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Read more about the article Sewing Casual Dresses? These 5 Fabrics Are Game-Changers
Practical Resources / Sewing

Sewing Casual Dresses? These 5 Fabrics Are Game-Changers

Choosing the right fabric alongside a sewing pattern for a casual dress  can be the difference between a succesful dress that you wear all the time or a time consuming…

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May 12, 2025
Read more about the article Sew the Blossomia Sun Hat – an elegantly practical project for sunny weather
Patterns / Sewing

Sew the Blossomia Sun Hat – an elegantly practical project for sunny weather

I’ve always had a bit of a thing for hats, especially wide brim hats. And now, with a growing pattern collection of my own, I just had to have a…

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April 15, 2025
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Important Update on the New GPSR Rules

As of 13th December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) will come into effect across the EU, aiming to ensure that all products entering the EU market are…

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December 12, 2024
Read more about the article How I Designed and Sewed My Own Wedding Dress: The Ultimate DIY Challenge
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How I Designed and Sewed My Own Wedding Dress: The Ultimate DIY Challenge

As a pattern designer, the idea of making my own wedding dress was always a romantic notion, and it felt natural for me to create my own wedding dress from…

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August 20, 2024
Read more about the article How to use PDF sewing patterns
Practical Resources / Printing Patterns

How to use PDF sewing patterns

Understanding PDF Sewing Patterns When you purchase a PDF sewing pattern from Sewillow, there are a few different ways in which can use your pattern. We don't currently offer ready…

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June 11, 2024
Patterns / Sewing

A zip-free Back Wrap Dress with a ruffle

Back in the Spring of 2022 I started working on sewing a dress I could wear on my upcoming holiday in Spain. So I set to work to create a…

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February 3, 2023
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Sewing since childhood, I started designing patterns in 2013, combining my graphic design, publishing and craft skills. I create practical patterns that I myself would like to wear or gift, and i personally illustrate all my instructin guides.

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As much as I like to finish projects quickly to ge As much as I like to finish projects quickly to get them out  into world, sometimes taking time to do something by hand is simply better. 

I've tried many times to bind quilts entirely by machine, but I always come back to hand sewing that final wrap around edge, and always prefer it. So today was a hand sewing day, and some steps are worth slowing down for.

#quilting #quiltbinding #handsewing #slowmaking
I've expanded the Omilla Quilt Coat pattern size r I've expanded the Omilla Quilt Coat pattern size range and it now includes UK sizes 6 - 28 (with a finished hip measurement of 148cm/58"). 

If you've already purchased the pattern and would like these additional sizes, just email me your order confirmation number 💌 

Thank you so much for supporting my work and continuing to ask for what you'd like to see.

#omillaquiltcoat
#quiltcoat 
#indiepattern
One of those bits of sewing tools that quietly mak One of those bits of sewing tools that quietly makes life easier. No more long threads to pull and cut at the start and end of stitching. Especially useful when chain stitching for patchwork and quilting.

It's something I've only recently started using thanks to @darnknituk who put up a reel or story and it was a 🤯 moment for me.

#sewinglife #slowmaking #sewingmachine
I fell out of love with Instagram for a while. The I fell out of love with Instagram for a while. There is so much happening in the World, and it can all feel a bit much.

But I still believe making is such an important part of being human - and something we need even more when the World feels so chaotic.

Today I'm cutting and piecing fabric pieces for a new patchwork quilted sewing pattern and showing one of the corners of my reorganised sewing room. More photos coming soon (of both the room and the new pattern).

#sewingprocess #patternmaking #slowmaking
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