By hand london

I ummed and ahhed before buying this pattern (the Anna dress by independent pattern designers By Hand London ). It's essentially an A-line dress, which often leave me a bit meh. Rightly or wrongly, I always think they're a bit dull, frumpy but ironic

Does anything say summer quite like a sundress? I’ve been coveting the By Hand London Flora Dress since I started…

I bought the Hannah wrap dress a while ago but hadn’t found the right fabric until I saw this cotton from New Craft House. New Craft House have the best selection of ex-designer deadstock fabrics, …

Is there anything worse than a sagging, gaping neckline on a wrap dress? Because our bodies are all proportioned so differently, with different high bust - full bust - waist ratios and everything in between and all around, getting a woven wrap to fit snugly without any tweaks or alterations to the fit is like assumin

*Disclaimer - the fabric for this dress was very generously gifted to us by the lovely people at The Fabric Store in New Zealand. We are not, however, under any sort of obligation to sing their praises, and all opinions expressed in this post are genuine and entirely our own. The first thing we noted - and immediately

Last week we launched our brand spanking new beauty of a pattern, the Hannah wrap dress, and we couldn't be more bowled over by your response! We knew this pattern had been long anticipated since Elisalex posted a picture of her first Hannah-in-the-works back in May, and despite not being able to get it released during

This is it guys - we've come to the end of the Kim Dress Sewalong, and as always, we can't wait to see yours! We'll be publishing a round-up of your makes at the end of next week, so please share your Kims with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the handy hashtags #KimDress and #KimSewalong. We love mail too, s

Yoo hoo we're baa-ack! We've had a wonderful Summer break - between us we've covered the UK, US and Europe over the last few weeks, just about recovered from the Notting Hill Carnival and now we're back and raring to go! We've got some ridiculously exciting things to look forward to over the next few months (all to be

By Hand London sewing tutorial: a super quick and fuss-free technique showing you how to gather or ruch fabric, using just a zigzag stitch and some string (or dental floss...)

Briefly interrupting the Elisalex Dress Sewalong to bring you a quick and easy tutorial on how to add side seam pockets - not only to the Elisalex Dress, but also to just about anything with a side seam! I think we can all agree that the addition of pockets significantly ups the convenience of almost any garment - and

And the search for flattering, comfortable and simple-to-sew maternity clothes continues! This super easy make is perfect for confident beginners upwards

A nice and easy tutorial today showing our favourite quick method for making rouleau straps (or spaghetti straps). We've applied this to our Flora Dress pattern for a super subtle yet sweetly effective alternative to the shoulder straps. You will need: a length of fabric, cut on the grainline, about 5cm wide and howev

Full skirts and their infinite variations can be the quickest and most satisfying sewing project, whip-uppable in under an hour. That is, once you've mastered the basics that make up a skirt's skeleton, namely inserting an invisible zipper which we've already covered here, and attaching a waistband. The following tutor

Wowee guys - these sewalongs just seem to get better and better! When we think back to our very first - the Charlotte Skirt Sewalong - and compare the response we had then, to the hours we've spent going through all of your Anna Dresses... Just goes to show how far things can come in a little under a year. Thank you al

This is it guys. The last post in our Charlotte skirt sewalong. The only thing stopping us from being sad it's all over is that now we get to plan the Elisalex dress sewalong...! If you're needing a little last minute catch-up, or have just joined us, you can find all the previous sewalong posts here. Today's final pos

If you're anything like me, you'll have more on your seasonal to-sew list than humanly achievable (without somehow manipulating the space-time continuum) so it's nice to know that every now and then you can take a short cut - or three! - to help speed the production line along. Ever since we released our Sarah Shirt p

Sewing tutorial - how to sew a curved French seam. Sewing tips and advice, how-to's and sewing patterns from By Hand London.