Category Archives: Fabric
Denim Fabric Specification Guide for UK Makers
You're standing in a Bristol workroom with two denim bolts on the cutting table. One [...]
Jersey Material UK: A Practical Buyer’s Guide for 2026
You're standing at a UK fabric shelf with a pattern in one hand and several [...]
Best Fabric for Coats: Your 2026 Selection Guide
You've found the pattern, chosen the buttons, and started imagining the finished coat on a [...]
How to Buy Deadstock Fabric Online UK
You've found the fabric. The photograph shows a beautiful Italian wool, the price looks unusually [...]
Where to Buy Viscose Fabric: A Practical UK Guide
You've found the colour, imagined the finished dress, and watched the fabric slide beautifully off [...]
What Is a Deadstock Fabric a Practical UK Guide
Deadstock fabric is already-produced textile that wasn't used in its intended production run. In the [...]
Best Fabric for Dressmaking: A Complete UK Guide
You're standing in front of a row of fabric bolts with a simple shift pattern [...]
How to Source Deadstock Fabric: A Practical UK Buyer’s Guide
Deadstock fabric is often sold as an easy sustainability win. Find a leftover roll, pay [...]
Best Fabric for Sewing Machine Beginners to Practice On
You've threaded the machine, lowered the presser foot and chosen a straight stitch. Then you [...]
How to Choose the Right Interfacing for Your Fabric
You're standing at the cutting table with a beautiful length of fabric in one hand [...]
How to Sew with Crepe Fabric: A Practical UK Guide
You've got the cut table cleared, the pattern pinned, and a length of crepe that [...]
Sewing with Bamboo and Modal Fabric – What to Know
Most advice on bamboo and modal gets one thing badly wrong, it treats them like [...]
How to Sew Oilcloth and Laminated Cotton Bags
You can lay a beautiful coated-fabric bag on the cutting table and still feel the [...]
Beginners Guide to Sewing with Quilting Cotton
You've got the fabric in your hands, the machine is threaded, and you're staring at [...]
How to Sew with Liberty Lawn and Fine Cotton Heirloom Techniques
You know the moment: the Liberty lawn is spread out, the scissors are in your [...]
Fabric and Garment Care) the Complete Sewist Guide
You've just finished a dress, a shirt, or a pair of jeans that took hours, [...]
Seersucker and Chambray Pattern Matching Guide
You've got both fabrics spread out on the cutting table, scissors ready, and the stripes [...]
Sewing with French Terry for Loungewear Made Simple
You've got the fabric on the table, the jogger pattern folded open, and that familiar [...]
Viscose Dressmaking Fabric: A Guide to Drape and Weight
You've got the fabric in your hand, the pattern in your bag, and one nagging [...]
Cotton Fabric by the Metre: The Complete Buyer’s Guide
You're standing at the cutting table or scrolling a fabric site, and every listing says [...]