewing related…
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Mrs Bowden’s Top Tip – puffed sleeves of loveliness A few tips on setting in a puffed sleeve – this is useful as the same technique applies for a gently gathered sleeve too! The variety in sleeves is inspiring and designers can add interest to the head of the sleeve – where it travels over the…
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Felixstowe Sewing School https://www.felixstowesewingschool.co.uk Mrs Bowden’s top tip – the dark art of applying interfacing I know that some people have had tricky experiences with applying interfacing ending up with a curled up, sticky and singed piece of fabric and a messed up iron…….If this applies to you or somebody you know, or you think…
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Felixstowe Sewing School https://www.felixstowesewingschool.co.uk Heavens to Betsy! – it’s National Tape Measure Day on the 14th July 2017. Here I am wearing my tape measure dress…. A very lovely lady called Sian alerted me to the fact that there is a National Tape Measure Day on the 14th July. Now, this is an American invention…
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