Happy Sunday Fold Liners! It’s time for your weekly dose of The Edit: New Sewing Pattern Releases. This blog and vlog highlight some of the new arrivals to hit the shop this week. Kate natters about all the details you need to know so if you’re a pattern nerd like we are, this is for you! If you like a little company while you sew and want to keep up with the hot releases.  You might want to hit subscribe and never miss a thing. Tauko magazine No.6 has been released! We sold out of pre-orders but have added more copies as it has been so popular. We are particularly taken with the ..read more

Have you spotted that pull-over sweaters keep popping up all over the high street? They are a cool take on a comfy jumper that will update winter and spring outfits with a double dose of warmth. We are always keeping our eyes peeled for trends that translate into sewing patterns and I’ve seen lots of styles featuring a modern half-zip or a half-button placket. The half closure serves as an aesthetic detail, but also means when fastened up you can seal the heat in! They look great in a range of sweater knits, cosy sweatshirt fabrics or warming fleeces (that I’ve seen in lots of fabric shops la ..read more

Happy Sunday Fold Liners! It’s time for your weekly dose of The Edit: New Sewing Pattern Releases. This blog and vlog highlight some of the new arrivals to hit the shop this week. Kate natters about all the details you need to know so if you’re a pattern nerd like we are, this is for you! If you like a little company while you sew and want to keep up with the hot releases.  You might want to hit subscribe and never miss a thing. We’ve had a big drop of new patterns from indie designer, Juliana Martejevs! The patterns come with video tutorials(in German with English subtitles ..read more

This is the first in our blog series where we have created a capsule wardrobe using eight patterns. All the patterns can be worn together and are interchangeable. I’ve created a video where I talk through all the patterns and how they can be worn together. As we are deep into winter this is very much a cozy edit and all the patterns can be worn together to create loads of great looks to keep you warm. Let’s meet the patterns: These are the eight sewing patterns that we have chosen. The Jocko sweater from Ready to Sew: this is the perfect sweater for winter, with two neckline options and it ..read more

Happy Sunday Fold Liners! It’s time for your weekly dose of The Edit: New Sewing Pattern Releases. This blog and vlog highlight some of the new arrivals to hit the shop this week. Kate natters about all the details you need to know so if you’re a pattern nerd like we are, this is for you! If you like a little company while you sew and want to keep up with the hot releases.  You might want to hit subscribe and never miss a thing. Friday Pattern Company has done it again with this new release… the Saturday Set! We think it’s going to be a popular design. The mix-and-match possi ..read more

As the sewing world expands, new indie designers pop up with innovative designs and concepts that we just love to hunt out and share. We’ve got a wealth of indie pattern designers just waiting to be discovered in the shop, but if you want a place to start we’ve got a handful we want to share a little more about… We added all of these wonderful indie designers to the shop in 2022. You may recognise some of them, or you may be discovering a brand-new-to-you gem! They all have some wonderfully individual qualities in their patterns. From video-only tutorials for visual learners to designs f ..read more

Happy Sunday Fold Liners! It’s time for your weekly dose of The Edit: New Sewing Pattern Releases. This blog and vlog highlight some of the new arrivals to hit the shop this week. Kate natters about all the details you need to know so if you’re a pattern nerd like we are, this is for you! If you like a little company while you sew and want to keep up with the hot releases.  You might want to hit subscribe and never miss a thing. The Jameela jacket from Masin comes in two length options choose between hip length or cropped. There are loads of fantastic details in this jacket inclu ..read more

Happy New Year! We hope you all managed to have a fun-filled break with friends and family. Did you manage to slip away and do a bit of sewing? With the start of the new year. we always like back look back over the last year. What was the most popular pattern of 2022, what was the new release people couldn’t live without?  Worry not we have got an epic roundup of the highlights of last year. Do grab yourself a cup of tea and let’s get going. 2022’s most popular pattern: Drum roll please! I’m sure that it will come as no shock to you that the True Bias Ogden Cami was the most popular patt ..read more

As 2022 is about to come to a close, we have been nosing at which indie pattern releases have been the most popular with you all this year. We were so intrigued to see what made it into the top ten and to remind ourselves of how many fab indie patterns we intended to make, but will be moving to our 2023 sewing list! How many have you checked off and what might you add to your 2023 makes list? It’s like sewing bingo! Friday Pattern Company Saguaro Set Co-ords (aka, matching sets, two-pieces) were one of the emerging garments of the year for sewists! The Sewing Bee potentially gave us a nudge ..read more

Happy weekend everyone and welcome back to the sew down. This is a monthly roundup of some of the interesting stuff we have found, bought, read, and watched in the world of sewing.  Stuff to read: We are always hunting out good articles to read or a book that you can either read or listen to while you are sewing. We’ve got some fantastic things to get your teeth stuck into this month. Telegraph: Fashion has gone soft and squishy, which is a comfort in hard times Vogue: An Actual Frazzled Englishwoman Dissects The Trend  The Times: Women fed up with being out of pocket Guardian ..read more